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Learn To Shine: For Children

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Learn To Shine: For Children

Family centred approach to helping children with educational, behavioural & language deficits.

Family centred approach to helping children with educational, behavioural & language deficits.
🧠 Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
👥 Counselling/Depression and Anxiety
🤝 Behaviour Therapy Assistance

09/12/2025

✨ Christmas is officially ready at Learn to Shine! 🎄💫
And this year… it’s extra special. ❤️

Our beautiful Christmas tree and all the decorations you see were lovingly made by our little kiddos at the clinic — with the gentle guidance, creativity and patience of our wonderful behaviour therapists.

What looks like simple art is actually so much more:
🌟 play-based learning
🌟 sensory exploration
🌟 communication and turn-taking
🌟 confidence building
🌟 tiny steps of progress that lead to big wins

These handmade pieces are treasures, not just decorations. They tell the story of slow, steady progress — the kind that matters the most. ✨

Here’s to our kiddos, our therapists and to the magic of creating together.
🎁💛 Beautiful wins, and slow progress is the key.

01/12/2025

🌈 POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT (PBS)
Supporting wellbeing, dignity & positive change

Positive Behaviour Support is a holistic, strengths-based approach that looks beyond behaviours of harm or concern to understand the real reason behind them — the function, the why.

By identifying internal and external triggers, and building the right skills for both the individual and their support network, PBS helps make behaviours of concern irrelevant, ineffective, or unnecessary.
✨ It’s about teaching new skills, creating supportive environments, and improving quality of life.

At Learn to Shine, our PBS approach is grounded in:
💛 Dignity and respect
🌏 Cultural responsiveness
🧠 Neuroaffirming practice

Every person deserves to feel understood, supported, and empowered — and PBS helps make that possible. 🌟

18/11/2025

🌟 Friendship Foundations Program 🌟
Helping kids build confidence, connection & real-life social skills!

Looking for a meaningful way to support your child these school holidays?
Our Friendship Foundations program is designed for children aged 6–16 who want to improve their social confidence in a supportive, fun and small-group environment.

👫 What We Focus On:
Each session is tailored to your child’s needs and helps build key interpersonal skills, including:
✨ Turn-taking
✨ Keeping a conversation going
✨ Problem-solving
✨ Cooperation
✨ Conflict resolution

📍 Location: Learn to Shine, Vermont

This program is perfect for children who would benefit from guided social interaction, structured learning and the chance to build real friendships.

Link - https://learntoshine.com.au/friendship-foundation-program/
📩 Interested?
Send us a message through our website, and our friendly admin team will be in touch to secure your spot!

17/11/2025

✨ Handwriting Without Tears at Learn to Shine! ✏️💛
Is your child struggling with handwriting, pencil grip, or letter formation?

Our therapists are excited to offer the Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) program — a fun, multisensory and frustration-free way to build confident writing skills!

🧩 Why HWT Works:
⭐ Uses hands-on, play-based learning
⭐ Breaks writing into simple, achievable steps
⭐ Supports children with ASD, ADHD & learning differences
⭐ Builds fine-motor, posture & pencil control
⭐ Boosts confidence through structured, calm activities

👧🧒 Suitable for ages 4–12

📍 Location: Learn to Shine Clinic, Vermont
📩 To register: Send us a message via our website — our friendly admin team will be in touch!

🌟 Let’s make writing fun, not stressful!

15/11/2025

🛡️✨ Dungeons & Dragons Adventure at Learn to Shine! ✨🐉
Ready to step into a world of imagination, strategy, and teamwork?

Join us for an exciting Dungeons & Dragons session designed especially for children and teens with ASD and ADHD.
A fun, therapeutic space where creativity meets social skills, problem-solving, and confidence building.

🎲 What to Expect:
🌟 Guided D&D campaign with our therapists
🌟 Teamwork + communication activities
🌟 Imaginative storytelling
🌟 Safe, supportive environment
🌟 A perfect blend of fun + learning!

📅 Date: 23rd January 2026
📍 Location: Learn to Shine Clinic, Vermont
⌚ Duration: 10:00am - 3.00 pm

📩 To register, please send us a message through our website and our friendly admin team will be in touch!

14/11/2025

🌟 PET FARM DAY at Learn to Shine! 🌟
Get ready for a day filled with smiles, cuddles, and learning!

📆 19th January 2026
📍 Learn to Shine Clinic, Vermont
⏰ Book your 2-hour slots between 10 AM – 1 PM

We’re excited to announce that Myuna Farm is coming to our clinic for a special interactive experience designed for children with ASD and ADHD.
✨ 1 hour of Animal-Assisted Therapy
✨ 1 hour of Educational Play Therapy

Your child will get to meet and engage with these friendly farm animals:
🐔 Chickens
🦆 Ducks
🐇 Rabbits
🐹 Guinea Pigs
🐐 Small Goats
🐢 Turtle
🐓 Rooster
🪿 Geese
🐑 Lambs

This hands-on experience supports emotional regulation, sensory engagement, confidence building, and social connection — all while having FUN!

