Our PDA Kids is both a crisis service and an ongoing information and therapeutic service.
I am acutely aware that we are all at different stages of our PDA journey. I will support you and your family at whatever stage you find yourself in.
I see you; I hear you; I acknowledge your lived experience without judgement.
This may look like a lot of different things for different families:
We can come to you!
Meeting in your home encourages the feeling of safety for your child.
What might a session look like?
Our first session together will be spent hearing your story. I want to hear from you, uninterrupted, about what is going on in the lives of you and your child. Your lived experience will not go unacknowledged. Individualised support is the key focus, so ensuring you, your child and your family experience is seen, heard, and validated is paramount.
Together, we will discuss the main areas where you feel information, advocacy and support are needed, and cooperatively make a plan, starting with the highest priorities depending on individual need.
For someone at the start of a PDA diagnosis for their child, this may be discussing what PDA is and some strategies around adjusting parenting style to understand and validate the needs of your child. For a child in PDA burnout, a session may look like holding space for a discussion of what PDA burnout is, and what you as a parent can do to support your child. For another family, this may be a conversation about the schooling system, and practical strategies for advocating for your child’s needs, or attending a pre-set school meeting with you. For another family, this may be joining you during the night routine (dinner, bath, brushing teeth and bed) to work collaboratively on strategies that reduce demands around this difficult and overwhelming time.
You control how many sessions we meet. We can stop and start as required and increase or decrease as situations change. I cannot stress enough that there is no one size fits all approach, and I am flexible to be available for the families I support when they are in need.
I look forward to working side by side, on an approach that works for you, providing the respect and tools to help you and your child thrive.
FEE SCHEDULE – Face-to-Face or Telehealth
50-minute with Social Worker: $193.99
50-minute with Rehabilitation Counsellor: $193.99
50-minute with Therapy Assistant: $86.79
Provider travel time will be charged at 50% of the hourly rate for all face-to-face invoices, to a maximum of 30 minutes each way.
Funding from the NDIS can be used if you are self-managed or plan-managed.
If you do not yet have NDIS funding, please reach out to discuss a plan to meet your needs.
Short notice cancellations within 72 hours of the scheduled appointment time
will incur a fee of 100% of the appointment cost.
