Occupational therapists: weekly sessions for children

Children in occupational therapy come every week, and the after-school hours they need are the ones every family wants. Managing those hours family by family takes time. With Book, you give each child a fixed weekly time and book the sessions yourself from your list, while your public page shows only the slots open for new assessments.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations are examples: set your own according to the rules that apply to you.

Once you agree a weekly time with a family, book the child's sessions yourself from your bookings list, for example until the end of term. First and last name are enough; use the parent's email so they get a confirmation with a calendar file for each session. Book doesn't send reminders, so those calendar files keep the time in the family's calendar.

You create every slot. Don't open public slots in the hours you keep for weekly children; open them only for assessments, at set times. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date. See the home assessment visits guide for assessments at home.

Book sessions term by term and leave out holiday weeks. Before each term, book the next run from your list. If you work during holidays at different times, create those sessions separately.

Some sessions happen at the child's school. Create a school-session service with travel in the slot, and book it yourself on the days you visit that school. Put the school's address in the description or agree it with the family.

Put the child's name on the booking and the parent's email and phone, so the right person gets the calendar file. Ask parents not to write health details in notes, since notes appear in calendar files.

Families can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and you move or cancel the session from your list. State your notice policy in the description. Rescheduling works across services.

Book has one booking page per business and no staff field. In a shared practice, create services per therapist, so each child stays with the same person.

Book doesn't store records, take payments or send reminders. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.