📩 To register, please send us a message through our website.
Our friendly admin team will be in touch to secure your spot!

✨ Spaces are limited — don’t miss out on this unique therapeutic experience!

13/11/2025

🎧✨ Silent Disco Fun! ✨🎧

Get ready to dance, laugh and shine at our Silent Disco Party — specially designed for kids with ASD and ADHD! 💃🕺

Join us for an hour of fun, music and movement that helps children express themselves, connect, and enjoy a sensory-friendly experience in a supportive environment 🌈💖

📅 Date: 21st January 2026
📍 Location: Learn to Shine Clinic, Vermont
⏰ Time: 1-hour sessions — limited spots available!

📩 To register: Please send us a message through our website and our friendly admin team will be in touch!

Let’s make some joyful noise… silently! 😄🎶

10/11/2025

🌞 Our First Holiday Program is Here! 🌞

We’re so excited to launch our very first Holiday Day Program starting 16th January 2026 🎉

🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
🎯 Activities with our therapists include:
✨ Fun science experiments
🧘‍♀️ Relaxing cosmic yoga
💦 Exciting water splash play
🏃‍♂️ Energetic sports obstacle course

It’s going to be a day full of fun, learning, and connection — designed to help kids build confidence and shine bright 🌟

📩 To register, please send us a message through our website and our friendly admin team will be in touch!

https://learntoshine.com.au/

08/11/2025

AMAZING SUCCESS STORY ☀️

ABA is and should always be about—Connection, not compliance.

Here at Learn to Shine, we work with your children to build connection. We recognise that learning, when you have a neurodevelopmental difference, is hard—especially when that difference impacts how you interact with and learn from your environment—so we need to make learning as easy as possible.

For this young person, over the last three years, we have followed their lead [child-led learning], which has led to drawing as a special interest (it started through craft play and a lot of glue and mess). From this, they have developed amazing skills in drawing, and as they head into school next year, we have started to familiarise them with language they may hear at school. Our Behaviour Analyst connected with the school to observe the prep class and develop their understanding of the curriculum. From this, we can ensure our young person has a good amount of known language and is ready to go, reducing the stress of the transition from kinder to prep. The observation notes were shared with the whole therapeutic team.

The child's mum and Therapy Assistant have worked on the goals of ‘All About Me’ and letter recognition—through this child's interests of colouring and Demon Hunters, Golden is often on repeat in this little person’s home.

This child has also learned to advocate for themselves. At our team meeting this week, the therapeutic team were talking, and it became too loud. The child said, ‘Hold on, guys, I need quiet and wait for two minutes—I get the timer, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.’ The child managed the environment so it was not overwhelming.

The behaviour of learning and self-advocacy, taught through play and engagement—that’s best-practice ABA.

06/11/2025

🎮 Helping Kids Learn to Stay Calm with Mightier! 💙

Mightier is a biofeedback program designed for children aged 6–14 to help them manage their emotions in a fun and interactive way! ✨

Using video games and a heart rate monitor, Mightier teaches children how to stay calm and in control — the game actually gets easier when they regulate their emotions!

🌟 Benefits include:
💭 Improved emotional awareness
💪 Better frustration and anger management
🧘 Reduced anxiety and emotional outbursts
🎯 Improved focus and behaviour

📊 The results speak for themselves:
✅ 87% of parents reported improvements in their child’s behaviour after 12 weeks
✅ 81% of children showed even greater progress when used alongside ABA therapy

At Learn to Shine, we love using innovative tools like Mightier to make emotional regulation engaging and empowering for children. 💛

30/10/2025

💛 Learn to Shine Counselling – Now Taking Referrals! 💛

Is your child, teen, or young adult (up to 22) struggling with:
🌿 Anxiety or school refusal
🌿 Trauma or grief
🌿 Emotional or behavioural challenges
🌿 Stress management

Our caring counsellors provide a safe space to help young people build confidence, resilience, and emotional wellbeing.

✨ We currently have capacity for new counselling referrals!

23/10/2025

Anxiety can feel overwhelming — but you don’t have to face it alone. 💛

📍 Counselling for anxiety and emotional wellbeing

At Learn to Shine, we provide a safe and supportive space for children, teens, and young adults to understand their emotions, manage anxiety, and build confidence from within.

Our compassionate counsellor, uses evidence-based therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), to help clients find calm, clarity, and strength.

✨ Together, we’ll work on practical tools to manage anxious thoughts and create a sense of balance and emotional wellbeing.

Let’s help your child or teen learn to shine — one step at a time. 🌈

📞 Book your session with Learn to Shine today

Address

5/153-155 Rooks Road
Melbourne, VIC
3133

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 3pm

Telephone

+61398723716

Website

http://www.learntoshine.com.au/

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