What We Do
Therapies at Move and Play
Our team of experienced physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and allied health assistants work with children with a wide variety of developmental presentations, childhood conditions, and disabilities.
At Move and Play Paediatric Therapy, we work in partnership with children and their families, creating individualised therapy plans and program that support children to thrive across all their environments.
Paediatric Physiotherapy
Paediatric physiotherapists are movement experts for babies, children and adolescents. Our physiotherapists work with children to help develop their physical abilities across all aspects of their life.
Movement is an important aspect of development for babies and children. Movement allows babies and children to explore their bodies, their environment, and all the things in their world. Being able to move easily and successfully is essential for learning and growing. Paediatric physiotherapists work with children and their families to improve the child’s ability to move and participate in all the things they need and want to do, like playing, learning, going to school, and being part of a family and community.
Helping children through physiotherapy is quite different to helping adults. Children are built differently, move differently and think differently to adults. It is important that your child sees a physiotherapist who has a good understanding of these differences and is experienced in managing the various aspects of child development to ensure the best outcomes for your child and family.
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Developmental delay
Cerebral palsy
Neurodevelopmental conditions
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Down Syndrome
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Muscular Dystrophies
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Other genetic, chromosomal or neurological conditions
Hypermobility and other rheumatological conditions
Growth related musculoskeletal conditions including knee pain (Osgood-Schlatter), heel pain (Sever’s Disease), growth related pain, posture related pain, knocked knees, bowed legs, flat feet, and flattened head conditions (plagiocephaly and brachycephaly)
Paediatric Occupational Therapy
Our team of occupational therapists support children to participate and thrive in their everyday activities.
Everyday activities for children can include movement, playing, learning, self-care activities such as eating, dressing or hygiene, making and keeping friends, participating in activities, hobbies or sports at home or school, coping with change, managing their emotions, building resilience or developing life skills. Our occupational therapists work with children who may have difficulties in their cognitive, physical, sensory, motor, visual-perception or psychosocial abilities, and out goal is to help your child to reach their full potential.
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Movement and play skills
Their ability to engage and build relationships with other children/people
Everyday self care activities such as toileting, feeding, dressing, brushing hair
Fine motor skills, including drawing, writing, dressing, using cutlery, typing (and many others!)
Following routines or instructions
Behavioural difficulties at home, daycare, school or in the community
Emotional development, and self-regulation and emotional regulation
Sensory difficulties and processing
Learning or thinking skills
Memory attention and concentration
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Development delay
Learning difficulties
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Sensory processing disorder
Hearing and visual impairments
Intellectual impairments
Spina bifida
Down syndrome
Cerebral palsy
Other genetic, chromosomal or neurological conditions
Paediatric Speech Pathology
Our highly skilled speech pathologists support children to develop their speech, language, and communication skills, as well help them with their swallowing and eating skills.
Almost everything we do in our lives involves communication. We use communication to connect with others; as part of everyday tasks; to ensure our needs and wants are heard and met; to share our thoughts, ideas, perspectives, and personalities; and to share joy and experiences with others.
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Delayed achievement of early speech milestones
Speech sound production
Understanding and listening
Verbal expression
Functional communication including using Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)
Social communication / pragmatics
Picky eating / fussy feeding
Difficulties swallowing
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Developmental delay/s
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Genetic, chromosomal conditions or neuromuscular disorders
Cerebral palsy
Acquired brain injury
Allied Health Assistants
Our AHA’s work under the direction and guidance of our qualified therapists, providing additional opportunity for them to practice and master the skills they are learning within their Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech Pathology sessions.
