What do you mean you don’t celebrate pie day? 🥧
Getting in early at Zillmere for Saturday 14th March - 3.14… International Pie Day! 🤤
It is easy to think that what therapists do in sessions is the ‘therapy’ for children. ⌛️
But what if I told you the real magic 🪄 ✨ is not in the doing but in the being? 🧘
If you can do anything today for your little one … find ten minutes to really connect and be present with them 🩶
It’s not the task, the activity or the game that you play together or what you can achieve.
It’s about lending your regulated nervous system to them, being there and interested in what they’re interested in.
The connection and shared enjoyment of an activity means so much to your child and will support their development in powerful and wonderful ways. 🫶🏼 💫 🧠🌟 ♥️
The hidden costs of masking 🎭
Seeming to be ‘perfect’ on the outside but drowning inside 😔
I don’t know who needs to hear this…
So we will just leave it here as a reminder of all that you do and how well you do it…
Even if it doesn’t always feel like it…
You are doing an amazing job 👏 ♥️ ✨
Dear Parents 👋
We have this powerful message for you when you’re considering accessing Psych services for your child 👧 🧒
Care of our beautiful new Senior Physio, Elsa 🫶🏼
It’s about teaching, not testing 🍎
If we want our children to learn new words and phrases we need to feed them in! 🍲
Questions test our children, statements provide language can help them grow!
And let’s face it, it’s never a fun conversation when people just keep asking us things! We all know that feeling of shutting down when we are asked too much!
Commenting, labeling and describing items builds their language skills in the following ways:
1. Providing exposure to a range of different words to express their wants, needs and opinions. 🍰 🥛 🍭 🥕
2. Modelling all the different ways we use language to communicate e.g., label objects, describe objects, share ideas, tell stories.
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3. The children learn social language that they can use with their friends and other adults when playing, exploring and having conversations. 🧩 🎲 👯♀️ 🪺
Testing out the new equipment @ IOT. ✨ 🛝 🎲 🧗♂️
Someone’s got to do it … Please note n this is not as easy as it looks! 💪
Speaking of sweet treats 🍬 🍦🍨🧁🍿🍩
Hoping everyone is enjoying the R & R… with the usual “what day is it?” Pre- New Year’s Eve feels!
Looking forward to seeing you all in 2026!
Inside Out is growing!
Inside Out is growing! 🌱
Opening our third exciting location this year with the vision of it being a place for kids and their PARENTS to get their own tailored support, adding Psychology to our team and building out our employee experience with our EAP services and other new platforms to make your day flow with ease and efficiency there’s been a lot to celebrate 🥳
Are you an OT, Speechie, Physio, Counsellor, Psychologist or allied health student looking to join the ND Affirming movement… here are five work perks to excite you!
🎊 9 day fortnight, with an RDO and Work from home day every fortnight !
🫶 $2000 and Five Days of paid leave to engage in Professional Development across a year! Learning matters!
😻 Wrap around support for families. Come join a team of dedicated professionals, families can access all their Allied Health supports under one roof = better outcomes for our little people 🤸
🤹♀️Play-based through and through - come work in our tailor made clinic rooms with swings, rock walls and space for kids to be kids 🍭
🥇Support for you, as you, wherever you are at in your journey. Whether you’re a new grad wanting the right start to your career, an early career therapist wanting to learn in the mental health space with kids, teens and families or wanting to take the leap into management we have a role that is right for you 🌷
Reach out today - www.iotherapy.com.au or message us any time for a chat 💬
Just a little snapshot of what goes on in our therapy sessions at IOT 🤸 🧩🌈♥️
For more behind the scenes glimpses come along to our Open Day on Monday 15th December to check out our new Zillmere clinic 🫶 🛝🏆🎨🎲🎳
Can’t wait to see you there!
Language Modelling … with toys! 🧸
We love it when our therapists get in front of the camera with the intent to share their knowledge to help more families out there!
Speechies unite 💪
Make it fun, engage the child’s motivation and ensure you are choosing activities that involve their interests 💓 🧩🎲🎧🎨
At IOT we love a good joint OT & Speech sessions … ALOT! 💕✨🤸♀️🫶
We get the chance to collaborate, share strategies between therapists, develop a shared understanding about where the little person is at and ensure consistency across both ongoing OT and Speech sessions 🎉
So much good stuff 🙌
Serving serious runway energy while we wait for our next Burpengary kiddos to arrive 😎✨
Our team doesn’t just check the waiting room… we strut into it.
