Hopscotch Occupational Therapy

24/07/2025

👨‍🍳 Cooking Group 🍳
Over the July school holidays we ran cooking group! The kids who attended had a lot of fun while learning different life skills like budgeting, following recipes and building skills in working with a team.

If you are interested in attending future group programs reach out to us at admin@hopscotchot.com.au

02/07/2025

01/07/2025

Nicola recently attended an Advanced Social Thinking professional development course at the State Library of Victoria! Here is what she had to say about it:

“It was so great to be amongst a range of professionals all working in the paediatric social skills space. Everyone brought their own perspective which is so valuable and insightful. I also loved hearing from Michelle Garcia-Winner and Pamela Crooke who are both 2 big names in the Social Thinking space. It was wonderful to hear about some of the developments they have been making and how these fit into my day-to-day practice. I can’t wait to use my newfound knowledge when working with my clients on their social skills!"

20/06/2025

✨ Cooking Group ✨

We have availability for the upcoming school holidays. Cooking group is being offered to kids in grades 3-6. This is a great opportunity for kids to develop friendships, develop social problem solving skills, motor skills and executive functioning skills. Contact us to find out more on 1300 467 192 or admin@hopscotchot.com.au.

12/06/2025

EMOTIONAL REGULATION GLITTER JARS ✨🫙

The concept of emotional regulation and regulating our bodies is something we are constantly talking about in OT. We love using glitter jars to help explain this in a visual way. It is also a nice way for kids to explain when they are feeling dysregulated as they can describe this as their “glitter swirling around”. The visual effect of the jars is also relaxing in itself which a lot of kids benefit from in the moment.

The jars are simple to make. You will need:
Clear glue (the more you use, the slower the glitter will fall)
Water
Glitter
A jar

Credit: my brain.books on TikTok

11/06/2025

✨Typing Club ✨

Does your child require typing as an accomodation for handwriting? Join us for a fun holiday program to develop typing skills. Contact us to find out more on 1300 467 192 or admin@hopscotchot.com.au.

10/06/2025

✨Ninja Self-Regulation Group ✨
Join us for the Ninja Self-Regulation group during the upcoming July holidays. This group will support your child to understand their sensory and movement needs to improve regulation skills. Contact us to find out more on 1300 467 192 or admin@hopscotchot.com.au.

26/05/2025

🏉 FOOTY CARDS 🏉

We love using footy cards in therapy to develop a range of social and emotional skills, as well as build rapport with clients! Trading footy cards helps kids to develop the skills of negotiation, sharing, emotional regulation, and communication, to name a few!

13/05/2025

Cube Nets can be a great way to turn tasks into games! Play is such a great way to engage kids, if you find yourself in conflict with your kids about day to day tasks, consider how to inject more playfulness into your interactions, this leads to increased connection and thus cooperation.

You can put anything on each side, from the zones of regulation colours, to chores that need to be completed to movement break ideas. Just print out a Cube Net, and place ideas on each side, tape it together and voila! You can laminate them for better durability if available. Check out some ideas below!

13/05/2025

Wow amazing free webinar from the team at Raise the Bar Psychology!!

There is still time to register for this Friday's FREE "Now What?" webinar on Specific Learning Disorders presented by Raise the Bar's Dyslexia Clinic Lead Erin Hume.
Pre-register here: https://forms.gle/mPcKXBbu5duy8BzE6

07/05/2025

Executive Functioning: Olivia recently completed the KidLink PD on Executive Functioning. We are looking forward to implementing a variety of these new worksheets and tools into our practice here at Hopscotch.

If you have any queries around your child executive functioning skills have a chat with your OT or get in touch at admin@hopscotchot.com.au.