Choosing Harmony

01/09/2025

Puppy power 🐾 4 Girls & 1 Boy Dachshunds Ready for Their Forever Families 🐾
We are excited to share that we have exclusive access to a very special litter of 5 dachshund puppies (4 girls, 1 boy). Their parents are trained assistance animals, and the breeder has entrusted us to ensure these babies continue this legacy.
At just 12 weeks old, these pups are:
✔️ Microchipped & vet checked
✔️ Raised in a neurodiverse home (exposed from birth to breathing machines, emotional regulation supports, and a range of daily environments)
✔️ Handled and socialised from the very start — ready to bond with their forever family and begin the journey toward a meaningful working partnership.
🌟 What makes this opportunity unique?
These puppies aren’t just looking for homes — they’re ready to step into a carefully designed Assistance Animal Training Pathway, supported by Choosing Harmony’s NDIA-accredited program.
Families will engage in a structured process that includes:
🔹 Sensory Profile assessments — to evidence the individual need for animal support and tailor training to the handler’s sensory world.
🔹 Training plan development — phased, evidence-based, and NDIS-aligned, including tasks like deep pressure therapy, stress alerts, behaviour interruption, and safe navigation.
🔹 Ongoing support — bonding, handler coaching, and progress tracking with full compliance to ABTC/PACT standards.
✨ The benefits for families and handlers include improved regulation, safety, independence, and the confidence to access community spaces with the support of a certified assistance animal.
📩 These puppies are available now and ready to begin bonding with their future handler families. Early connection is the first step in building a strong, lifelong partnership.
If you’re ready to explore this journey and discuss the training pathway, reach out to us today:
🌐 www.choosingharmony.com.au
📧 choosingharmony@outlook.com
📞 0448 504 018
🐶 Choosing Harmony – Growing capacity, connection, and confidence through Assistance Animal partnerships. creating brighter futures, one paw at a time.

Positive Behaviour Support. Clinical & Professional Supervision. Counselling. Training & Facilitation.

17/06/2025

Thank you so much Kendra Ararat Barks and Bubblesfor helping Teddi be her best self.

17/06/2025

🧠 Introducing Low Arousal Training for Educators, Children’s Services, and Support Workers
Supporting emotional safety and de-escalation for all ages and stages
At Choosing Harmony, we are proud to offer Low Arousal Training – a trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and person-centred approach designed for families, teachers, early childhood educators, support workers, and care teams working across all age groups.
Whether you support young children in early learning, students in classrooms, or adults with complex needs, Low Arousal Training provides the tools to better understand distress and respond with compassion and confidence.
🌱 What is Low Arousal?
The Low Arousal Approach, developed by Studio 3 and now available through trained practitioners in Australia, shifts the focus from controlling behaviour to creating calm, reducing triggers, and fostering emotional safety.
At its core, this approach recognises that behaviour is a form of communication – often an expression of distress, not defiance. Rather than escalating situations through confrontation, punishment, or power-based strategies, Low Arousal supports us to:
Regulate our own responses as adults
Identify and reduce environmental stressors
Respond non-judgmentally and non-threateningly
De-escalate with empathy, respect, and safety in mind
💡 Why It Matters – The Philosophy Behind It
In a world that often misunderstands or pathologises behaviour, especially in neurodivergent or traumatised individuals, the Low Arousal Approach offers a paradigm shift.
Rather than asking “What’s wrong with this person?”, we ask:
“What’s happening to this person?”
“How can I help them feel safe again?”
The philosophy aligns with:
Neurodiversity-affirming practice – understanding sensory overload, masking, and shutdowns
Trauma-informed care – recognising that past experiences shape current responses
Human rights and dignity – minimising the use of restrictive practices and coercion
👥 Who Is This Training For?
This training is ideal for:
Teachers and Education Support Staff
Kindergarten and Early Years Educators
Disability and Mental Health Support Workers
Aged Care and Allied Health Teams
Families and Carers seeking to better support their loved ones
Whether you're supporting toddlers or teenagers, adults or elders, this training meets people where they are – because distress can happen at any stage of life, and so can healing.
🛠️ What You’ll Learn
Participants will explore:
Signs of distress and dysregulation across different ages
Strategies to reduce arousal and support co-regulation
Techniques to manage their own stress responses
Practical tools to support emotional and physical safety
How to avoid escalation and the need for restrictive interventions
All training includes real-life examples, role plays, and reflective practice – tailored to your setting.
📚 Flexible Delivery Options
Training is available as:
Individual registrations (perfect for solo practitioners or families)
Whole team or school sessions (on-site or online)
Customised packages for organisations, services, or community groups
This means we can come to you, deliver online, or host you at one of our partnered venues.
🧭 Why Now?
Workplaces across education, disability, and care services are under increasing pressure. Behavioural challenges, emotional burnout, and staff turnover are on the rise.
By equipping teams with the skills to support others without confrontation or escalation, we reduce harm – to the person in distress, their peers, and the staff who support them.
This isn’t just behaviour management. It’s a new way of being with others – one that is calm, connected, and kind.
🌟 Ready to Learn More?
If you're ready to reduce stress, improve outcomes, and deepen your understanding of human behaviour, we’d love to connect.
📧 Email: damien.choosingharmony.com.au
📞 Phone: 0400 392 646
🌐 Website: www.choosingharmony.com.au
📍 Training offered across Australia
Let’s create environments where everyone feels seen, safe, and supported – no matter their age or ability

Positive Behaviour Support. Clinical & Professional Supervision. Counselling. Training & Facilitation.

17/06/2025

We have been a little busy. Thank you everyone for your patience. Audit time is here and what we love about the audit is it allows us to identify how we can do better. One of those things was our lack of social media presence - so here goes. Let us know when to slow down. What would you like me to share on here?
For now I will focus on some of our programs that we offer.

16/06/2025

Thank you Animal Therapies Ltd we are honoured to support our families. Animals allow us the engage through interception. Interoception is the core of all our work. 🙏

Member Spotlight: Choosing Harmony Victoria, is an approved Animal-Assisted Services Australia Professional Member, which includes being eligible to participate in the ATL Mental Health Outreach Program.

Caroline Smith is a Trauma Informed Mental Health Specialist. C.B.T., Somatic Embodiment and Mindfulness are some of the modalities they incorporate into their work. Choosing Harmony is an NDIS registered provider offering behaviour support services and intensive supports for individuals and their families.

They are neurodivergent affirming and Autistic led, using neuroscience and sensory-based interventions to support participants to understand their neurotype, body, and brain.​

Find Choosing Harmony in our ATL National Directory: https://animaltherapies.org.au/membership-account/profile/?pu=choosingharmony