Waverley Kids Therapy

21/08/2025

17/08/2025

Stay and play on this Monday

06/07/2025

Great day out today with the Teens Group as we ventured into the city.
A highlight was the ACMI at Federation Square with its interactive displays and video games!
Highly recommend ACMI if you’re looking for a fun and free school holiday activity.

19/06/2025

The NDIS Price Guide dropped this week and there have been significant changes proposed to begin on July 1st.
Allied health providers all over the country have been advocating hard for families and children that we work with in the community because we fear for what will happen if therapy supports are no longer accessible for children who need them.

As a small private practice, if this goes ahead this will impact whether I’m able to continue to provide visits at home and schools.

Please complete the survey below if you can to help the NDIA understand, and help strengthen our voices.

The NDIS have released the Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, which start on the 1st July 2025.

The biggest change for families is that the NDIS has cut the travel price for allied health therapists to half the therapy rate. There is also a limit on how much travel time therapists can claim.

As a result, many therapists are now working out if they can continue to offer therapy at home, kindergartens, or schools.

The best thing to do is to contact your children’s therapists to ask if they will still travel to you.

🔹Have your say🔹

ACD is very concerned about this change. It is best practice for children to see therapists at home, kinder, school and other community settings. We know for many children and families it is not possible to get to clinic-based services.

We are raising our concerns with the NDIS. You can help.

Let us know what it will mean for your child and family if your child's therapist can’t travel to see you.

Please complete this short survey: Survey has now closed, thank you to the hundreds of families who completed the survey. Read our comment below for what we heard.

16/06/2025

How beautiful are the Autumn leaves .. we got creative today by scooping the leaves into large sandpit shells.. instant sensory activity with babies and children playing with the leaves by squeezing, scooping with a shovel, and exploring the textures! Nunawading Toy Library Inc.
Always lovely to see parents and grandparents and their children joining us at the Stay and Play! 🍁

15/06/2025

Rug up -it’s going to be a cold outdoors session 🥶

Rug up for today's stay and play!

02/06/2025

Kids drop-off ✅ Coffee made ✅ Rocky 🐕 cuddled on my lap ✅
Looking forward to Day 1 of YLB Conference!
Who else is attending?

We’ve officially launched!
Today marks the beginning of the Yellow Ladybugs 2025 Conference:, supporting autistic girls and gender diverse students at school and beyond.

Our theme for Day 1 is: Building Foundations - setting the stage for inclusion, safety, and support.

If you have a ticket, you can login using the email address you purchased your ticket www.ylbconference.com.au or by downloading the vFairs app!

Take a look at our agenda!

9:30am AEST
Welcome Day 1
Katie Koullas open the conference by highlighting key challenges and introducing the themes we’ll explore across the three days.

9:50am AEST
Back to Basics: Learn How Classrooms Can be Inclusive and Affirming for Our Ladybugs
With Adina Levy, Em Hammond, and Ebony Birch-Hanger

10:50am AEST
Creating Safe Spaces for Anxious Autistic Brains: Understanding Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn Responses
With Chelsea Luker and Chenai Mupotsa-Russell

12:00pm AEST
Supporting the Sensory Needs of Our Ladybugs
With Claire Britton and Steph Robertson

1:00pm AEST
Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others: Managing Parental Stress and Avoiding Burnout
With Mel Spencer, Sarah Hayden, and Cassandra Allen

1:45pm AEST
Energy Regulation: Leveling Up Our Support for Our Ladybugs
With Dr Amy Laurent and Dr Jac Fede

2:40pm AEST
Friendships and Safe Relationships: Recognising Red Flags and Green Flags
With Frances Brennan, Annelil Desille, and Caitlin Hughes

4:00pm AEST
Challenging School Systems: Scripts and Strategies for Families
With Kelsie Olds (The Occuplaytional Therapist)

We’re so proud to be centring lived experience and practical solutions today.
Let us know what you’re tuning into and tag us using - we’d love to see where in the world you’re joining us from!

02/05/2025

Our new website is now live !
It can be accessed at www.waverleykidstherapy.com.

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*Note- I currently don’t have capacity for new ongoing clients.

Waverley Kids Therapy is a small, nurturing paediatric Occupational Therapy practice based in Melbourne. We are located in Vermont (3133) and Dandenong (3175) and also provide therapy sessions at school, Kindergarten, Daycare and in the community.

12/04/2025

03/04/2025

“You can change the world by presuming competence and believing in someone and providing them with opportunities.

I wish people saw me as a person who was intelligent and able to achieve anything.

I am going to change my life, but you could change many by asking us to be your friend.”-Patrick

Patrick, who is autistic and communicates with a letter board, says people with a disability need to be included, not "fixed".