Because why not make every transition a little bit fabulous? 💁♀️💁♂️
See you at your next session — we’ll be ready for our close-up 👠📸
#InsideOutTherapy #BurpengaryClinic #TherapyButMakeItFashion #PaediatricTherapy #ClinicLife
🐷 Pop The Pig
Pop The Pig isn’t just laughs and surprises — it’s a powerhouse for learning!
Kids practice:
🖐 Hand strength and coordination
🧩 Following rules and taking turns
💭 Emotional control when waiting or losing a turn
Therapy that feels like play… because it is 🎈
#OTInAction #PlayAndLearn #InsideOutTherapy
We need to move! 💃 🏋️⛹️♀️🏄🚴♀️
As humans we have a physiological and psychological need for movement.
For the sake of our brains 🧠
Movement stimulates brain development and function. Regular activity keeps us sharp through out our life.
Did you know ⁉️
Novel movement when paired with new learning increases the likelihood that new learning will stick in your brain!
Well-being 🧘♀️
Movement can support mood regulation and increase positive feelings such as accomplishment and enjoyment of everyday things!
So go on - have a movement break 🤸♀️🪂⛹️♂️
So that’s a wrap on our obstacle course challenge 🌯
Vote now for your favourite course by liking or commenting on the original videos
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Who will be our winners - Zillmere… Kallangur… Burpengary?
Our winners will get a special prize so choose wisely 🔍 🕵️♀️
We’re down to the pointy end of competition 🤸 🤗 🎱 🫣
Kallangur’s turn to show us what they’ve got! 🌈
🧱 Block Tower Challenge
Who knew stacking blocks could do so much?
This simple game helps kids develop:
🖐 Fine motor control
🧠 Planning and problem-solving
💬 Communication and turn-taking
Every block builds confidence — one playful step at a time!
#PlayBasedTherapy #OccupationalTherapy #FineMotorSkills #InsideOutTherapy
Let’s see what Burpengary can do!
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Things are heating up at our brand-new Zillmere clinic 🔥
Watch as our OTs race against the clock to design the ultimate obstacle adventure!
Who said therapy is only fun for the kids 😂
Soooo it’s been a fun week at IOT care of Matt & Stella coming in hot with an obstacle course challenge 🛝🏋️♀️ ⭐️ 🌈 🏅
Follow along to pick your favourite obstacle course and which clinic did it best 🏆
Take it away … Stella ✨
✍️ Handwriting in Shaving Foam
Messy play meets learning magic!
Writing in shaving foam helps with:
💪 Strengthening hand muscles
🧠 Sensory exploration
🔤 Letter formation and pre-writing skills
Because handwriting practice doesn’t have to mean paper and pencils!
#SensoryPlay #FineMotorDevelopment #OTForKids #InsideOutTherapy
And it all comes together 🎉
POV - You work with children for a living 🤸 🌈 🤣
🎯 Therapy Goals… but make it a challenge!
In today’s friendly race, our therapists went head-to-head to see who could find games and resources for different therapy goals the fastest 👀💨
From speech sounds to fine motor skills, every item in our clinics is chosen with purpose — helping kids build real-life skills through play, creativity, and connection.
Who do you think took the win this round? 🏆
#TherapyInAction #InsideOutTherapy #OTandSpeech #PlayBasedTherapy #PaediatricTherapyFun
Dedication 💪 🌟 🩶 🌈 🙏
I am proud to say that Inside Out has unofficially opened its third clinic at Zillmere.
While we are still putting the final touches on the space, it’s been hard to not reminisce on the journey so far.
Somewhere in the busyness of fitting out Zillmere, Inside Out, celebrated its fifth Birthday. A major milestone I feel, yet it slipped away between fit out plans, interviews, offering guidance to our therapists and all those other relentless parts of owning a business.
The thing about Inside Out, is the celebration and joy is from what you put in. I feel like anyone who knows us well (shout out to all our long term clients) knows that we genuinely care about our little people and the care we put into our clinics are a reflection of this.
Dedication starts with showing up. It’s putting care and effort into the little details that you aren’t sure others will see.
