Octavia Therapies

28/10/2025

How wonderful is this? ❤️

10/09/2025

Want to start your day with a smile?? Watch this guy’s joy as he dismounts. ❤️

03/09/2025

Allison is back in term 4!!
Get in quick! Experienced therapists with availability is a rarity!

22/08/2025

A QUT Bachelor Of Design student is completing a project about play and the link to child's development. There is need to hear from neurodiverse families experience. It only takes a few moments to complete a survey:

This survey contains a series of questions for you to answer without bias for research purposes. This research is related to the social development of Neurodivergent (ND) children and how play and furniture supports this process. Prior research indicates that ND children generally desire to play wit...

20/08/2025

Carers Statements... What are they? Will the NDIS read them? In some instances, this is the opportunity to have your lived experience understood from your own perspective and can assist in ensuring you receive the right level of support (funding) for your needs. Some helpful tips on how to write a carers statement are included in this week's Source Kids blog:

If you’re applying to join the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), going through a plan review or reassessment, or challenging …

12/08/2025

Often kids can struggle to respond to open questions.. particularly when they may be tired or overwhelmed. (cue after school hangry / burnout time)
But as parents we often are desperate to know what happened in their day! These are some great ideas to open the conversation without the pressure. ❤️

The Everymom ❤️

06/08/2025

Gentle reminder: our next Group Therapy session is this Thursday! Come join us for a morning of art, connection, and support. First session is completely free—just bring yourself and your curiosity. All are welcome, no art skills needed. See you there! 🎨

03/07/2025

School holidays are often a great time for children (and parents) to decompress and unmask.

If you are looking for some tips to support your child when going back to school next term, The Contented Child, Child Wellbeing Consultancy have some great suggestions. (I am a big fan of providing food as the first step. Even in the car ride home if possible, without expectation to talk about the day).

I hope everyone has a relaxing final week of Qld school holidays. I look forward to seeing you in term 3.

- Rita

29/06/2025

Sad News…

Rocky
2017-2025

It is with great sadness that my family share the news that our beloved Rocky passed away. He has been a big part of our lives and our home. We have felt so privileged to have had the opportunity to share his beautiful loving nature with all who have come to Octavia Therapies.

It will take some time to adjust to not hearing him say hello to every person who comes to visit, to not having his happy tail wagging while waiting for the children to pat them as part of their leaving ritual, to not have his reassuring paw for someone needing comfort, and to not have his eager pacing for the anticipated “3..2…1..” to let him know he can finally go swimming in the pool.

We will miss him dearly as I am sure you will too.

If you need some assistance in navigating the discussion of the loss of a pet, please reach out- I have some social stories and books I can share.

22/06/2025

The new NDIS price guide is pulling on heart strings of every therapy provider - Octavia Therapies is certainly one of these. We are not immune to the challenges the price guide brings to our clinical practice.

Rather than increase our fees to above the NDIS rate (therefore creating a "two tier" pricing system that means some participants are left with no service, need to pay an out of pocket amount, or switch to mananging their own plans rather than utilise plan management services), we have made the difficult decision to not offer mobile therapy services from July 1.

What does this mean? Well... some pretty core OT stuff and the way that Octavia Therapies was proud to work is impacted. This article has a great summary of the impact. If you wish to help advocate for occupational therapy - please join us in signing the OTA petition via the OT Australia website.

When travel cuts drive therapists away, who really pays the price?

21/06/2025

Isn't techonology amazing? Check out this incredible initiative to support the visually impaired at AFL games.

12/06/2025

Just so beautiful. ❤️