Supports & Programs

Our group programs provide children the opportunity to learn important life participation skills. 

Social/Emotional skill groups are a form of intervention that allows your child to learn, practice, generalise and maintain social/emotional skills. At Confident Kidz we help children to develop the skills necessary to be happy and confident in a social setting.

Confident Kidz currently have numerous groups available for 4-6 yrs and 7-10 yrs and 10-13 years.

Some of the skills developed in our groups include: 

• Social confidence - Making and keeping friends
• Awareness of self and others
• Using the right language, body language and gestures
• Practical playground strategies - Reading body cues
• Attention and concentration - Following directions
• Understanding, expressing and managing feelings
• Group participation, sharing and turn taking
• Resilience - Problem solving and reasoning
• Negotiating social situations
• Sensory and motor skills & more....

Confident Kidz now have 2 Teen groups available for 11-13 year olds. The MATES PLACE & The GIRLS TRIBE are social & life skill groups to help teenagers develop skills to navigate friendships and teen life experiences. 

Some of the skills developed in our groups include: 

• Communication Skills: Body language, Behaviour Cues, Active listening, Communication Stoppers & Starters, Negotiation skills
• Friendship Skills: Positive peer support, Frenemies, Understanding influence to words & actions, Envy, Jealousy & Helping others.
• Teen Love: Healthy & unhealthy relationships, Dating Dilemmas, Power principles.
• Fitting In & Expectations: Acceptance of self & others, Respectful disagreements, & Shyness.
• Self-Esteem: Positive personality traits, Self-love & Personal strengths.

Our Individual therapy services are designed to empower children to learn and apply everyday skills in the best way they can. Our supports can increase their social inclusion and confidence, improve their emotional well-being and tolerance and strengthen their cognitive understanding. 

Confident Kidz can provide skill building in many areas including:    

• Social Skills & Relationships: Making friends, sharing, turn taking, social cues, communication
• Emotional Skills: Recognising & naming emotions, self-regulation strategies
• Positive Behaviour Choices: Increased self-control, ability to understand safe & unhelpful choices
• Cognitive Skills - Focus, Memory, Following Directions & Pre-academic skills
• Play & Imagination
• Independence and Self help - Routines and transitions
• Fine Motor - Pencil grip, hand strength and coordination & more.....
  

Individual Therapy is individualised to your child's needs and can occur in a variety of settings including your home, your child’s childcare or school.

We are a family-centred practice, meaning that families are an integral part of the child's intervention.  We work with parents and carers to develop their child’s skills together. This approach recognises the expertise of the family who knows their child’s needs the best. During Individual Therapy sessions, the parent/carer is provided support and resources to help the child practice the skills learned outside of therapy time. 

Behaviour Management Training: Confident Kidz is a qualified Facilitator in the "123 Magic Emotion Coaching Program". This program aims to equip parents and carers with the knowledge and skills to support their child's difficult behaviours. Please contact us to discuss suitability of this program to your child and family and the fees involved in this program.