School Foundation Groups​

These groups will be held at Playsense clinic, giving your child skills required for a successful start to school, including: handwriting, drawing, cutting, dressing, social, attention and emotional regulation skills. If your child is in Preschool or Kindergarten this group is relevant, we tailor the activities for the group participants.

Suitable for children aged 4-7 years.

When: Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th of April 2022 from 9am-12pm each day (3days) 

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Cost: $650 per child

Please fill out an expression of interest form before the 1st of April if you would like your child to be considered for the group. Please note, we can not guarantee that you will be offered a place as we will be working to create the most beneficial group dynamic for your child and we look at a number of factors in doing so. 

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Tween and Adolescent Social Skills Holiday Group

Early adolescence is a time when interpersonal relationships take on greater importance, which is why developing social skills at this age is so important. This group focuses on age- appropriate activities as a means of developing social interaction skills in adolescents. The sessions will involve activities designed to develop theory of mind, flexible thinking, empathy & narrative ability. Parents will receive a short summary report identifying your child’s strengths, and additional areas to work on following the group.

Suitable for young people aged 9-12 years.

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When: Tuesday 19th to Friday 22nd of April 2022 from 9am-12pm each day (4days) 

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Cost: $850 per child

Please fill out an expression of interest form before the 5th of April if you would like your child to be considered for the group. Please note, we can not guarantee that you will be offered a place as we will be working to create the most beneficial group dynamic for your child and we look at a number of factors in doing so. 

Learn to Play Holiday Group

Play is a child's main occupation and play skills support regulation, social skills, including collaboration and perspective taking, problem solving and generation of ideas and narratives. The Learn to Play group will be held at Playsense Clinic and will focus on building your child's play skills. It is suitable for preschool aged children and will have a maximum number of 6 children per group.

When: Wednesday 20th to Friday 22nd of April 2022 from 9am-12pm each day (3days) 

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Cost: $650 per child

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If you are interested in this group please email intake@playsenseot.com.au for further details.

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Online Little Leap Group

Little Leap is now being delivered online via zoom! The group program has been modified for delivery over zoom and will still focus on development of foundation skills in preparation for learning. Areas targeted are:
 

• Breath regulation

• Fine motor skills

• Gross motor skills

• Calming skills

• Group skills

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The program targets areas to enable performance in functional tasks such as playing sport and games, sustained attention, following instructions, foundations for reading and writing, following a group structure, posture, static balance and transitions. 

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If you are interested in this group please email intake@playsenseot.com.au for further details.  

    Pencil Pals Online Group

Pencil Pals Online Group focuses on all things pencil skills!

The group will aim to help your child develop essential pencil skills, including, pencil grip, strength, control, drawing skills and letter and numeral formation!

Designed by two of our Senior OTs, Pencil Pals will be run by our
OT Assistants over zoom. You will need to print some resources
that we will email the day prior. You will need to supervise your
child during this time to support them to get the most out of
this group.

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If you are interested in this group please email intake@playsenseot.com.au for further details.  

WeThinkers Group

This group will be held at Playsense clinic, for the first time in January 2022! The group addresses social thinking concepts for building better social skills and will include a variety of books, games, activities and suggestions for home to aid in learning these concepts. 

Suitable for children aged 5-8 years.

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When: Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th of January 2022 from 9am-12pm each day (4days) 

Cost: $850 per child

Please fill out an expression of interest form before the 1st of December if you would like your child to be considered for the group. Please note, we can not guarantee that you will be offered a place as we will be working to create the most beneficial group dynamic for your child and we look at a number of factors in doing so. 

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