Kids Connect Therapy

19/11/2022

So many beautiful ways we may see children show love!

09/11/2022

Parent Sensory Processing Education session this coming Monday 14/11/22! Reserve your spot now! Online at 6.30pm. There’ll be plenty of time for Q & A, and we’ve been getting lots of great questions already! (Eg. How can I help our son to have a haircut more calmly? How can we make our home more calm in the mornings? We would love our child to sit at the table long enough for us to enjoy a family meal- they are constantly moving around! -any ideas?)

07/10/2022

The KCT team didn’t notice the rain on our training day at all… 🤣🤣 🌧 🌧

29/09/2022

Book in fast for our next online parent education session on supporting children’s literacy skills!

15/08/2022

Sometimes there can be confusion around what ‘child-led’ might look like. This has some good points! …

02/08/2022

Our next parent education session is on the topic of EARLY LANGUAGE SKILLS! It’s on 11/8/22 (online) - don’t miss out! Book your spot today!

13/07/2022

Upcoming Parent Education Session: Augmentative and Alternative Communication! Don’t forget to sign up if you are interested to learn more!

11/07/2022

Hoping everyone stayed well and had a bit of fun on the holidays! (Did your children join a group?) Wishing everyone a fabulous term 3! See you in the clinic for your regular sessions soon!

29/06/2022

Kids Connect Therapy is closed tomorrow (Thursday 30/6/22) while the team has a professional development day. See you all again Friday 1/7/22!

04/06/2022

Play is play! KCT therapists have been training with Autistic adults/therapists/advocates around how to better support Autistic children and their families. Love this from Autisticamente Marcela…

The pathological medical model defines play as inappropriate, restricted, and repetitive with DEFICITS in imagination, imitation, symbolism and joint attention.

A paradigm that focuses on deficits rather than strengths.

In this context, playing "appropriately" means playing with toys exactly as a typical child would play with toys.

When an autistic child plays in an unusual way, it is considered "inappropriate play." In other words, "it's different, therefore it's bad."

It's not that autistic children don't know how to play. There is no correct way to play. Play is play.

Autistic children's exploration and interaction with the world is outside of society's understanding, and just because society doesn't understand the value of doing things a certain way, it doesn't mean it's wrong.

There is nothing wrong with lining up toys. 🦒🐖🧸

There is nothing wrong with spinning the wheels of a car. 🚙

There is nothing wrong with playing with nature. 🌱

There is nothing wrong with playing with a cardboard box. 📦

Autistic play is appropriate play.

Autistic children are not broken versions of neurotypical children. Same thing goes for autistic adults (we exist by the way 😉✌️). is a natural part of the spectrum of human diversity... and diversity is beautiful.

We learn, interact and play AUTISTICALLY.

-Autísticamente Marcela 🚙 🦖 ⚽🚂

Publicación en español:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=459514795536353&id=100044335094112

[Image description: an illustration of a child smiling and sitting on the floor while holding a stick with a leaf. The child is surrounded by a display of toys and other household items that have been lined up in a curved row (a piano, a cardboard box, a bucket & pale, a stuffed bunny, a wooden train, two plastic cups, four colored markers, a broom, a toy dinosaur, a hat, two Christmas tree ornaments, a vase with flowers, a toy bus, a potato head, a pop it, a spinner, a book, a boat, a panda bear, a rattle, a number block, a beach ball, a stacking toy and a Peppa Pig). A thinking bubble above the child has a smiley face.]

17/05/2022

Happy IDAHOBIT! Did you know that today is International Day against LGBTQIA+ discrimination?🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ KCT is committed to providing affirmative, sensitive and informed healthcare to the LGBTQIA+ community.

17/05/2022

FEEDING FUSSY EATERS - RSVP now to this FREE online event happening June 1st 2022 6:30-7:30pm! Start bringing the joy back to mealtimes today 😊

13/05/2022

Co regulation… a nice graphic to represent how children are supported to calm. Are you coming to our online Sensory Processing Parent Education Session on 6/6/22? Bookings via 9807 1114.

03/05/2022

KCT’s Sensory Processing Parent Education Session for term 2 is on 6/6/22 - online via zoom 6:30-7:30pm. RSVPs are essential: Book your spot fast! See the flyer attached for details …

02/05/2022

Eid Mubarak to all our KCT Muslim families. After 30 days observing Ramadan,
we wish you a wonderful celebration!

02/05/2022

Meet Suri- KCT is thrilled to have speech pathologist, Suri join our team! Having graduated from the University of Melbourne, Suri brings the latest in speech pathology training and a wealth of experience working with culturally diverse communities to our clinic. Suri has lived in Korea and China, and is fluent in Korean, Mandarin and English. Suri loves Mario Kart and Animal Crossing video games and choc mint icecream! She is also a big Harry Potter fan!

24/04/2022

Happy Orthodox Easter to all our KCT Greek families celebrating today!

15/04/2022

Hoping everyone has a very happy and safe Easter 🐣 🐰
We’ll be back on Tuesday!