Function Focused Therapy

25/02/2026

School sessions are back in full swing! 🙌 Thanks to all the schools who have helped us navigate the scheduling maze! We can’t wait to collaborate with you to support the children who need it most! 📝.

11/02/2026

We are looking for an admin superstar to support our team in 2026!
This position offers part-time hours between school bells.
If interested please send through your CV and a brief cover letter to info@functionfocusedtherapy.com

22/12/2025

Jumping on the 🌟 Year in Review 🌟trend❣ Reflecting on what you have achieved is such an important part of the goal setting process! Thank you to all our families and supporters for such an amazing year of laughter, therapy wins, and growth! 🙌 We can't wait to see what 2026 brings!

07/12/2025

Countdown is on! Our team will be taking a well deserved break over the Christmas holiday period. We will be away from Thursday the 18th of December until Monday the 5th of January.

Please reach out if you would like therapy appointments in the school holidays. We have limited availability during this time.

The FFT team.

27/11/2025

How supported does your child with learning differences feel at school? Perth Kids Hub are running a 2 hour workshop to help design a survey to highlight difficulties children aged 15-24 might experience within the school environment. Every voice makes a difference! Express your interest to be involved by following their link.

We are seeking expressions of interest from parents and youths to participate in a two-hour online workshop to better understand the experiences of Western Australian students with learning differences.

Your insights will guide the development of a statewide survey that will be launched in 2026.

What participation involves:

You will be invited to join one two-hour online workshop focused on shaping the design, content and priorities of the statewide survey.

To ensure everyone feels safe and able to share openly, workshops will be held separately for:

1️⃣ young people aged 15 to 24 years who can speak to their current or recent experiences in Western Australian schools;

2️⃣ parents and caregivers of children with learning differences.

No formal diagnosis is needed to take part.

This project is inclusive of students with experience in any education setting in WA: public schools, independent and Catholic schools, distance education, home education or unschooling families.

Your voice can help highlight what is working and what needs to change.

Submit an expression of interest today: https://redcap.link/ImpactforLearningDifferences

This research is focused on learning differences that are supported by the WA Department of Education's Educational Adjustment Allocation (EAA).

16/11/2025

It's been an amazing 3 days at the Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2025! We loved hearing from speakers with lived experience and connecting with people from around the world (and closer to home)! We are excited to share what we heave learnt and to explore some of the research and pilot programs further!

10/11/2025

Co-regulation is a constant balancing act. ⚖️ We adjust our emotions and behaviours according to our environments. Sometimes our behaviours are seen by others as ‘inappropriate’, sometimes we need support through human connection to ‘react appropriately’. The thing is…. we as parents often feel judged by others, we ARE judged by others! We feel like we NEED to react to our children’s behaviour (adding stress to the situation). When really what our kids need most is for us to just be with them. To be patient. To SEE and LOVE them when they are ‘acting out’, when they are feeling unbalanced! 💞 So what does that look like in practice? 🤔 My son was throwing books yesterday off his shelf. I knew the reason why (change to usual routine, exhausted). I could have yelled. I could have demanded he stop and say something like ‘we don’t throw books’! ✋ Instead I sat in his room with him, started to read a book (one he had thrown on the floor), whilst he continued throwing books and I waited. It took less than 3 minutes for him to look briefly at me, to see that I was with him, to see that I was waiting patiently. Neither of us said a word.🤫 He started putting the books back on the shelf. When he got half way and they started to fall I helped pick them up. We put the books back on the shelf together. 📚 He then said ‘thanks for helping me’ and asked if we could read a book together. ❤️ Sometimes saying and doing nothing is what your child needs. Staying near them, no matter how ‘ugly’ their behaviour might be proves that you will show up when life gets hard! Life is a balancing act, let’s help our kids find balance. ⚖️ ~ Personal opinion piece by OT Rachael.

30/10/2025

Happy Halloween to everyone who has ever been called 'TOO MUCH'! Today we celebrate our unique selves! 👻

22/10/2025

As Term 4 hits we are putting this strategy into place for ourselves and for a lot of families, to help manage explosive behaviours after school... 🥰

16/10/2025

Happy Birthday to our AMAZING Therapy Assistant Caitlin!! 🎉
We hope you have an amazing day!

13/10/2025

What is Associative Thinking?

29/09/2025

Happy Birthday Kirsty!!
Today we celebrate what an amazing colleague and mum you are! We hope you are enjoying the school holiday break! 🎉