Social, Behaviour & Emotional Support for Children (4–8)

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Helping children build confidence, connection, and emotional skills

If your child is struggling with big emotions, social challenges, or everyday frustrations, we can help. Using play-based, practical strategies, we work with families to build skills that support everyday life.

Is this right for my child?

  • Big emotions or meltdowns

  • Social challenges

  • Trouble joining in with other children

  • Rigid or repetitive play

  • Trouble with flexible thinking

  • Challenges with transitions

  • Anxiety or avoidance

Our Approach

Our approach is play-based, relationship-focused, and designed to help children build social, emotional, and everyday coping skills.

Social Communication

We help your child build skills for back-and-forth interaction, play, friendships, and social connection.

Emotional regulation skills

We help your child manage big feelings and everyday frustrations.

Parent coaching and practical strategies

We show you simple things to do at home that actually work.

Play-based learning

We use play to help your child learn new skills in a natural way.

How to Get Started

1. Free 15-Minute Parent Consultation

A brief phone call to discuss your concerns, ask questions, and explore whether support may be helpful.

2. Child Assessment & Parent Planning Session

A structured assessment session to better understand your child’s strengths, challenges, and needs, with clear recommendations for next steps.

3. Ongoing Child Support Sessions

OPlay-based sessions focused on helping your child build social, emotional, and everyday life skills over time.

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With the right support, small changes can lead to big growth

Frequently Asked Questions

  • No. Children do not need a formal diagnosis to access child behaviour, social, or emotional support. Many families seek help because they have concerns about big emotions, meltdowns, social difficulties, anxiety, rigid behaviour, or everyday challenges, even without a diagnosis.

  • Yes. Support may be helpful for autistic children, children with social communication difficulties, emotional regulation challenges, behavioural concerns, or developmental differences. Support is tailored to your child’s individual strengths and needs.

  • Child support may help with concerns such as:

    • Big emotions or meltdowns

    • Difficulty with friendships or social skills

    • Anxiety or avoidance

    • Rigid or repetitive play

    • Trouble with emotional regulation

    • Difficulty with transitions

    • Behavioural challenges at home or school

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  • Yes. Parent involvement is an important part of support. Parents receive practical strategies, child behaviour support ideas, and emotional regulation tools that can be used at home and in everyday situations.

  • This service is designed for children aged 4–8 years who may need support with social skills, emotional regulation, behaviour, communication, or everyday coping skills. For younger children please ESDM page.

  • Yes. Support may help children who struggle with social interaction, turn-taking, joining in with peers, flexible play, conversation skills, or building friendships.

  • A free 15-minute parent consultation can help determine whether this service is the right fit. If another type of support may be more helpful, this can be discussed and appropriate next steps considered.

  • For eligible families, support may be accessed using self-managed or plan-managed NDIS funding. This can be discussed during your parent consultation.

  • This depends on your child’s needs and goals. Some children attend weekly sessions, while others may benefit from a different support plan based on their individual circumstances.

Meet Your Child Development Practitioner

Jess has specialised experience supporting young children and families through play-based developmental and behavioural approaches. She supports children with social, emotional, behavioural, and developmental challenges using practical, play-based approaches.

Jess takes a practical, down-to-earth approach—working closely with parents to understand what’s really going on and providing clear strategies that feel manageable in everyday life.