Group therapy programs are a great way to boost your child’s therapy participation in the school holiday’s.

Group programs can also be a fun way for children to meet others and create connections while learning and developing skills.

Our programs can be a one-off session or run over multiple days or weeks. Group programs build on specific skills, such as social, or fine motor skills and engage children through mediums that they enjoy such as craft, board games or Lego.

They are normally broken down into age groups so that the therapy models can be delivered in an age-appropriate format and the children can socialise in relatable peer groups.

All groups are facilitated by either occupational therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists, provisional psychologists, or therapy assistants or a combination of these. You can find out more about group therapy programs here.

Can you use NDIS funding?

In some cases, NDIS funding can be used to fund group program participation so ensure you discuss this option with the clinic teams when booking.

School holiday program timetable

QLD

Ashmore

• Get Ready for High School (social & executive function skills): 9, 10, 11 January for kids 11-12 years entering high school
• Loose Parts Play group (Motor coordination & social skills): 20 December & 15 January, for children 5-12 years
• Social Science Squad (social & motor skills): 14 December, for children 7-12 years
• Sports Club (Motor coordination & social skills): 13 & 20 December, for children 6-11 years
• Dino Dig (Play, Language, social, sensory & motor) 17 January, for children 3-5 years old
• Shop & Chop cooking group (Mealtimes, sensory skills) 17 January, for children 10+ years

Coomera

• Creative Club (social skills): Over 3 days, 14, 19 & 21 December, 9-12pm each day, for kids 8-13 years
• S.T.E.M (social skills): Over 3 days, 5,7 &12 December 9-12pm each day, for kids 8-13 years
• S.T.E.M (social skills): Over 3 days, 9, 10 & 11 January, 9-12pm each day, for kids 8-13 years

Toowong 

• Christmas Craft (Fine motor & social skills): 13, 14, 15 December, for 6-9 years olds
• Steps to Prep (Prep readiness): 15,16, 17 January, for kids 4-5 years commencing prep in 2024

Strathpine

• Prep readiness: 16 & 17 January, 2 day program 4-5 year olds starting prep in 2024

Murarrie

• Santa’s Brick-tastic Workshop (Social, sensory, fine motor skills): 13 & 14 December, 9:30-11:30am. Children 5-8 years
• Santa’s Brick-tastic Workshop (Social, sensory, fine motor skills): 20 &21 December, 9:30-11:30am. Children 9-12 years
• Clause’s Culinary Workshop (Social, sensory, fine motor skills): 14 December, 9:30-12pm. Children 6-12 years
• Clause’s Culinary Workshop (Social, sensory, fine motor skills): 19 December, 9:30-12pm. Children 6-12 years
• Clauses Crafty Corner (Social, sensory, fine motor skills): 14 December, 1-3:30pm. Children 3-5 years
• Clauses Crafty Corner (Social, sensory, fine motor skills): 14 December, 1-3:30pm. Children 7-9 years
• Elf training (Physical Fitness and Motor Skill Training): 12 December, 9:30-10:30am. All ages but children grouped according to ages.
• Elf training (Physical Fitness and Motor Skill Training): 18 December, 9:30-10:30am. All ages but children grouped according to ages.
• Christmas Martial Arts (Martial arts Training): 12 December, 1-2:30pm. All ages but children grouped according to ages.
• Christmas Martial Arts (Martial arts Training): 13 December, 1-2:30pm. All ages but children grouped according to ages.
• Christmas Martial Arts (Martial arts Training): 14 December, 1-2:30pm. All ages but children grouped according to ages.
• Christmas Martial Arts (Martial arts Training): 19 December, 1-2:30pm. All ages but children grouped according to ages.
• Christmas Martial Arts (Martial arts Training): 20 December, 1-2:30pm. All ages but children grouped according to ages.

