Calm and Connected

Calm and Connected Provides home, school, clinic and online occupational therapy, therapy assistant and psychological services to families.

A focus is given to developing self-regulation as a foundational skill for learning. Occupational Therapists at Calm and Connected strive to provide information, resources and recommend program's that can be embedded in the home and school environment. These aim to assist children and adults to achieve a state of calm and alertness. It is important to teach children ways to manage their body, emotions and thoughts to stay attentive and ready for learning. The ability to self regulate is having enough energy in the tank to cope with stress across home, school and play. Being calm and alert is a foundational skill for learning and interacting meaningfully with others. Strengthening the building blocks for learning ensures children can cope with multiple demands across different environments. This supports long term skill development and ability to generalize these skills across other environments. Feeling calm and connected is when we perform at our best, whether it be meeting a new person, sitting a test, putting our clothes on the right way or learning something new.

23/02/2026

💫 Something special is taking shape in our Piara Waters clinic! Fresh spaces, fresh energy, same heart. We can’t wait to show you what’s coming! 💛

👋 How lucky are we to welcome another student to the East Kimberley Clinic? A big, warm welcome to Kasey! 💜 We’re excite...
10/02/2026

👋 How lucky are we to welcome another student to the East Kimberley Clinic? A big, warm welcome to Kasey!

💜 We’re excited to have Kasey with us for a 8-week OT placement from Curtin Uni - keep an eye out around the clinic and town and be sure to say g’day!

🥰 We first met Kasey on Camp Confidence in 2025, and she loved it so much she just had to come back!

💜 Doesn’t Calm and Connected look amazing on these four? We’re SO excited to officially welcome OT's Rachel, Ella, Lill...
05/02/2026

💜 Doesn’t Calm and Connected look amazing on these four? We’re SO excited to officially welcome OT's Rachel, Ella, Lilly & Shannon to our Perth team - bringing their energy, skills, and passion to help kids and families thrive.

🧠 Here’s to new adventures together!

To everyone heading back to school or home education this week, we're thinking of you!
04/02/2026

To everyone heading back to school or home education this week, we're thinking of you!

👋 Welcome to the East Kimberley Clinic, Gaby! 💜We’re excited to have Gaby with us for a 10-week OT placement all the wa...
03/02/2026

👋 Welcome to the East Kimberley Clinic, Gaby!

💜We’re excited to have Gaby with us for a 10-week OT placement all the way from Bond Uni - keep an eye out around the clinic and town and be sure to say g’day!

A great reminder for all of us heading back to school soon. Resilience isn’t the absence of anxiety—it’s learning to mov...
27/01/2026

A great reminder for all of us heading back to school soon. Resilience isn’t the absence of anxiety—it’s learning to move through it safely. Gentle support, predictable routines, and validation make a difference 🖤

Anxiety on the first days or weeks of school is so normal. Why? Because all growthful, important, brave, hard things come with anxiety.

Think about how you feel on their first day of school, or before a job interview, or a first date, or a tricky conversation when you’re setting a boundary. They all come with anxiety.

We want our kids to be able to do all of these things, but this won’t happen by itself.

Resilience is built - one anxious little step after another. These anxious moments are necessary to learn that ‘I can feel anxious, and do brave.’ ‘I can feel anxious and still do what I need to do.’

The anxiety they feel in the first days or weeks of school aren’t a sign that something is wrong. It’s part of their development and a sign that something so right is happening - they’re learning that they can handle anxiety.

Even if they handle it terribly, that’s okay. We all wobble before we walk. Our job is not to protect them from the wobble. If we do, they won’t get to the walking part.

To support them through it, remind them that this is scary-safe, not scary-dangerous. Then, ‘Is this a time for you to be safe or brave?’

Then, ask yourself, ‘Is this something dangerous or something growthful?’ ‘Is my job to protect them from the discomfort of that growth, or show them they are so very capable, and that they can handle this discomfort?’

Even if they handle it terribly, as long as they’re not avoiding it, they’re handling it. That matters.

Remember, anxiety is a feeling. It will come and then it will go. It might not go until you leave, but we have to give them the opportunity to feel it go.

Tomorrow and the next day and the next might be worse - that’s how anxiety works. And then it will ease.

This is why we don’t beat anxiety by avoiding it. We beat it by outlasting it. But first, we have to handle our distress at their distress.

We breathe, then we love and lead:

‘I know you feel […] Of course you do - you’re doing something big here and this is how big things feel sometimes. It’s okay to feel like this. School is happening but we have five minutes. Do you want me to listen to your sad, or give you a hug, or help you distract from it?’❤️

📚From us to you, here's a few tips for the holidays!
10/01/2026

📚From us to you, here's a few tips for the holidays!

07/01/2026

24/12/2025

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Therapy Clinics In Piara Waters & Kununurra
Perth, WA

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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+61430645086

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