The Full Circle Movement

16/07/2025

A few final bits and pieces from this holiday's skill development program at TFCM

Tuesday was Friendship Day at the Soul Movement Studio

Today we had a community access at Plaster Fun House.

💛💛💛

09/07/2025

Disability Representative Organisations call for a Human Rights-based approach to NDIA Needs Assessments.

The NDIA is working to design and test a new way of gathering information about the support people with disability need.

This statement includes recommendations to create a needs assessment process that is equal, person-centred and reflective of the needs of the disability community.

You can read the full statement here: https://www.inclusionaustralia.org.au/submission/joint-position-statement-human-rights-based-needs-assessment-model/

09/07/2025

Cats, cats, cats 😻

Today we spent sometime at Sassy's Cat Cafe and Adoption Centre - an all time favourite of our microcommunity. We're always so thankful of how inclusive and accommodating they are!

Today's focus;
🐈 Social cues + social interaction (with the support of furry friends)
️🐈 supported friendships
🐈 Regulation + introception
🐈 Processing information and making decisions
🐈 Navigating change
🐈 Hand washing + personal care
🐈 Shared interests + strengthes
🐈 Delayed gratification
🐈 Self esteem + confidence
🐈 + much more

What do you call a pile of kittens; a Meowtain 🤣

Until next time 😻

08/07/2025

Skill Development at The Full Circle Movement

Today we kicked off our program running across the school holidays.

PJ Day in the Girl Zone @ the Soul Movement Studio, with a focus on;

🧜🏼‍♀️ Social skills + group interaction
🧜🏼‍♀️ Communication + expression
🧜🏼‍♀️ Fine motor + sensory
🧜🏼‍♀️ Introception + personal care
🧜🏼‍♀️ Self esteem + confidence
🧜🏼‍♀️ Sequencing
🧜🏼‍♀️ plus much more

3 more sessions to go 🌙

28/06/2025

✨ What Makes Us Different at TFCM? ✨

At The Full Circle Movement, we do things differently—because people deserve more than a checkbox approach to support.

We are client-led, heart-centred and deeply committed to creating relationships rooted in trust, respect, and understanding. Every support shift is an opportunity to walk with someone—never in front of them, never behind.

🌀 We don’t just provide support.
We see the individual person, we hold space, we listen deeply.

🧠 Our team blends lived experience with professional expertise—bringing a trauma-informed approach, neuro-affirming, and strengths-based practice into everything we do.

🌿 We honour the uniqueness of each individual, adapting support in real-time to meet needs, foster autonomy, and cultivate growth—whether that’s learning a new skill, navigating big feelings or creating safety.

We support all disabilities, and all parts of the human experience. That means being flexible, proactive, intuitive, and inclusive—from community participation to complex in-home care.

This is support that’s not afraid to get real, get creative, and grow alongside you.

Growth and healing happens through normalisation, positive reframing and connection. We don't believe in bypassing the hard stuff.

04/06/2025

🌟 July - at The Full Circle Movement 🌟

This July during the school holidays, we’re celebrating Friendship Week with our Supported Skill Development & Friendship Groups — tailored for participants aged 8–14.

Our program is intentionally designed to work with the common challenges amongst the community, offering engaging, non-threatening opportunities for skill development and growth through connection, creativity and fun.

This is a skill-building program, created with NDIS goals in mind and delivered by experienced, intuitive staff who offer intentional support every step of the way.

🎯 Skill Focus Areas Include:
✨ Task engagement & initiation
✨ Executive functioning support (memory, planning, sequencing)
✨ Expressive and receptive language
✨ Sensory exploration and regulation
✨ Social skills and peer connection
✨ Conflict resolution in safe, supported ways
✨ Flexibility and adaptability
✨ Teamwork and cooperative play
✨ Delayed gratification and impulse control
✨ Confidence-building through creative expression
✨ Encouraging diversity of interests

🌈 What sets us apart:
✔️ Proactive, intentional support — not just supervision
✔️ Authenticity is celebrated, not just "corrected"
✔️ Lived-experience leadership and neurodivergent-affirming approaches
✔️ Peer-led framework with highly engaged mentors
✔️ Community and culture at the heart of everything we do

📩 Email tammyb@tfcm.com.au to book or express interest!
NDIS and private funding accepted. Transport available upon request.
Spots are limited — get in quick!

02/06/2025

We’re Hiring!

Support Workers – Northern / Eastern / Central Adelaide

The Full Circle Movement is expanding and seeking enthusiastic and reliable Support Workers driven by a genuine desire to help others and make a meaningful difference.

We specialise in providing high quality, person-centred support to individuals with disabilities. Experience supporting neurodivergent children is advantageous, but not essential.

As a Support Worker/Mentor, you’ll provide in-home support with daily living activities and/or assist clients in accessing the community + skill development groups.

Most of our shifts fall before or after school, with occasional daytime opportunities in between.

This role suits a self-starter who is organised, reliable and able to work autonomously.

We are a strengths-based organisation that supports individuals to build self-esteem, develop self-advocacy, enhance life skills, and improve overall quality of life.