Upper Mount Gravatt

• Construction Crew (Social & fine motor): 11 & 18 December, 2:15-3:45pm. Children 5-12 years
• Playground Pals (Social & Gross motor skills): 12 & 19 December, 8-9:30am. Children 8+ years
• Transport Group (Social & Language skills): 13 & 20 December, 2:15-3:15pm. Children aged 4-7 Years
• Transport Group (Social & Language skills): 13 & 20 December. Children aged 8+years
• Dino Dig (Language & Social Skills): 14 December, Children aged 3-6 years
• Christmas Craft (Social & fine motor skills): 15 December, Children aged 4+ years
• Pokemon Group (Social connection): 15 December, Children 8 years+
• Painting group (social & fine motor skills) 19 December, children 4+ years
• Prep Readiness (Fine motor, language and school skills): 9, 10, 11 January, children 4-6 begining prep in 2024
• Imaginative play (social connection) 12 January, for children 5-8 years
• Puzzle group (Social & problem solving skills): 9, 11 & 16 January, for children 8-12 years
• Minecraft group (social & problem-solving skills): 10 & 17 January for children 8-12 years
• Book Club (Language development) 15 January, for children 6-10 years
• Pokemon Group (social & fine motor skills) 16 January, for children 5-7 years

VIC

Camberwell

• Social Science Squad (social & fine motor skills): 9- 11 January for 4-6 -year-olds
• Lego Day group (social skills): 9 January, for 7-11 years
• Arts and Craft Day group (social & fine motor skills) 11 January, for children aged 4-6 years
• Pokemon Day Group (social & fine motor skills) 11 January, for children 7-11 years
• Highschool Hangouts (socials skills): 16-18 January, 12-14 year olds.
• Safety First (social & daily awareness skills): 16-18 January, 7-11 year olds
• Ready, Set, Prep (school readiness) 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 January, for children commencing prep in 2024
• Safety First (social & daily awareness skills): 23-25 January, 4–6-year-olds

Oakleigh

• Lego Day group (social skills): 10 January, for 4-6 years
• Dancing Dynamites Day group (Social & gross motor skills): 11 January, for children 4-6 years old
• Arts and Craft Day group (social & fine motor skills) 12 January, for children aged 7-11 years
• Social Science Squad (social & fine motor skills): 9- 11 January for 7–11-year-olds
• Ready, Set, Prep (school readiness) 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 January, for children commencing prep in 2024
• Messy Eating (Social & fine motor skills) 23-25 January, 4–6-year-olds

Mornington

• Ready Steady Prep (School readiness): 17-19 January, for 5–6-year-olds starting school in 2024
• Making friends (social skills): 22-24 January, for 5-7 year olds

Vermont

• Gingerbread House making (social & organisation skills) 21 December, for Prep- grade 3 kids
• Happy Holidays (social & organisational skills): 21-22 December for, 3–5-year-olds
• Lego Builders (social skills): 11 & 22 January, 4 years to grade 3.
• Pokemon (social skills): 9 January, for kids in Prep to grade 3
• Curious Kids Playgroup (basic social skills): 11 January, 3-4 year olds
• Crafternoon (Social & organisational skills): 10 & 18 January for kids in Prep to Grade 3
• Ready, Set, School (School readiness): 15 -17 January for kids entering prep in 2024
• Superheros (working with others): 19 January for children 3-5 years
• Dr Seuss Breakout! (Group skills): 22 January for children in grades 1-3
• Glow Party (Social & organisational skills), 24 January for children in Prep – grade 3

Box Hill South

• Making Playmates (Social Skills) 16-19 January, for children 3-5 years
• Building Buddies (Social Skills) 16-19 January, 5-7 years
• Hanging Out (Social Skills) 16-19 January, 8-11 years

NSW

Penrith

• Getting Ready for Kindergarten (School readiness): 8-12 January for kids starting Kindy in 2024
• Getting Ready for high School (High School Social Skills): 15-19 January for kids starting Grade 7 in 2024
• Playground Skills (Social skills & emotional regulation) 15-19 January for Kids in year 1-3 in 2024

WA

Ellenbrook

• Ellenbrook Eats (social & organisational skills): Tuesday 16-18 January, for 9-12 year old children
• Ellenbrook Eats (social & organisational skills): Tuesday 23-25 January, for 13-15 year old children
• Play dates (Early language and motor skills): Tuesdays, 16th, 23rd & 30th for children 2-3 years

Stirling

• LEGO skills (social, fine motor skills) 17 & 18 January, for children 8-11 Years old
• Loose parts play (Social & regulation skills): 22 & 23 January, for children 4-6 years old

Hindmarsh

Contact us for available programs suitable for you.

How to book

Our group therapy programs are specific to each clinic and their available therapists so contact the clinic directly for bookings or expressions of interest for future group programs.

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