Hinterland Children’s Therapy

09/04/2026

Fridays is here and the need to escape to greener pastures and run free is real!

We hope you have a fantastic Friday and fabulous weekend!

09/04/2026

𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 -
• 𝐏𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
• 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲
• 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
• 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
• 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬

Hinterland Children's Therapy are proud to be hosting a Feeding Assessment and Intervention Workshop on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th June 2026 at HOTA (Home of The Arts) in Surfers Paradise.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩:
This is not a protocol-based or discipline-specific course.
Instead, you will learn a whole-child, multidisciplinary framework integrating:
• Medical and nutritional considerations
• Oral-motor development
• Sensory and positioning factors
• Family dynamics and routines
• Developmental readiness
• Environmental influences on eating

𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡:
• Paediatric feeding disorders
• ARFID
• Selective eating
• Oral-motor feeding challenges
• Sensory-based feeding difficulties
• Mealtime distress or refusal
• Complex multidisciplinary feeding presentations

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
✔Feel confident conducting structured feeding assessments
✔Understand the interaction between physiology, development and environment in feeding difficulties
✔Develop safe, practical intervention plans
✔Strengthen multidisciplinary clinical reasoning
✔Gain tools immediately applicable to practice
Each day includes interactive case discussion sessions, allowing participants to bring real clinical challenges and receive guided problem-solving support.

To book click here https://forms.office.com/r/tLv029t1eS?origin=lprLink or call 0412 876 198.

07/04/2026

𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 -
• 𝐏𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
• 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲
• 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
• 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
• 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬

Hinterland Children's Therapy are proud to be hosting a Feeding Assessment and Intervention Workshop on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th June 2026 at HOTA (Home of The Arts) in Surfers Paradise.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩:
This is not a protocol-based or discipline-specific course.
Instead, you will learn a whole-child, multidisciplinary framework integrating:
• Medical and nutritional considerations
• Oral-motor development
• Sensory and positioning factors
• Family dynamics and routines
• Developmental readiness
• Environmental influences on eating

𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡:
• Paediatric feeding disorders
• ARFID
• Selective eating
• Oral-motor feeding challenges
• Sensory-based feeding difficulties
• Mealtime distress or refusal
• Complex multidisciplinary feeding presentations

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
✔Feel confident conducting structured feeding assessments
✔Understand the interaction between physiology, development and environment in feeding difficulties
✔Develop safe, practical intervention plans
✔Strengthen multidisciplinary clinical reasoning
✔Gain tools immediately applicable to practice
Each day includes interactive case discussion sessions, allowing participants to bring real clinical challenges and receive guided problem-solving support.

To book click here https://forms.office.com/r/tLv029t1eS?origin=lprLink or call 0412 876 198.

07/04/2026

We currently have immediate availability for Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy appointments.

Call us on 0412 876 198 or send us a message for more information.

06/04/2026

𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 -
• 𝐏𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
• 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲
• 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
• 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
• 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬

Hinterland Children's Therapy are proud to be hosting a Feeding Assessment and Intervention Workshop on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th June 2026 at HOTA (Home of The Arts) in Surfers Paradise.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩:
This is not a protocol-based or discipline-specific course.
Instead, you will learn a whole-child, multidisciplinary framework integrating:
• Medical and nutritional considerations
• Oral-motor development
• Sensory and positioning factors
• Family dynamics and routines
• Developmental readiness
• Environmental influences on eating

𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡:
• Paediatric feeding disorders
• ARFID
• Selective eating
• Oral-motor feeding challenges
• Sensory-based feeding difficulties
• Mealtime distress or refusal
• Complex multidisciplinary feeding presentations

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
✔Feel confident conducting structured feeding assessments
✔Understand the interaction between physiology, development and environment in feeding difficulties
✔Develop safe, practical intervention plans
✔Strengthen multidisciplinary clinical reasoning
✔Gain tools immediately applicable to practice
Each day includes interactive case discussion sessions, allowing participants to bring real clinical challenges and receive guided problem-solving support.

To book click here https://forms.office.com/r/tLv029t1eS?origin=lprLink or call 0412 876 198.

04/04/2026

From the team at HCT we hope you have a fantastic Easter, filled with lots of love and chocolate.

03/04/2026

𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 -
• 𝐏𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
• 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲
• 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
• 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
• 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬

Hinterland Children's Therapy are proud to be hosting a Feeding Assessment and Intervention Workshop on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th June 2026 at HOTA (Home of The Arts) in Surfers Paradise.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩:
This is not a protocol-based or discipline-specific course.
Instead, you will learn a whole-child, multidisciplinary framework integrating:
• Medical and nutritional considerations
• Oral-motor development
• Sensory and positioning factors
• Family dynamics and routines
• Developmental readiness
• Environmental influences on eating

𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡:
• Paediatric feeding disorders
• ARFID
• Selective eating
• Oral-motor feeding challenges
• Sensory-based feeding difficulties
• Mealtime distress or refusal
• Complex multidisciplinary feeding presentations

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
✔Feel confident conducting structured feeding assessments
✔Understand the interaction between physiology, development and environment in feeding difficulties
✔Develop safe, practical intervention plans
✔Strengthen multidisciplinary clinical reasoning
✔Gain tools immediately applicable to practice
Each day includes interactive case discussion sessions, allowing participants to bring real clinical challenges and receive guided problem-solving support.

To book click here https://forms.office.com/r/tLv029t1eS?origin=lprLink or call 0412 876 198

02/04/2026

It's that time of the year again! The Easter Bunny is coming to town!

HCT is closed today for the Good Friday public holiday and will also be closed Monday 6th April 2026 for Easter Monday.

We hope you have a hopping Friday and a egg-cellent long weekend!

02/04/2026

Today, April 2nd is World Autism Understanding Day, celebrating strengths and encouraging a shift from awareness to understanding.

April is Autism Awareness Month…
but in our home, it’s every single day.

Some days look normal.
Some days feel overwhelming.
Some moments are quiet…
others are misunderstood.

👉 You might see a child who “looks okay”
👉 We see courage, effort, and a world they’re trying to navigate

Autism isn’t always visible.
And love doesn’t always look the same.

In our home,
💙 routines matter
💙 small wins feel huge
💙 patience is everything
💙 and every smile has a story behind it

So before judging…
choose to understand.

Because different doesn’t mean less.
It means beautiful in a way the world is still learning to see.

💙 If this touched you, please share
You never know which parent needs to feel seen today.

01/04/2026

Last day of Term 1! We are so proud of all the kids for working so hard this term!

We hope all of our families enjoy this long weekend, with lots of treats, fun and laughter!

31/03/2026

This week is the last week Melody (our student OT) will be with us as her placement comes to an end.

We want to thank Melody for her time with us, we wish Melody all the best and we know Melody will make an amazing Occupational Therapist in the future.