To be successful, you will need:
- Experience supporting people with disabilities
- Working with Children Clearance
- First Aid Certification
- NDIS Worker Check (or prepared to get)
- Completion of NDIS Worker Orientation Module
- Full driver’s licence, insured and reliable vehicle, and willingness to transport participants and engage in a client focussed way.

We offer:
- Flexible working hours
- Regular shift opportunities
- Salary in line with the SCHADS Award
- A positive working culture

📝 Complete our Employment Expression of Interest via our careers page:

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10/05/2025

🌼 Mother’s Day 2025 🌼

To all the incredible mothers we walk beside and more generally — we see you.

You are advocates, coordinators, emotional anchors — often balancing your child’s unique needs while quietly managing your own.

Many of the mums we support carry immense responsibility. You navigate complex systems, build scaffolds of care, and create safe spaces where your children can thrive — even when your own energy is stretched thin. Some of you face challenges of your own and do so with grace and grit, often without the informal supports; that so many of us take for granted.

We know that as paid professionals, we get to step away — but you continue on, every single day. You do the night shifts, the advocacy, the paperwork, the emotional regulation — and still find time to celebrate your child’s wins, big and small.

Today, we honour your strength, your sacrifices, and the depth of love that shapes your family’s world. 💜

Thank you for everything you are.

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY

The Full Circle Movement

06/05/2025

Women in the West – Scaling Up (with Heart, Grit & Vision)

Last week we had the honour of attending Women in the West – Scaling Up within and from South Australia, hosted as part of the Elevate Series. This was more than just a workshop. It was a gathering of soul-led women in business who know what it means to carry vision and vulnerability in equal measure.

A heartfelt thank you to Wendy Perry for sharing her deep insights and practical wisdom with such clarity and power. Your workshop was fuel for those of us balancing heart-driven missions with the realities of business systems, compliance, growth, and sustainability.

We also extend gratitude to the City of Charles Sturt and the South Australian Government’s Office for Small and Family Business, who made this event possible through the Connecting Women in Business grant — a vital investment in local leadership and innovation.

As a small, neurodivergent-led organisation navigating the NDIS and broader social impact work, The Full Circle Movement often feels the tension between dreaming big and managing capacity. Scaling a grassroots service — especially whilst wearing many hats; is complex.

Networking, for many of us, isn’t just a marketing strategy — it’s a brave act of self-disclosure. For autistic business owners in particular, the truth is: networking can feel overwhelming, yet it remains a necessary lifeline in a world that often rewards connections over credentials.

TFCM left reminded that genuine community and collaboration matter. Powerful things can happen when women show up as they are, and hold space for one another with integrity.

📸 Photo by: .photo
🤝 Supported by: City of Charles Sturt & SA Office for Small and Family Business

24/04/2025

🌺 Lest We Forget 🌺

This ANZAC Day, The Full Circle Movement honours the courage, sacrifice, and spirit of those who have served — past and present.

We recognise that remembrance looks different for everyone, and we hold space for our clients, families, and team members in how they choose to reflect today.

May we continue to build a future that values peace, inclusion, and respect for all.

23/04/2025

Our April school holiday; Skill Development & Supported Friendship Group comes to a close today!

From sensory bunnies to mindful ANZAC day art; this holiday's sessions offered our micro-community a chance to explore new experiences in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

Each session was designed through lived experience and carried the intention of blending neuro-affirming practice with a whole lot of fun. This holiday's we witnessed:

💜 New environments explored with growing confidence

💛 Parallel play, movement and social connection celebrated

💜 Delayed gratification and tolerance-building through games and group activities

💛 Creative self-expression through craft and story

💜 Emotional regulation, conflict navigation and introception all in action

💛 Friendships forming, differences honoured, and laughter shared

We are so grateful to walk alongside our clients and families on this journey—thank you for trusting us to support your child/teenagers' development with care, creativity and authenticity.

Here’s to more moments of joy, discovery, and connection.

From the Full Circle Movement team

22/04/2025

🐾 TFCM’s Futurist goup is going to the CATstravaganza! 🐾

Calling neurodivergent cat lovers! 🐱✨

The Full Circle Movement is running a supported social/skill development group that will attend the Oz Feline Fair & CATstravaganza (Adelaide) — a fun, inclusive day for neurodivergent youth who share a love of all things feline. 🐾💜

📅 When: Saturday 17 May 2025
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (roughly)
📍 Where: Wayville Pavilion, Adelaide Showground
📧 Bookings + enquiries: tammyb@tfcm.com.au
👥 Ages: 8–14 | NDIS or privately funded
🚐 Transport available

🌟 Why join us?
✅ Tailored support from staff with lived experience
✅ Gentle encouragement, parallel play & peer-led social learning
✅ A sensory-considerate day out focused on shared interests
✅ Connection with like-minded peers in a safe, empowering space

At TFCM, we provide holistic, trauma-informed, and strengths-based support for neurodivergent women and children. Our mission is to create spaces where neurodivergent minds can thrive through authentic connection, empowerment, and understanding.

🐾 Let’s make this a day to remember — filled with friendship, curiosity, and cats! 🐾