Our Services and Programs

Move and Play Paediatric Therapy provides family-friendly, flexible and fun children’s therapy services and programs.

Group Programs

Our service offers a wide variety of group programs that aim to help children work towards their functional and participation goals. 

We love offering group programs because they harness the power of peer learning and social environments to allow children to function better in their everyday life. 

Plus, they are lots of fun!

All of our group programs can help children to:

  • Learn and practice their functional skills in a supportive social environment

  • Learn from and teach their peers

  • Build connections and relationships with others

Some of our current group programs 

We are always improving and creating new group programs, so please make sure you speak with your child’s therapist about which of our group programs will best suit your child.

If you are interested in any of these group programs, please enquire below.

  • Our Mini Movers (2-4 year olds), Mighty Movers (5-9 year olds) and Groovy Movers (9+ year olds) programs are a combined occupational therapy and physiotherapy group program run during school terms that help children to work on their fine motor, gross motor, and social-emotional skills. Goals and focus areas for these programs vary depending on the age of the children participating and their individual goals. Examples of goals that can be worked on during these programs include:

    - Fine motor skills such as drawing, threading, typing, using a computer mouse

    - Gross motor skills such as running, jumping, balance, climbing, ball skills, and riding a bike

    - Daily living skills such as showering and toileting, dressing, meal preparation

    - Social-emotional skills such as interacting with peers, taking turns, following instructions, emotional regulation

    - Organisational skills such as understanding time, scheduling and planning

  • Sense Rugby is a rugby based Occupational Therapy program that uses rugby based activities to help kids work on social skills, attention to tasks, behaviour, emotional regulation, and learning abilities. Sense Rugby also helps children be more active, build confidence in themselves, and have fun with their peers and friends participating in a team sport. You can read more about Sense Rugby here: https://www.senserugby.com.au/

    Move and Play runs Sense Rugby as a program during school terms and over the school holidays.

  • Our very popular Gross Motor Group helps children aged between 4 and 6 years of age to build and develop their balance, coordination, strength and proprioception (understanding where their body is in space).

    After children complete the Gross Motor Group program, they can transition to a mainstream community sports activity, or to our Super Star Sports group!

  • Super Star Sports is the next step after Gross Motor Group, and assists children to learn sports specific skill training and team based skills to assist them to transition to a mainstream sport. Each term focuses on a different sport, and the sessions focus on sports specific skills and drills, learning game rules, working as a member of a team, and practicing playing the sport in mini games.

    After children complete the Super Star Sports program, we can support your child to link with and transition to a mainstream sports program so they can continue to play!

  • Lego Club is children who are passionate Lego creators, who want to have fun playing with Lego while also building their capacity to participate in social environments.

    Lego Club help children to learn specific skills such as recognising feelings, managing emotions, working with others in teams, listening and following instructions, managing conflicts – all while playing with Lego!

  • Little Learners is a small group program designed to support children to develop, practice and refine important school readiness skills. Little Learners is suitable for children in or entering Kindy or Prep.

    During Little Learners, children will work on:

    • Managing transitions and routines

    • Exposure to a kindy/ prep routine

    • Fine motor skills such as craft, drawing, writing, scissor skills, gluing, opening and closing lunch boxes and water bottles

    • Listening and following directions

    • Working individually and as a team

  • Our Emotional Regulation Group is a term based program that is designed to help children understand and regulate their emotions. During this group, children will explore different emotions, what those emotions feel like and look like for them and others, and participate in fun, play-based activities to learn ways to regulate or manage their emotions in a safe way.

We are locally owned and locally run. 
We are from the community, and for the community.