Kandoo Therapy

10/11/2025

🎄✨ Exciting news from Kandoo Therapy! ✨🎄

Our January School Holiday Programs are now open for registration and this year we’re adding something extra special!

🎅🏼 NEW Christmas-themed Saturday programs running in the lead-up to Christmas!
These festive sessions are designed to bring joy, creativity, and connection to your child’s holidays, while supporting meaningful skill development through guided activity and task practice.

Each program is thoughtfully designed by our occupational therapy team to strengthen core developmental areas such as fine and gross motor skills, sensory processing, social participation, and confidence, all within fun, engaging, and supportive environments.

Head to our website to explore all the details and register online today.
We can’t wait to celebrate and grow with your children this holiday season! 💚💙

👉 www.kandootherapy.com.au/group-therapy/

Our group programs provide a supportive and safe space to learn and enhance a wide range of skills whilst working among peers. Group programs are designed

02/11/2025

🎒 Is your child starting school in 2026?

Join our School Readiness Parent Information Session to learn how to support your child’s transition to school with confidence!

💬 What we’ll cover:

✨ What school readiness really means
✨ Preparing your child for school
✨ Establishing routines and managing transitions
✨ Key areas of child development (self-care, social & emotional skills, communication, and fine motor skills)
✨ Practical strategies to support your child
✨ How to advocate for your child’s needs

This School Readiness Parent Session is open to every family with a child starting school in 2026. It’s all about helping you feel prepared and supported for the school year ahead! 💫

📅 Tuesday 18 November 2025
🕠 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
📍 Kandoo Therapy Clinic, Traralgon
💲 $75 per person (payable on registration)

👉 Register via the QR code on the flyer.

31/10/2025

👷‍♀️ Occupational Therapy in Action — Building Skills for Life!

Our Construction Crew sessions are packed with purposeful play…planning, drawing, building, and teamwork.

These moments strengthen:

🧠 Planning and sequencing
💬 Communication and collaboration
✋ Fine and gross motor coordination
💪 Confidence to take on new challenges

When therapy looks like fun, that’s occupational therapy in action!

28/10/2025

🌟 Occupational Therapy in Action — through mentorship and excellence!

We are so proud of Kayce Richie, who was last week awarded Federation University’s Occupational Therapy Placement Supervision Award. 👏

This award recognises Kayce’s outstanding commitment to guiding, supporting, and inspiring future occupational therapists, a true example of leadership and learning in action. 💙

Congratulations, Kayce! We’re very lucky to have you on the Kandoo Therapy team!

27/10/2025

🎉 It’s OT Week 2025!

This year’s theme celebrates the creativity, compassion, and purpose that OTs bring to everyday life.

At Kandoo Therapy, we see OT in action every day, in every skill mastered, every smile shared, and every small step toward independence.

Stay tuned this week as we share real moments from our sessions, celebrate our team, and showcase the power of play, connection, and capability. 💙

04/09/2025

🌟 Sensory play in action! 🌟

Our therapy groups use hands-on play experiences like these themed tubs to spark imagination, build skills, and foster growth and confidence.

🦖 Dinosaurs roaming through a jungle of green spaghetti…
🌊 Sea creatures swimming through jelly water and sandy shores made of crumbled biscuits…
🍝 Pasta and rainbow rice ready for scooping, mixing, and pouring…

These aren’t just fun activities, they’re important opportunities for children to:

✨ Strengthen fine motor skills through scooping, grasping, and pouring
✨ Build language and storytelling as they create scenes and adventures
✨ Explore their senses in safe, playful ways, an important step in sensory processing
✨ Grow social skills when playing and sharing alongside peers
✨ Support regulation with calming, repetitive play

Every scoop, swirl, and story is helping children foster growth and confidence in a playful, engaging way. 💙

👉 Spots are now open for our upcoming groups. Come experience the power of play at Kandoo Therapy.

🔗 Register via our website www.kandootherapy.com.au

29/08/2025

✨ New Programs Are Here! ✨

Our September School Holiday and Term 4 groups have just been released.