Dedication comes from a place of love and creates so much joy.
And that is something to celebrate!
With much joy, care, love and slightly sore hands from sanding climbing wall holes, we are ready to welcome you to Zillmere.
And that, to me, is the best thing to celebrate!
PS The side step/ galloping you see was us trying to figure out at what distance to place the rock holds on the climbing wall at Burpengary 😅
#therapyforkids #insideouttherapy #womeninbusiness #birthdaycelebration #dedicationhasnolimitation
Ever wondered what goes on behind the doors of an OT session? 👀
From obstacle courses to sensory play, every activity is carefully designed to support real-life skills — and make therapy feel like play! 🎨🧩
This OT Week, we’re celebrating the creativity and purpose behind every playful moment.
#OccupationalTherapyInAction #OTWeek2025 #PlayIsTherapy #InsideOutTherapy
Watch as our Zillmere team unpack their new resources! We can't wait to enjoy these games with you at your next visit. 🌈
Exciting times at Inside Out Therapy, Zillmere! 🌈✨️
We can't wait to welcome you all to this exciting space on Monday. 🎊
Contact our wonderful admin team to book sessions with Matt, Stella, Anne-Marie, or Liz. 📞
Say hello to Jess, our Admin Assistant across both our Kallangur and Burpengary clinics. Jess is hanging out with Wilfred the Highland Cow Squishmallow.
Jess is celebrating our Neurowild resources that are great infographic books that have helpful information about how to better understand Neurodivergent kids.
At IOT we also have an array of different stickers that support kids with transtions, are a memento of their session and support kids to work on making choices and expressing their interests and so much more!
Lastly we have Amigo our Therapy Dog who sits behind desk. Stay tuned for more information on our therapy dogs!
#squishmallows #paediatricoccupationaltherapy #workingwithkids #stickers #playtherapy #speechtherapy #therapydog #australianshepherd
Say hello to Jess, our Admin Assistant across both our Kallangur and Burpengary clinics. Jess is hanging out with Wilfred the Highland Cow Squishmallow.
Jess is celebrating our Neurowild resources that are great infographic books that have helpful information about how to better understand Neurodivergent kids.
At IOT we also have an array of different stickers that support kids with transtions, are a memento of their session and support kids to work on making choices and expressing their interests and so much more!
Lastly we have Amigo our Therapy Dog who sits behind desk. Stay tuned for more information on our therapy dogs!
#squishmallows #paediatricoccupationaltherapy #workingwithkids #stickers #playtherapy #speechtherapy #therapydog #australianshepherd
Playfulness is a wonderful way to increase a child’s engagement in therapy to work on attention, regulation, connection, interaction skils, language, motor skills and the list goes on!
Lara, one of our gorgeous OTs, Louise our Admin Super star at Burpengary get playful with Danny the Dino in the cloud swing!
Their playfulness is enhanced with their exaggerated facial expressions and body language. Slowing down the pace of the play adds anticipation and excitement for kids in play and lengthens their attention and focus on the game.
Be sure to look out for the ways your therapist brings out their playful side in your next session!
#squishmellows #paediatricoccupationaltherapy #speechtherapy #workingwithkids #playtherapy #brisbane_australia
Belinda is at our Kallangur clinic with Silvina the snail! Belinda is one of our amazing OTs who loooooves #squishmellows and dinosaurs!
Belinda is in the pink room where she uses the #hart slide to help children develop their motor planning, the trampoline to provide movement and heavy work (proprioception) input for kids who need this input to organise their bodies and the monkey bars which is great for promoting upper body strength which helps with fine motor skills.
#occupationaltherapy #paediatricoccupationaltherapy #workingwithkids #toolsforplay #occupationaltherapyforkids
Meet Lara! Her friend Willett, is one of the MANY squishmellows living at IOT. Willett is excited to be on the tour with you. Lara is one of our fabulous OTs who loves to play. Check out her cool room including cameo appearances by the rock wall, cloud swing and the peanut ball. The rock wall is great for working on coordination and muscle endurance, the cloud swing gives movement and deep pressure input helping our kids learn about their bodies and the peanut ball helps kids work on core strength! #occupationaltherapy #paediatricoccupationaltherapty #workingwithkids #learningthroughplay #toysfordevelopment
ADHD … why interest-based learning is so important!
