Kids Play Occupational Therapy

29/07/2025

Our Prep for Prep bookclub edition kicks off next week! Give us a call if you'd like to book in!

29/04/2024

This may be of interest

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13/08/2023

https://www.qimrberghofer.edu.au/aaastudy/

The purpose of the Australian ASD and ADHD Study (AAA Study) is to try and improve our understanding of the emotional, educational, employment and financial impacts on individuals and their families who are living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADH....

08/07/2023

A big change in the NDIA approach has been announced

https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/9175-age-children-supported-under-ndis-early-childhood-approach-changing?fbclid=IwAR3jimQM36i5ktRoabYjh3a5YQ8PNziCzoxJQXUM-CCarAp4O7sCGLjfXoA #:~:text=to%20primary%20school.-,From%201%20July%202023,support%20up%20to%20this%20age

From 1 July 2023, the age of children supported under the early childhood approach will progressively change, to include children younger than 9.

12/06/2023

This looks like a great experience

22/11/2022

Join our group! Prep for Prep in 2023 at Springfield Lakes clinic.

05/04/2022

Have a look at today’s acheivements from our holiday groups.

30/03/2022

Check out these photos from our junior social skills group! The boys in the group worked really hard to develop their skills in communicating, turn taking, engaging with friends and sharing ideas in play.

21/03/2022

There are spaces still available for our April school holidays social skills group program! Contact us if you'd like to secure your spot!

08/03/2022

Did you know we offer group programs?
This Easter holidays, we are running a social skills group for 8-11 year olds, and a handwriting group for children in grades 2 and 3 (with flexibility to accept grade 4 students as appropriate).

The social skills group ran in January and was a great success, with children developing their abilities to engage within a group and collaborate with peers while enjoying a community access trip to laser tag.

The handwriting group focusses on essential skills for classroom writing, including letter formation, line awareness and spacing/sizing. Feedback from previous groups highlighted the rapid improvements children make in the intensive program.

If you are interested in either program, please contact us to book, as spaces are limited.

01/03/2022

👀 Did you know that a child’s greatest learning is done through play?

📖 Research continues to tell us that there are important links between a child’s ability to play, and their ability to use language, understand stories, communicate using more words, and socialise with others. There are also links showing that children who engage in pretend play have improved body awareness and self regulation.

So what about when children don’t know how to play?

🧸 Children who don't know how to play might not use toys functionally and might be more interested in taking toys apart or exploring different parts of toys like spinning wheels on a truck. They might disrupt the play scenes of their peers or siblings. They might wander aimlessly and appear not to know how to join in on play scenes with others. They might be repetitive in their play and need more ideas for their stories. You may never have seen them do a pretend play action, such as pretending to talk on the phone, or giving teddy a drink and snack.

🤩 Pretend play is a highly important intervention that can target multiple goals and areas of daily life. It is through learning to play that children can make amazing shifts in their communication, socialisation, and self regulation, and overall wellbeing. While it might look like they are ‘just playing’, pretend play is actually very hard work as it is complex thinking time for your little one.

🥳 Our Occupational Therapist, Casey, has had the exciting opportunity of attending a 2 week long training course all about pretend play! She is eager to start incorporating more play into sessions with her clients.

If you’re interested in Pretend Play, check out this wonderful website: https://www.learntoplayevents.com/for-parents/

For those who are even more interested, here’s a short (and entertaining) video, and a Ted Talk on pretend Play

- Jaak Panksepp on Play and the Development of Social Skills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OriFlkeTqbU

- The decline of play | Peter Gray | TEDxNavesink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg-GEzM7iTk

This is why we call ourselves Kids PLAY ;)
- Casey OT

In this talk, Dr. Peter Gray compellingly brings attention to the reality that over the past 60 years in the United States there has been a gradual but, over...

01/03/2022

Kids Play sends our deepest well wishes to families affected by the devastating recent flooding events.

We are remaining OPEN during this time.

Therapists affected by the floods will be in contact with their clients to make alternate arrangements in cases where your appointments are affected. Your safety is our main priority, so please don't risk driving to our clinic if it is unsafe.

Take care and stay safe!

- Casey OT