Parent workshops and sessions
Warm, practical sessions for the families in your community, arranged by your centre or school and delivered by our clinicians.
Bringing families into the conversation
Parents and carers often have questions they're not sure where to take. Is this normal? Should I be worried? What can I actually do at home? A session run through a centre or school they already trust is a low-pressure place to ask.
These sessions are arranged by your centre or school for your families. We come to you, keep it plain and jargon-free, and leave plenty of room for questions, including questions about a parent's own child.
We're mindful that families arrive with very different starting points. Some are just curious, and some have been worrying for a while. Sessions are pitched so both feel welcome.
Parent sessions are sometimes recommended following an in-centre review, where a strategy works best with families doing something similar at home. You're equally welcome to arrange one on its own.
We'll help you promote it
We can provide wording for your newsletter, app or noticeboard so it's easy to invite families and explain what the session will cover.
Arrange a Session →Topics families ask about
We'll shape the session around what your community wants to talk about. Common requests include:
Supporting Communication at Home
Everyday ways to build language through the things families already do, like meals, bath time and the drive to childcare.
Understanding Big Feelings
What's happening for a child when things boil over, and how carers can help them find their way back to calm.
Sleep, Mealtimes & Routines
Practical approaches to the parts of the day families most often find difficult.
Play & Development
How play supports development, and why the messy, repetitive, seemingly pointless kind matters.
Celebrating Neurodivergent Children
A neuroaffirming look at difference: understanding your child's way of experiencing the world rather than trying to change it.
Starting School
Preparing for the transition to school, and what families can do in the months beforehand.
When to Seek Support
What might be worth a conversation with a professional, who to talk to first, and what the process involves.
Navigating Funding
A plain-language introduction to NDIS, Medicare and other options, and where families can go for help.
Your Own Questions
Time is always set aside for parents to ask about their own child. Our clinicians answer what they can on the day and point you to the right next step if more is needed.
Our most requested parent workshops
These are the sessions centres and schools ask us for most. Each one is adapted to your families and your community.
Understanding developmental milestones
What developmental milestones are, why every child grows and learns at their own pace, and when it may help to seek further advice.
Building language at home
Simple ways to support communication during everyday routines like play, mealtimes, bath time and car trips, and why every form of communication counts.
Joining in with your child's play
For when your child prefers to play on their own or moves quickly between activities. How to follow their lead, join in and meet them where they're at.
Sensory processing at home
Why some children seek out or avoid certain sensations, and everyday adjustments for dressing, bath time, noise and busy places.
Mealtimes and fussy eating
The sensory side of eating, why some children prefer a small range of foods, and ways to make mealtimes calmer for the whole family.
School and kindy readiness
What being ready for kindy and school really involves, preparing your child for the change, what to share with teachers, and supporting the first few weeks.
When school feels hard
Understanding school refusal and why school can feel hard for some children, working with your child's school, and helping them feel safe and supported.
Navigating funding and support services
How NDIS, Medicare and private health pathways work, what a referral involves, and where to start, explained in plain language.
Looking for something different? Tell us what your families are asking about and we'll build a session around it.
Simple, per-clinician pricing
- Included: preparation, adapting the topic to your families, travel up to 30 minutes each way from our nearest clinic, and a short before-and-after survey for parents and carers.
- One hour minimum. Sessions can run for one hour or longer.
- Written quote first. We'll confirm the date, the clinicians attending and the cost before anything goes ahead.
Parent workshop fee schedule
Session lengths, one- and two-clinician pricing, what's included and our most requested topics, all on one page.
Download fee scheduleFrom enquiry to session
We'll handle the content and the clinician. You just need to gather your families.
Get in touch
Tell us what your families have been asking about and roughly how many you expect.
We shape the session
We'll suggest a format and content, and confirm a clinician, date and cost with you.
You invite your families
We can provide wording for your newsletter or app so it's easy to promote.
We come to you
We deliver the session at your centre or school, with time for questions at the end.
Parents are welcome to ask about their own child. Our clinicians will answer what they can in the room, and where something would be better looked at properly, they'll say so and explain how to arrange that. Families can also contact us directly at any time.