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A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.
A woman and a girl sit at a wooden table, with the girl pointing at a dry erase board featuring The Play Way's Self-Care Program content. A marker lies nearby. They are in a modern home characterized by light-colored walls and furnishings.

Self-Care Program

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The Therapy at Home Self-Care Program has been designed by our team of occupational therapists to assist children in developing the skills they require to confidently manage the planning and execution of daily self-care routines.

Children will be supported to increase their understanding of self-care practices and encouraged to explore their sensory preferences. They will also be encouraged to learn, practise and play their way towards greater involvement and independence in their self-care tasks.

Created for ages 4 – 12

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The goals of this program

✓ To develop executive functioning related to self-care tasks including planning, organising and sequencing

✓ To improve body awareness

✓ To develop self-confidence and autonomy in performing self-care tasks

✓ To increase self-care engagement through managing sensory input and exploring sensory preference

✓ To improve motor planning ability, including task initiation (getting started), execution (putting the steps together and problem-solving) and following directions (listening and doing)

✓ To improve time management

✓ To develop healthy habits for daily living through self-care routines

✓ To increase awareness of self-care hygiene practices

✓ To improve fine motor skills through engaging in occupation-centred self-care tasks

The benefits of this program

✓ Build self-confidence and autonomy in self-care tasks by developing an understanding of personal sensory preferences and creating a sensory safe space.

✓ Guide the development of fine motor skills in real-life contexts with the support of the guided demonstration videos and practical self-care tools.

✓ Support children to increase independence with executing their self-care routines through developing a self-care planner and tools to support personal organisation.

✓ Encourage the consolidation of healthy self-care habits by using the videos and tools to create safe spaces, practise skills and find individualised tools to meet self-care goals.

Skills it can help build

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

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Fine motor skills through twisting, squeezing and pumping containers and tubes in real-life situations

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Communication skills through listening to instructions, receiving directions, collaborating with others, expressing ideas and preferences and clarifying messages

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Sensory regulation skills by learning about sensory processing and identifying and exploring personal sensory preferences related to self-care

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Skills for independence through the use of the self-care planner, guided demonstrations in the online videos and the written and visual prompts on the instruction cards

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YOUR TOOLS

What's in your toolbox

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Self-Care Buddy

Self-care magnets, whiteboard, timers + markers to help build self-care routines.

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Jack N' Jill Brush set

To explore sensory preferences for dental care and to assist with motor planning.

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Jack N’ Jill Toothpaste tubes

To accommodate for sensory sensitivities.

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Biodegradable Floss Picks

To support the motor planning and fine motor skills.

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Tooth Sparkles Chews

To explore supportive alternatives for cleaning teeth.

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Melo self-care products

Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion and detangling spray. Cruelty-free, organic, paraben and sulphate-free.

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Sensory hair brush

A gentle tool for hair care.

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A variety of hair ties

To trial and explore sensory preferences.

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Scalp Therapy Massager

A sensory tool that support scalp health.

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Dewy+Lewy Skincare GD2GO Sunscreen

Easy-carry clip-on bottle.

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Solar Buddies Sunscreen Applicator

A mess-free, sensory-varied option for applying sunscreen.

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The Adventures of Willy and his Sunburnt Bum

To provide education and promote engagement with sun-safe practices.

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Bathroom Organiser + Mirror

To assist with motor planning and body positioning in self-care activities.

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Toiletry Organiser Sponge Bag

To encourage organisation of self-care products and tools.

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Soggy Doggy Game

To promote a sense of fun and play with self-care routines.

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Visual instruction cards

To support children in completing their self-care routines at home.

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Facilitator guide

To assist in guiding and supporting the delivery of the therapy at home.

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Online program

Developed by Occupational Therapists to support children in building their skills at home.

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WHO THE PROGRAM IS FOR

Does this sound familiar?

"My child has challenges following instructions and remembering to complete self-care activities, I'd love to help them learn independence."

"My child has strong sensory needs and preferences which can make regular self-care practices tricky. I want to help them uncover practices that suit their needs."

"I'd love to support my child to build self-care practices that honour their challenges with executive functioning and that they'll actually enjoy."

If these challenges sound familiar, you are not alone. It’s exactly why we’ve designed this program.

ABOUT THE VIDEO TRAINING

What the program covers

The Therapy at Home Self-Care Program aims to support children in planning, sequencing, organising and executing self-care skills in the areas of dental care, hair care, bathing, showering and body care. Developed by paediatric therapists, it provides a range of guided demonstrations, education, tips and ways to play for fostering independence with these daily living skills.

Supported by over 40 videos, children will be guided to create their own unique self-care plan, with the opportunity to explore their personal sensory preferences. They will then learn about and practise self-care activities related to dental care, hair care, bathing, washing and body care through the guided demonstration videos.

In addition to the instructional videos, there are ideas for bringing a sense of play and fun into these self-care routines. The play ideas are offered as a way of supporting children to engage with self-care activities through play if they are not yet ready to participate with the guided demonstrations.

To accompany the content in the videos, children will be provided with a series of instruction cards that contain both written and visual cues to support the step-by-step execution of the self-care routines. There is also a facilitator guide that contains helpful training content and tips for the support person facilitating the program.

The toolbox has been carefully curated by our paediatric therapists to provide children with an extensive range of tools for engaging with and executing their self-care routines. Plus they'll help children explore their personal sensory preferences with a variety of self-care products.

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