School Holiday Group Sessions by Nepean Speech & Occupational Therapy
Group intensives are a fun and functional way of helping your child learn new skills or reinforce skills currently being learnt. At the same time, they provide a means for your child to work on their goals with increased frequency, day after day, and in a fun, relaxed setting with peers of similar abilities. In individual therapy sessions, we focus on helping your child develop their particular goals/skills. However, mastering and transferring these skills to real life situations does not always takes place as easily as we would like. When your child practices what they have learned outside of individual settings, the repetition that occurs as a result of daily attendance to the groups, and peer modelling, assist in the skills being generalised to the child’s more natural environment. When planning our groups, we aim to group children who are functioning at similar abilities, so that they can support and encourage each other to reach their goals.
Group therapy offers a supportive network and trusting environment where children can grow.
What group therapy offers:
- Modelling and support from your speech and occupational therapists to help your child reach their goals
- A fun, nonthreatening means for your child to work on achieving their goals
- Support from peers and building of confidence through newfound friendships
- Peer communication and participation within realistic social settings
- Practice in a setting that mimics a real world environment
- The ability for your child to teach and learn from others
- Cost efficiency
Whether group therapy is targeting social communication (turn taking, staying on topic, initiating conversations) or building other communication / participation skills, it is an exciting way to help children reach their full potential. Group therapy offers a supportive network and trusting environment where children can grow.
Our groups run both through the school term and through school holiday breaks. We also run groups to provide some support to children who are on our waiting list. Please contact us should you require any additional information or would like to book your child in.
2026 Group Sessions
January
This group turns handwriting into a fun, confidence-building experience as kids strengthen fine motor skills, pencil grip, spacing, sizing and more, without even realising they’re learning!
This group makes social skills an adventure, helping kids share interests, solve problems as a team, express their needs and preferences, and spark creativity, all while having a blast Pokémon-style!
This group helps little learners get ready for kindy by building listening, attention, turn-taking, cooperative play, confidence, vocabulary, and fine motor skills, all through fun, hands-on activities!
This tasty group turns everyday self-care and cooking into a hands-on adventure, helping kids follow directions, boost fine motor skills, and build social communication as they have fun in the kitchen!
April
This hands-on Lego adventure helps older kids build teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and creativity as they construct, play, and learn together!
Join the Minions for silly, hands-on fun where younger kids practise sharing, turn-taking, and teamwork while boosting confidence and social skills!
This group turns real-world skills into a fun adventure, helping kids practise road safety, navigate with Google Maps, order food, manage money and time, and chat confidently with peers!
This playful group helps kids explore new foods, build positive mealtime experiences, try a variety of tastes, and discover fun strategies to enjoy food at home!
July
This hands-on Science Group sparks curiosity as kids explore experiments, ask questions, problem-solve, and discover the wonders of the world around them!
Get ready to race, jump, and play as kids build teamwork, coordination, confidence, and sports skills in a fun-filled NSPOT Olympics adventure!
This speech-focused group uses the NLA framework to support kids in building meaningful gestalts, expanding vocabulary, combining phrases, and expressing their needs, interests, and emotions through child-led, play-based language learning.
This hands-on group helps kids build independence with daily hygiene tasks, practising self-care skills, sequencing, and fine motor coordination through fun, practical activities!
October
This lively, music-filled group helps children explore sounds and sensations, develop early language, engagement, and communication skills, and build connections while enjoying playful, child-led musical experiences based on DIR/Floortime principles!
This practical group helps kids build independence by practising everyday skills like time management, money handling, self-care, and problem-solving in fun, hands-on activities!
This Minecraft-inspired group helps older kids share interests, problem-solve as a team, communicate effectively, advocate for themselves, and boost creativity in a playful, collaborative world!
This superhero adventure helps younger kids practice sharing, turn-taking, teamwork, and communication skills, while building confidence and social superpowers in a playful, engaging way!
