Kids' Care Collective

Kids' Care Collective Kids' Care Collective is a paediatric service located in the western suburbs of Melbourne.

🐣 Guess how many Easter eggs are in the jar at your next clinic session!Drop your guess at reception — closest wins the ...
31/03/2026

🐣 Guess how many Easter eggs are in the jar at your next clinic session!
Drop your guess at reception — closest wins the whole jar! 🍫
Happy Easter! 🐰✨

✨ Tips for Fidgeting ✨
27/03/2026

✨ Tips for Fidgeting ✨

Your speech pathologist does so much behind the scenes 💬Planning, analysing, documenting - and we love what we do ✨ ...
06/03/2026

Your speech pathologist does so much behind the scenes 💬
Planning, analysing, documenting - and we love what we do ✨

Emotional regulation is not something children are born knowing how to do — it’s a skill that develops with support.Thro...
06/03/2026

Emotional regulation is not something children are born knowing how to do — it’s a skill that develops with support.

Through play, language and co-regulation, children gradually learn how to manage big emotions.

Our team of superstar Speechies and OTs work with the family to try understand the child’s emotional needs and to build regulation through play-based therapy, movement and language development.
Parents.. which strategies do you use to help your child stay calm?

After a month of settling back in, our team at KCC has officially started the year with purpose.This week, we paused to ...
26/02/2026

After a month of settling back in, our team at KCC has officially started the year with purpose.

This week, we paused to reflect.

We’ve been talking about:
The kind of therapists we want to be this year
The outcomes we want to create for our families
How we can be more intentional in our sessions
How we can collaborate more deeply with parents and schools

We’re starting 2026 with clarity and growth at the forefront.
We plan to check in through out the year. Are we…
Being measured
Being reflective
Being confident in our clinical reasoning
Challenging ourselves as opposed to leaning towards what’s comfortable

Here’s to a year of meaningful impact 💛

Change can feel big for our little ones — especially when it involves a new school, new faces, and new routines. 💛Suppor...
04/12/2025

Change can feel big for our little ones — especially when it involves a new school, new faces, and new routines. 💛
Supporting your child through this transition is a team effort. Work with your therapist, family members, and your child’s support network to slowly introduce what’s coming next, build predictability, and celebrate their bravery along the way. 🌱✨
Small steps = big confidence.

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Nothing like good food and even better company 🍽️💛So lucky to work with such a talented, kind, and fun bunch of OTs — yo...
02/11/2025

Nothing like good food and even better company 🍽️💛
So lucky to work with such a talented, kind, and fun bunch of OTs — you make every day brighter 😄

Play is a powerful tool Play isn’t just fun — it’s a window into how a child learns, communicates, and connects with oth...
29/10/2025

Play is a powerful tool

Play isn’t just fun — it’s a window into how a child learns, communicates, and connects with others.

As a therapist: Play helps us see where a child is at — their social skills, language level, and emotional regulation — and guides us in setting meaningful goals.

As a parent: Play gives you clues about how your child thinks, problem-solves, and expresses themselves.

Read our post below to learn how different play styles and stages reveal valuable insights into a child’s communication development — from receptive and expressive language to social interaction skills.

🌟 HAPPY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WEEK! 🌟🎉💚 Happy Occupational Therapy Week! 💚🎉This week we celebrate all the amazing things ...
27/10/2025

🌟 HAPPY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WEEK! 🌟

🎉💚 Happy Occupational Therapy Week! 💚🎉
This week we celebrate all the amazing things OTs do to help children play, learn, and grow! 🌈

At Kids’ Care Collective, our OTs support kids to build confidence, independence, and joy in everyday activities — from tying shoelaces and writing, and trying new things! ✏️🧩🤸‍♀️

✨ Here’s to helping kids do the things that matter most — one playful moment at a time! ✨

14/10/2025

⛏️✨ Have a child or client who’s Minecraft-obsessed?

Our very creative Chelsie shares some clever ways to bring Minecraft blocks into therapy — turning a child’s special interest into a powerful tool for engagement and learning 🙌

From building emotional vocabulary and sequencing stories, to working on turn-taking, spatial concepts, and language goals, there are so many functional ways Minecraft can support therapy sessions 💬🌿

When we tap into a child’s interests, motivation soars and meaningful learning happens 🧠💛

12/10/2025

Our fun OT Minh shares some of his favourite ways to motivate and engage older clients using a simple deck of cards. ♥️♣️♦️♠️

Whether it’s building executive functioning, practising turn-taking, encouraging flexible thinking, or embedding therapy goals into real-life activities, there are so many creative and functional ways clinicians can use everyday materials to make sessions meaningful and fun.

✨ It’s not about fancy resources — it’s about purposeful, playful therapy that meets clients where they are. 🙌

09/10/2025

Let’s talk about extending emotional understanding

Once children can recognise core emotions like happy, sad and angry, the next step is helping them understand emotions in context — what might cause a feeling, how it can change, and how we can respond.

Here, our lovely Chatuni is using our much-loved Mo & Zippy puppets to bring scenarios to life. Through simple stories and play, children can explore everyday situations, build emotional vocabulary, and learn how to express and manage their feelings in meaningful ways.

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7/8-10 Vanessa Drive
Sunshine North, VIC
3023

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm

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