Therapy Assistant Programs
Dedicated Therapy Assistant Programs
Consistent, repetitive practice is key to helping children master new developmental skills and build everyday independence. At LOTS4KIDS OT Service, our Therapy Assistant Programs offer high-frequency, structured, and play-based sessions designed to accelerate your child’s therapeutic milestones while maximising your funding budget.
Accelerating Progress Through High-Frequency Practice
Learning new coordination patterns, self-care routines, or regulation strategies takes time and consistent repetition. While registered occupational therapists assess, design treatment plans, and introduce strategies, our Allied Health and Occupational Therapy Assistants provide the regular, focused support needed to consolidate those skills.
Working under the direct guidance and supervision of our registered OTs, therapy assistants carry out tailored exercise and activity programs. This collaborative approach ensures high clinical quality, faster skill acquisition, and sustained engagement in a fun, child-centred setting.
Key Areas Targeted in Assistant Sessions
Motor Coordination & Movement Practice
- Regular fine motor drills for pencil grip, handwriting endurance, cutting, and utensil handling.
- Gross motor circuits targeting core stability, balance, jumping, agility, and playground coordination.
Sensory Regulation & Calming Techniques
- Practising sensory diets, proprioceptive heavy work routines, and calming strategies prescribed by the supervising OT.
- Supporting arousal regulation during task transitions and peer interactions.
Daily Living & Self-Care Consolidation
- Hands-on repetition for morning and school routines, including dressing, shoe-tying, unzipping bags, and opening lunch containers.
- Reinforcing personal hygiene and toileting independence step by step.
Social Skills & Interactive Play
- Facilitating turn-taking games, peer cooperation, active listening, and social problem-solving during guided play.
- Building confidence to initiate peer interactions across home, childcare, or school environments.
Benefits of a Therapy Assistant Program
- Cost-Effective Budget Management: Therapy assistants bill at a lower hourly rate under NDIS capacity-building funding, allowing your family to access more frequent weekly support within your allocated budget.
- Intensive Therapy Blocks: Perfect for school holiday intensives or targeted blocks where frequent sessions are required to reach time-sensitive developmental milestones.
- Real-World Generalisation: Sessions take place in natural environments—homes, schools, and kindergartens—helping children apply skills across different daily contexts.
- Direct OT Supervision: Every activity is directed, monitored, and regularly reviewed by an AHPRA-registered paediatric occupational therapist to ensure clinical alignment.
- Empowering Families & Educators: Therapy assistants work collaboratively with parents and teachers, demonstrating practical games and activities to keep momentum going between visits.
How Our Program Operates
1. OT Assessment & Program Design
A registered occupational therapist evaluates your child, defines measurable goals, and develops a structured intervention plan suitable for assistant delivery.
2. Assistant Handover & Training
The supervising therapist guides the therapy assistant through your child’s specific routine, handling techniques, sensory preferences, and motivational triggers.
3. Frequent, Goal-Driven Sessions
The assistant delivers consistent weekly or multi-session-per-week blocks filled with purposeful, play-based activities in familiar home or school environments.
4. Supervision & Periodic OT Reviews
The supervising occupational therapist regularly reviews session notes, conducts progress checkpoints with the assistant and family, and updates treatment goals as your child progresses.
Get Started with a Therapy Assistant
Provide your child with the frequency and consistency they need to achieve their everyday milestones. Contact our team to discuss setting up a therapy assistant program.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our therapy assistants are experienced allied health assistants holding formal qualifications (such as a Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance or early childhood education degrees) or senior university students completing advanced Bachelor of Occupational Therapy degrees.
Yes. Therapy assistant sessions are funded under NDIS Capacity Building (Improved Daily Living) using Allied Health Assistant (Level 1 or Level 2) support categories for self-managed and plan-managed participants.
We deliver assistant services as mobile visits across homes, kindergartens, primary schools, and community locations throughout Craigieburn and northern Melbourne.