This term looks a little different… for the first time, you can browse all our groups, check the timetable, and register directly through our brand new website.

Families currently accessing our service and on our waitlist received early access by email on Wednesday… and now it’s open to everyone!

From creative hands-on fun to skill-building programs, there’s something for every child and teen to enjoy and grow with.

📅 Check out our timetable
✅ Explore all the group options
🖊️ Register today via our brand new website: www.kandootherapy.com.au

Spots are limited. We can’t wait to see the fun unfold this spring!

27/08/2025

⭐️Remember that “Website Coming Soon” sign we had… for 5 years?

Well, the wait is over — our very first proper website is LIVE!

👉 www.kandootherapy.com.au

It’s fresh, fun and finally shows off everything we do. From 1:1 OT sessions and group programs to our amazing Allied Health Assistants and family resources.

We’re so excited to have a real home online and can’t wait for you to check it out! ✨

09/08/2025

We’re honoured to be nominated in the Most Popular – Health & Wellbeing category for the 2025 Latrobe City People’s Choice Awards!

A huge congratulations to all the amazing businesses and professionals nominated this year. We’re lucky to have such passion and talent in our community.

A special shout-out to some of our long-time friends and collaborators also nominated:

💙 Kara Di Dio Speech Pathology– empowering children’s communication through expert, family-centred support.
💙 Claire Issell Physiotherapy – championing women’s health and wellbeing with care and expertise.
💙 Thrive Chiropractic & Health – helping our community move well and feel their best.

🗳 Voting is open now and closes Sunday 21st September!

✅ Head to the website
✅ Find “Most Popular – Health & Wellbeing”
✅ Tick Kandoo Therapy
✅ Submit your vote

Every vote counts, and your support means the world to us. Let’s show our community what’s possible when we believe in our kids!

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31/07/2025

This week’s OT Insight💡

Skill-building doesn’t need to feel like another thing on the to-do list.

When practicing something new, like shoelaces, using scissors, or buttering toast, the magic isn’t in doing it every single day. It’s in finding the right moments to practice.

⏱️ Look for calm moments across the week. Choose a time that isn’t already rushed or stressful.

✅ For shoelaces, try a quiet afternoon, not the morning rush.
✅ For buttering toast, a relaxed Sunday breakfast or after school snack works best.

Aim for 2–3 times a week over a couple of weeks, that’s plenty. And if life gets in the way? That’s okay too.

Progress isn’t about perfection, it’s about creating calm, repeated opportunities for practice when it fits.

29/07/2025

👋🏼 Say hello to Naomi…one of our fabulous Allied Health Assistants!

Naomi brings a deep sense of compassion, calm, and connection to her work. After starting her journey with us in the Client Care Team, she moved into her AHA role late last year — and hasn’t looked back!

She has a natural gift for building trust and tuning into the needs of others, gently encouraging progress and celebrating every little win. Whether she’s supporting a therapy goal or creating a moment of calm, Naomi shows up with care, kindness, and heart.

Outside of work, she’s bursting with creativity, from singing and guitar playing to sewing and hitting the netball court.

We’re so lucky to have Naomi as part of the Kandoo crew! ✨

22/07/2025

✨ Come and try The Dazzle! ✨

Created and led by the brilliant team at Kara Di Dio Speech Pathology, The Dazzle is a joyful, play-based preschool program designed especially for neurodivergent children aged 3–5.

We’re proud to collaborate on this beautiful program, supporting children to play, learn, and belong in a space where they can truly be themselves.

Each week, the group is guided by a passionate team including a speech pathologist, early childhood teacher, occupational therapist and allied health assistant. And yes — our fabulous OT Chloe is part of the magic every Friday, bringing her playful energy and warm heart to the group!

👀 Thinking about The Dazzle for 2026?
Don’t miss the upcoming Come and Try Day:

📅 Friday 3rd October 2025
🕙 10:00–11:30AM
📍 The Dazzle – Park Lane, Traralgon
💰 Free to attend!

This is a wonderful chance to see if it’s the right fit for your child before registering for next year — spots fill quickly!

📧 To register: admin@karadidiospeechpathology.com