Ready for School Program
$965.00
The Therapy at Home Ready for School Program has been specially designed by our occupational therapists to target and build the foundational skills required for participation in formal schooling.
Through the videos, comprehensive facilitator guides and fully-stocked toolbox with over 40 top quality items, you will have the knowledge and resources to work with children in setting them up for a strong and successful start to school.
Created for ages 3+ years old.
NOTE: If your child requires left-handed scissors please let us know by leaving a remark in the Additional Information section, under the Order Notes.
An Outcome Report and a block of Group Telehealth Sessions are included with this program.
- Description
- What's in the toolbox?
- What are the benefits?
- What are the goals?
- What skills will we build?
- Telehealth
- Outcome Report
The Therapy at Home Ready for School Program focuses on building functional skills for learning from the inside out.
Children can develop a strong and stable foundation to support them on their learning journey. The program works sequentially through five different modules of skill development:
- Gross motor skills
- Core strength, vestibular system and proprioception
- Language, communication and emotional regulation skills
- Hand and shoulder strength
- Fine motor skills
Within each module, there are four different levels of play-based activities and games that children can engage with. They can build confidence and independence before moving on and developing their skills further. The focus is on keeping it fun so that children are motivated to keep practising and making progress with these skills. You will be guided to progressively lay the foundations for learning.
Although handwriting is a fundamental aspect of a child’s learning journey, being ‘ready for school’ actually encompasses a much broader range of skills that need to be developed prior to even picking up a pencil.
Gross motor skills are required to support the development of core strength, which is essential for assisting children in remaining seated and upright during table top tasks.
Children will require language skills to express themselves at school and develop strategies for emotional regulation that can be honed over time.
Finally, hand and shoulder strength will be targeted as a foundation for supporting the fine motor skills required to engage in activities such as cutting and handwriting. This program provides a fun, engaging and practical way of building a well-rounded set of ready for school skills.
If your child has already started school, this program can still provide many positive benefits for supporting them in this journey, particularly if you have noticed that they require further support in any of these areas of skill development.
What's in the toolbox?
The Therapy at Home Ready for School Program comes with a toolbox of resources delivered to your door that aligns with the skill building modules in the online program. This toolbox provides a practical and playful element that your child can engage with as they follow along with the videos.
The toolbox includes*:
✓ Five comprehensive facilitator guides to support the delivery of the program at home
✓ Equipment for building gross motor skills, including a catch ball set, Twister game and The Play Way’s Twister Card Set
✓ Equipment for building core strength, including The Play Way’s Core Strength Card Set, The Play Way’s Animal Walks Card Set and Dice and mini bean bags
✓ Equipment for building language and communication skills, including The Play Way’s Nursery Rhyme Card Set, The Gruffalo book and wooden spoons, paint and paintbrushes for creating wooden spoon puppets
✓ Equipment for building emotional regulation skills, including an emotions card set, The Play Way’s Breathing Card Set and bubbles, ping pong balls and straws to use for breathing exercises
✓ Equipment for building hand and shoulder strength, including fit ball, playdough stamps, balloons, marbles and skipping rope
✓ Equipment for building fine motor skills, including The Play Way’s Scissor Skills Workbook and Pre-writing Booklet, pencil case, scissors, pencil, spray bottle, think and thread, pipe cleaners, wool, giant tweezers, pegs, pompoms A4 paper and glue
* The essential components of the toolbox generally don’t change over time unless we are making improvements to the overall program. The specific tools included may differ at times in terms of brand, colour, and other cosmetic differences due to sourcing factors out of our control. This will not affect the therapeutic benefits of the program as intended for the participant.
What are the benefits?
The Therapy at Home Ready for School Program aims to deliver the following benefits:
✓ Foundational motor skills for lifelong learning, as your child sequentially develops the gross motor skills, core strength and shoulder and hand strength required to effectively participate in fine motor tasks and handwriting activities
✓ Tools and strategies for emotional regulation that can be used to support the big emotions that sometimes come when transitioning into school
✓ Comprehensive toolbox and easy-to-implement program so that you can feel confident in developing school-ready skills at home
✓ Play-based therapy, so that your child is motivated to engage in repeated practise for improved strength and development
What are the goals?
The Therapy at Home Ready for School Program aims to achieve the following goals:
✓ Develop gross and fine motor skills
✓ Develop coordination and balance
✓ Develop cognitive skills
✓ Develop language and communication skills
✓ Engagement in sensory experiences
✓ Increase ability to follow instructions
✓ Develop critical thinking skills and creativity
✓ Building on attention and focus on set task
View the OTAH NDIS Goals Guide to see where children’s NDIS goals align with our range of OT At Home programs.
What skills will we build?
The Therapy at Home Ready for School Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:
✓ Gross motor skills through a range of fun outdoor and indoor activities
✓ Core strength to develop the torso muscles required to remain upright during table top tasks
✓ Shoulder and hand strength to support fine motor development and the use of the pincer grasp
✓ Fine motor skills for the co-ordination and precision required for handwriting and cutting tasks
✓ Handwriting and cutting skills through the use of the OT-designed Scissor Skills and Pre-writing Workbooks
✓ Emotional regulation skills through the exploration of strategies and tools for expressing and understanding emotions
✓ Following instructions as your child participates in a wide variety of games and activities
✓ Self-confidence with the foundational motor skills required for learning
Telehealth
This program includes a block of Group Telehealth Sessions to support you in successfully implementing this program. To read more about the Group Telehealth inclusion please visit our FAQs.
Outcome Report
This program comes with an outcome report for NDIS review purposes.
Parents/guardians must submit online questionnaires measuring the child’s progress before and after the program as a requirement for obtaining the outcome report.
Find out more about how to use your NDIS funds for this program HERE
Therapy at Home provides the option for an outcome report to be included with all Programs. These reports are a summary of the specific program outcomes measured as a result of participating in a specific Therapy at Home Program. This is not a report for decision-making at the full plan level. This is not a report for an end-of-plan review from which a planner can use to make decisions about future funds at a whole plan level.
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