Therapy Services
Occupational Therapy
Occupations are the activities we need or want to do as we go about our lives.
Occupational Therapists support children to participate in activities across all areas of their lives. They can be activities they need or want to do at home, child care, kinder, scouts, school - anywhere!
Our Occupational Therapy sessions are tailored to your child's unique strengths and interests. We use task-focused and evidence-based interventions to help your child achieve their goals as soon as possible.
Individual sessions are available in the following locations:
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Clinic
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Home
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School
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Kindergarten
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Via Telehealth
Speech Pathology
Speech Pathologists support children to develop the communication skills they need to learn, play and connect with others.
Our Speech Pathologist supports children to build skills that are essential for learning, friendships and everyday life including; talking or using augmented communication tools, understanding language, pronouncing sounds or with feeding and swallowing.
Therapy is play-based and tailored to each child's needs and neurotype. Our Speech Pathologist works closely with families and your child's wider care team to support progress at home, preschool and school.
Our goal is to help your child find their voice, express themselves clearly and thrive at every stage of development.
Speech Pathology appointments are available in the following locations:
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Clinic
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Home
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School
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Kindergarten
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Via Telehealth
Coming Soon: Psychology
Paediatric Psychology supports children and young people to understand their emotions, build resilience and develop practical skills for everyday life.
Our Psychologist provides support that is neuroaffirming, valuing each child’s unique way of thinking, learning and experiencing the world. We take a holistic and practical approach, supporting emotional wellbeing, behaviour, social skills, anxiety, attention, learning and family relationships.
Therapy is child-centred and strengths-based, with clear strategies families can use at home, school and in the community.
Our goal is to help children feel understood, confident and supported, so they can thrive in ways that are meaningful to them.
We are working on filling our psychology position and will update this page and clients on the waiting list as soon as we are successful.
Therapy Support Program
Our Therapy Support Program offers individual therapy sessions that are prescribed by our therapists and delivered by our Allied Health Assistant.
These sessions provide intensive therapy practice opportunities to support goal achievement, particularly for children who have goals that benefit from frequent and repetitive practice opportunities.
Our Therapy Support sessions are available weekly or bi-weekly in the following locations:
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Little Rockets Clinic (Eltham, VIC)
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Home
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School
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Kindergarten
Our peer group programs are a fun and effective way of helping your child to achieve their goals within an environment that reflects a classroom.
Peer group programs provide children the opportunity to both learn from, and guide others in a way that is engaging and helps build their skills as well as their self-confidence.
Little Rockets offers the following group programs throughout the year:
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School Readiness Program for pre-school children
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Mad Sad Glad Program for pre-school children (focus on emotional regulation)
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Book Club for 4-6 yr olds (focus on fine motor skills and group participation)
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Supported Playgroup for children not yet attending kinder (0-3yrs)
Assessment Services
Standardised assessments are available to support information gathering, diagnosis and/or funding applications.
Please note that if you are a current client, your therapist will recommend and book an assessment as needed. If you are a new client looking for an assessment, you can book a time within our assessment clinic using the link below.
The following assessments are available:
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Developmental Screening and Recommendations (0-5yrs)
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Handwriting assessment (including the DASH for high-school aged children)
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Motor skill assessment (fine and gross motor)
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Sensory Profile assessment
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Speech and Language assessment
We are stoked to see schools, kinders and childcare settings welcoming children of all abilities into their classrooms. We know how passionate educators are about providing an environment that can suit such a wide variety of individual needs.
Our AllWays Learning programs are centred around collaboration with educators across early childhood to build inclusive learning environments for all children. AllWays Learning includes a package of in-person workshops, learning materials and access to experienced therapists.
Local kinders, preschools and childcare settings can access these services via the School Readiness Funding Menu Option: Occupational Therapist.
Services can choose to collaborate with AllWays Learning over the following topics:
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Emotional regulation
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Attention and engagement in a group setting
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Drawing, handwriting and technology supports
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Sensory processing in group settings