Playskills Occupational Therapy Clinic for Children

26/02/2026

Thank you Playskills Family! Grateful for each and everyone of you! (Insert Teacher Nadeen, Teacher MJ, and Teacher Mark) 🥰🥰🥰

26/02/2026

26/02/2026

Yes yes yes!!! Not just words but also engagement in activities!

We all want to hear words as soon as possible.
That makes sense.

But language doesn’t start with talking.
It starts with regulation, connection, and play.

When we slow down and build the foundation, the words come more easily and stick longer.

If your child is still working on the “below the surface” skills, that’s not a delay in progress , it is progress.

25/02/2026

24/02/2026

24/02/2026

23/02/2026

When we include neurodivergent peers, we learn as much as they do.
Being together teaches patience, understanding, and respect.

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23/02/2026

- this from our course REGULATION MATTERS: Polyvagal Theory, Interoception and Emotional Integration!

For the ONLINE, ON-DEMAND offering of this course, see this info page:
✔️https://loom.ly/6iU6cCc

OR

these upcoming LIVE IN-PERSON offerings (not approved for AOTA CEUs):
📍Live in Perth - - https://loom.ly/PbCl3Qc - MARCH 5-7, 2026

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
✔️Explain the neurobiology of regulation and understand its impact across behavioural and emotional contexts.
✔️Apply Polyvagal Theory through relationally-attuned, practical interventions.
✔️Implement adaptable Polyvagal-informed strategies to foster regulation and co-regulation.
✔️Understand interoception and its foundational role in emotional and physiological regulation.
✔️Integrate sensation, cognition, and emotion to develop embodied and sustainable regulation strategies.
✔️Bridge theory to practice using interoceptive-informed strategies through reflective practice and attuned therapeutic presence.

“Thank you so much for sharing this incredibly valuable and sometimes complex information in a way that I can apply to both my personal and professional life. My mind is blown, my heart is full, and things are slowly beginning to make sense in my head after hearing all these terms thrown around over the past few years!”
- Past Participant

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23/02/2026

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Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. 💗

23/02/2026