Every program builds the same lasting foundations. There is no wrong door here. The difference is simply the intensity and rhythm that fits your child and your family right now, whether that is a full block completed in the holidays, a foundational start, or individual sessions as you need them.
Whichever program you choose, your child begins with an assessment. It builds the clear picture everything else is shaped around. Choose the screen on its own, or with the school picture added.
| Comprehensive Developmental Assessment | Development & School Understanding | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Understanding your child's development and sensory world | When school is part of the picture too |
| Initial consultation | 30 minute initial consultation | 30 minute initial consultation |
| Assessment | Parent coaching session, reflex screening and sensory profile | Parent coaching session, reflex screening and sensory profile |
| Observations | Functional observations individualised to your child | Functional observations individualised to your child |
| School layer | Not included | School call or visit, observation and review of achievement |
| Recommendations | Home integrations to support development | Home and school recommendations, implemented together |
| Investment | $485 | $995 |
The assessment is your first step, and is separate from the program you choose next.
Here is how it works. The Full Integration Intensive runs as five extended 90-minute sessions across five consecutive days, designed to sit inside a school holiday block, or spread across two weeks where consecutive days are not possible. The Foundational Intensive is four 50-minute sessions across two weeks, laying a strong base before ongoing work begins. Integrating Individual Sessions can be scheduled weekly, fortnightly or sporadically, across the term or through the holidays.
| The Full Integration IntensiveLimited Availability | The Foundational Intensive | Integrating Individual Sessions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Detailed, comprehensive work completed in a holiday block, for families who cannot attend across the term | Laying strong foundations before ongoing sessions begin, or a holiday block to layer in extra work | Continuing the work at a pace that suits your family |
| Core sessions | 5 extended 90-minute sessions, in term time or the holidays | 4 x 50-minute sessions | 50 minutes per session |
| Format | 1 session each day across 5 consecutive days, or spread across 2 weeks where that is not possible | 2 weeks from start to finish, in term time or the holidays | Weekly, fortnightly or sporadically, in term time or the holidays |
| Focus areas | Reflex integration, sensory motor integration, fine and gross motor skills, neuroplasticity informed work | Reflex integration, sensory motor integration, foundational body organisation | Reflex integration, sensory motor integration, fine and gross motor skills, session repetition |
| Parent coaching | 2 online parent or support coaching sessions | 1 online parent or support coaching session | In-session parent coaching |
| Follow up | 2 weeks of virtual support after the block ends | Optional add on upon request | Optional add on upon request |
| Written summary | 1 clinical summary with home activities, every session | 1 clinical summary with home activities, every session | 1 clinical summary with home activities, every session |
| School letter | Progress Review & Recommendations for school | Optional add on upon request | Optional add on upon request |
| Implementation plan | Individualised Implementation Plan and Integrate & Regulate home package | Individualised Implementation Plan and Integrate & Regulate home package | Optional add on upon request |
| Commitment | 5 consecutive days, or 2 weeks | 2 weeks | No set commitment |
| Location | The therapist comes to you | The therapist comes to you | The therapist comes to you |
| Investment | $2,700 | $1,200 | $260 per session |
Every program begins with an assessment pathway, the Comprehensive Developmental Assessment, or the Assessment with School Inclusion added.
As reflexes integrate and the nervous system settles, the changes often show first in the body, then ripple out into how a child feels, moves and engages with the world.
Constant fidgeting, wriggling and involuntary movement, a body that cannot quite be still.
AfterReflexes show fewer involuntary movements, and the body can rest and stay settled.
Overwhelmed and unsettled by the environment, easily knocked off balance by noise and busyness.
AfterMore settled and at ease in the world around them, able to stay present in busy spaces.
A body that works against itself, low activation, poor posture, everything taking more effort.
AfterBetter activation through the body, with more strength, control and ease in everyday movement.
Uncertain and on guard, struggling to feel safe or sure within themselves.
AfterA deeper sense of knowing and safety within self, the quiet foundation everything else grows from.
Every child is different, and progress is always their own. These are the kinds of changes families often begin to notice.
The assessment pathway is a separate first step, and is required before any program begins. It builds the picture that your program is shaped around. Program prices listed are for the program itself.
Yes, and many families do exactly that. The Foundational Intensive lays a strong base in a short window, and from there you can move into Integrating Individual Sessions, or into a Full Integration Intensive in the holidays if deeper work is indicated.
That is exactly why there is more than one path. The Foundational Intensive spreads four sessions across two weeks, and Integrating Individual Sessions can be booked as often or as rarely as suits you. We can talk through what fits your child and your family at your initial consultation.
Life happens, and we work with you. Reach out as early as you can and we will do our best to find another time within your program.
Many families use NDIS funding for Occupational Therapy, including self managed and plan managed arrangements. You are welcome to ask about this when you get in touch.
Both are available. For families in regional areas, sessions can be delivered online, or the assessment completed in person. Just enquire and we will find what works.
The easiest first step is a relaxed initial consultation. We can talk through your child, and find the path that feels right together.