Yarra Ranges Kids Therapy

Get to know Yarra Ranges Kids Therapy

From Yarra Ranges Kids Therapy's website.

• Our approach

  Therapy at Yarra Ranges Kids Therapy is practical, fun and always involves the whole family. The service believes therapy should feel integrated into everyday life rather than like a burden, working on goals that matter to families through a parent coaching model. Sessions address play skills, fine motor skills and handwriting, social skills, sensory processing, and self-care skills. The team delivers therapy in the places children spend their time—home, childcare, kindergarten and school—ensuring support fits naturally into daily routines. By sharing knowledge and skills with families and the important people in children's lives, therapy becomes something everyone can reinforce together.

• Working with families

  Family involvement is central to how Yarra Ranges Kids Therapy operates. The service uses a family-centred practice model where goals are built around what matters to families, and therapy is delivered through parent coaching rather than a traditional therapist-led approach. The team works closely with families and the important people in children's lives, including childcare staff, kindergarten educators and school staff, because effective therapy requires everyone working together. By operating across home, childcare, kindergarten and school environments, the service ensures families see firsthand how strategies are used and can continue them throughout the week.

• Meet the team

  Yarra Ranges Kids Therapy is a team of paediatric Occupational Therapists described as fun, enthusiastic and creative. The service operates as a mobile OT provider, meaning therapists work across homes, childcare settings, kindergartens and schools rather than from a clinic. While specific therapist names and individual qualifications are not detailed on the website, the team is committed to family-centred practice and working closely with families to achieve shared goals. The therapists prioritise passing on their knowledge and skills to parents and carers so that learning extends beyond sessions.