Nurture Early Intervention Education

27/01/2026

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Dig deeper!

via Greg Santucci, Occupational Therapist

24/01/2026

A few connection ideas here to support separation anxiety ahead of school returning 💗

23/01/2026

Some great back to school/starting school prep ideas here 🥰

20/01/2026

A perfect way to support self advocacy for our little people! 🙌🥰

NeuroWild

07/01/2026

31/12/2025

As the year turns, I'm taking a quiet moment to reflect.

On the growth I’ve seen.
On the trust families have placed in me.
On the children who’ve shown courage in ways that might not always be visible.

The new year isn’t about “fixing” children — it’s about continuing to build environments where they feel understood, capable and supported.

Thank you for being part of the Nurture community.
I'm so grateful to walk alongside you into another year 🤍🌈

15/12/2025

✨ Did you know I also offer Parent Capacity Building sessions? ✨

Not all support happens in the classroom or centre. Sometimes, the most powerful work happens through conversation.

Today’s session was a parent capacity building appointment, held via phone, supporting a parent to better understand their child’s needs, build confidence in their responses, and feel less alone in the journey.

These sessions are about:

💛 Understanding why behaviours happen

💛 Practical, realistic strategies for home and everyday life

💛 Building confidence, clarity, and calm

💛 Supporting parents to feel capable, not overwhelmed from someone with the same lived experience

Parent capacity building can be done in person or via phone, making it accessible for busy families and those needing support without adding another thing to their week.

Because when we support parents, we support children. And as always — "kids do well when they can".

05/12/2025

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📣📣Students cannot learn when their nervous systems don't feel safe.

Not because they're choosing not to. Because their body won't let them. When a child's (or any human's) nervous system assesses the environment as unsafe (through neuroception—a subconscious scan for safety cues), it prioritizes survival over learning.

This is why felt safety comes FIRST:
Not curriculum.
Not behavior expectations.
✨Felt Safety✨

When students feel safe, their nervous systems can relax into ventral vagal, the state where learning, curiosity, and engagement are possible.

📣📣This is why Connector Practices matter so much. They build the felt safety that makes learning possible. They are the foundation to any lesson plan or learning.

29/11/2025

✨ Preparing for 2026 transitions!
I’ve been busy putting together resources for next week’s sessions, focusing on supporting children as they move into new classes, new teachers and new schools next year.

All of my clients preparing to start school in 2026 have also received an individualised transition report, summarising:
• their strengths and interests
• communication style and key supports
• sensory needs and emotional regulation strategies
• learning preferences and what helps them feel safe
• any potential challenges and recommended adjustments
• strategies for building connection with new educators
• practical ideas to ease the transition at home and school

These resources will be used across our upcoming sessions to help each child feel confident, understood and supported as they enter their new learning environment.

🌈 "Kids do well when they can" — and preparation makes all the difference.

28/11/2025

🌿 SUPPORTING NEURODIVERGENT LEARNERS — School PD Today at St Patrick’s, Gundagai

Today I had the pleasure of spending the day at St Patrick’s in Gundagai, working with their team to deepen understanding of autism, ADHD, PDA, sensory processing, communication differences, and how to support fluctuating capacity in the classroom.

Most people know me for my 1:1 NDIS work, but I also provide professional development and consultation for schools, preschools, daycares and OOSH — and this work is separate from the NDIS.

During today’s session we explored:
• Building predictable, neuroaffirming learning environments
• Understanding behaviour through regulation
• Sensory processing & the meltdown/shutdown cycle
• Co-regulation & the educator body budget
• Communication support (including non-speaking learners)
• Practical classroom strategies for high-support learners

It was a wonderful day of learning, reflection and collaboration — and a reminder that:

🌱 Kids do well when they can… and educators do too.
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✨ If your school is mapping out the 2026 PD calendar, I offer a range of non-NDIS school services, including:

✔ Full-day and half-day PD
✔ Staff meeting presentations
✔ Small-group training
✔ Student-specific consultation
✔ Classroom observations
✔ Educator coaching
✔ Practical, neuroaffirming strategies tailored to your context

Every session is warm, evidence-based, and genuinely useful for educators supporting neurodivergent learners of all ages.

If your school or team would like support in 2026, feel free to message or email me — I’d love to help.

Melissa
Nurture Early Intervention Education
info@nurtureearlyintervention.com.au
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27/11/2025

"If your bum is numb, your brain is the same" ! Love it! 🤣🙌👇

25/11/2025

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