• Improve occupational performance in a range of life skills such as feeding, dressing, play and toileting
• Improve independence with activities involving motor skills
• Improve body awareness
• Improve motor coordination and motor control
• Improve balance and endurance
• improve emotional and self regulation
• improve joint attention and focus
• Our holistic approach focuses on developing functional skills and enhancing development of independence.

During our therapy sessions, a variety of tools & techniques are utilised tailored for the individual needs of the child. These include:

• The TheraSuit – soft dynamic proprioceptive body orthoses
• Universal Exercise Unit / Spider Cage – results in balance control in partial supported weight bearing
• Overhead Harness Gait Trainer- allows hands free, freedom of movement
• The Pulley System for isolated strength training exercises
• Vibration Plates (Hypervibe and Power Plate) for whole body vibration
• Sensory Gym equipment
• KinesioTaping
• Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)
• Fine motor devices for grasp patterns and hand skill development
• Multisensory tools for sensorimotor development
• Visual schedules for developing attention and concentration

Our Physiotherapy intensives are run by our experienced, dedicated and innovative physiotherapists who have a strong focus on making the hard work fun! Our highly skilled team use a range of treatment methods:

• NDT – facilitation of movement to provide sensory input and improve postural control
• TheraSuit Method
• Dynamic Movement Intervention
• Distal Balance Control – treatment to enhance vestibular and postural reactions and balance
• Strengthening/endurance training
• Motor-learning therapy
• Tone reduction
• Functional skill development
• Partial supported weight bearing training

Our OT intensives are run by our experienced, passionate and highly creative team of Occupational Therapists who know all the tricks of the trade when it comes to a multisensory approach to learning. Our highly trained team use a range of techniques in:

• Sensory Integration
• Primitive reflex integration
• Bimanual hand activities
• visual motor integration
• Choice making
• Oral motor skill development
• Social skills
• School readiness
• Emotional regulation
• Handwriting
• ADL training (self-care)

Physiotherapy Intensives:

• Warm up stretching range of movement
• Tone reduction and proprioceptive techniques
• Inhibition of abnormal movement patterns
• Develop active and functional movement patterns
• Strengthening
• Progressive resistance exercises
• Closed/Open distal balance control, coordination, and endurance training
• Transfers, functional activities, and gait training

Occupational Therapy Intensives:

• Proprioceptive warm up activity
• Working through visual schedule
• Developing fine motor skills through multisensory play
• Develop active and functional movement patterns in the upper extremities
• Strengthening
• Vestibular activities
• Functional activities
• ADL Training
• Self-regulation activities (emotional regulation)
• Gross motor activities in our Sensory Gym

• Children 12 months and older
• Children with developmental delay
• Children with ADHD
• Children with Autism
• Children with neurological conditions including Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, muscle tone disorders, Spina Bifida, etc.
• Children with sensory processing disorders
• Children with genetic disorders
• Children in need of post-op rehabilitation

Available places are determined by booking confirmations for the intensives on a first come first served basis but we do our best to accommodate everyone’s needs particularly in the school holiday periods.

All our Physiotherapy intensive therapy programs run for 1, 2 or 3 weeks throughout the calendar year while our OT and group intensives run for 1 week blocks during the school holiday periods.

All our intensives are delivered in our spacious Sensory and Physio Gyms and in individual therapy rooms at our Clinic in Seaford, Melbourne.

Within these intensive session durations, we offer a choice between 2 and 3 hours per day, which will be dependent upon your child’s age, stamina, and concentration ability at the time of confirming your booking

While we focus on having fun, our Intensive programs are still hard work, and we ensure that we monitor your child’s response closely and adjust the progression of the program accordingly as it takes time to adapt.

In the last week of our intensives, the caregiver is required to be available to attend the final session to receive instruction on a tailored home program for your child as research has shown that children continue to progress with a home program and regular post-intensive therapy to support their intensive blocks.

All prices are in Australian dollars and are based on our traditional therapy hourly rate. The final price will be dependent upon the number of hours per day and the total duration of the chosen Intensive Therapy Program.

If you’re interested in our program, please fill out a contact form and we will contact you with further details including pricing options and service agreement requirements.