Therapy Groups

Secret Agent Society

Term 2 2025

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Face to Face and Telehealth options

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Cost: $3916 (11 x 2 hour sessions across 6 months, teacher liaison, access to SAS online portal and pre and post group measures)

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Secret Agent Society (SAS) is a group program for children aged between 8-12 to help improve their social and emotional skills. It was created by Australian Clinical Psychologist, Dr Renae Beaumont, and is regarded as one of the most successful programs of its kind. SAS features an animated 'secret agent' computer game, Helpful Thought Missile action game, Challenger board game, and Secret Message Transmission Device game which is designed to captivate children while they learn new social emotional skills in a fun way.

During the group they will learn how to:

• Recognise emotions in themselves and others

• Express feelings in safe and appropriate ways

• Talk and play with others

• Solve friendship problems

• Cope with change and deal with bullying

The program includes 11 group sessions (1.5hr child group, 0.5 hr parent group) across 6 months, weekly teacher liaison, access to the SAS online portal and pre and post group measures.

Rising Stars

Term 2 and Term 4 2025

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10am - 10.45am Tuesdays, starting Week 2

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Cost: $970 (8 x 45 minute sessions)
 

Rising Stars supports children 3-4 years of age, two years before they start Kindergarten. It is the stepping stone towards School Smart. The program, run by our Occupational Therapist, Hannah, is held during Term 2 and Term 4.

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The group aims to build on a range of skills including:

• Participating in a group

• Gross motor skills

• Attention skills

• Fine motor skills

• Self help skills including putting shoes on, gathering belongings, asking for help

Block Club

Term 2 and Term 4 2025

3.45pm - 5.15pm Thursdays, starting Week 2

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Cost: $1200 (8 x 1.5 hour sessions)

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Lego Group is a program that supports social communication of primary school aged children (4-12 years old) in a supported environment. It is run by our Occupational Therapist, Bella.

The goals of the program include:

• Improve critical thinking

• Improve and promote social communication & interaction

• Improve confidence and emotional well-being

• Increase sense of belonging

• Improve team work skills

• Promote collaborative problem solving

• Develop memory skills and concentration

• 5 level up system to allow participants to develop their skills in a structured way

Minecraft Group

Term 3 2025 and Term 1 2026​

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Minecraft Group is a social skills program developed and ran by our Speech Pathologist, and Minecraft enthusiast, Monica. It utilises a well known and motivating online game, Minecraft, in a supported group setting to assist with social skills development.

The goals of this group include:

• Greeting and introducing yourself

• Planning with others

• Speaking up in a group

• Negotiating

• Managing conflict

• Expressing feelings and self regulation

• Playing with others

Mudgee Mites - Gross Motor Group

Term 3 2025

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Run by our Occupational Therapist, Bella, Mudgee Mites is a group program that supports the gross motor development of primary school aged children.

The goals of the group include:

• Multi themed group tailored for all abilities

• Designed for boys and girls ranging from ages 4 - 12, with children placed in age appropriate groups that target specific skills

• Group themes include: Movement & dance. Team work. Hand eye coordination. Balancing. Aiming & target practice. Throwing/Catching. Social skills & communication.

Friendship Group

Term 3 2025 and Term 1 2026

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Run by our Occupational Therapist, Chelsea, Friendship Group helps children to nurture their friendships skills.

The goals of the group include:

• Develop an understanding of the qualities that make a good friend

• Develop a sound understanding of consent and boundaries 

• Recognise the difference between a friend, frenemy and bully 

• Develop an understanding of peer pressure and how to recognise the signs 

• To feel confident to navigate a ‘friendship fire’ (difficult friendship challenges) and the different ways they could respond 

• Develop an understanding of recognising the signs of bullying and to have a ‘clever comeback’ response