Our Approach
Our treatment approach at Kids Connect therapy is neuro-affirmative, trauma informed and gender diversity affirmative.
All therapists are trained in a range of evidence based therapeutic programs. These are selected according to clients’ individual profiles, developmental needs and personalised goals. If you have any further questions about these specific programs and the suitability for your child, please discuss this with your individual therapist or our friendly admin staff.
All assessment and intervention at Kids Connect Therapy is guided by the Developmental Individual Relationship based DIR®/Floortime™ Model. This model is a framework of development that helps families and therapists design comprehensive therapy programs tailored to meet the specific challenges and strengths of each child. Through understanding your child’s unique preferences and individual differences, the model aims to help families and therapists create strong, natural foundations for all learning. The model outlines that interaction is the key to children’s learning. Strong interactions occur when children’s natural emotions, individual preferences, interests and relationships are acknowledged and used within intervention. Further our clinical practice is strongly influenced by the work of Stuart Shanker, Mona DelaHooke, Kelly Mahler and Ross Greene to name a few.
Examples of some of the programs therapists are trained in and used at Kids Connect Therapy include:
- Zones of Regulation Program
- Lindamood Bell Learning Processes
- Seeing Stars®
- Visualizing and Verbalizing®
- Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS™) programs.
- Sensory Integration
- Therapeutic Listening
- Wilbarger Brushing Program
- The Social Thinking Curriculum
- Seabridges
- Hanen – It Takes two to talk, More than words, Learning Language and Loving it
- PROMPT
- Circle of Security
