About Us
At PlaySpace Paediatric Therapy, it is our mission to support and empower children and their families to meaningfully participate, engage and connect within their everyday environments and occupations.
We are a fun, innovative, and quality-driven service, we pride ourselves on play-based, engaging and meaningful therapy in a safe and supportive environment for children.
Our team of Occupational Therapists have
completed additional clinical training in general children’s development, fine motor development, sensory processing, neuroscience, and age-appropriate skills at each stage of a child’s life – all incorporating the true work of childhood – play!
Whether its learning to write, making new friends or supporting learning some of those tricky fine motor skills, our team have the ability to assess, analyse and plan to support your child reach their goals.
We use the most appropriate assessments to understand your child’s functional abilities, their strengths, and areas to target through intervention. Our evidence-based approach means that we only offer therapy that will be effective for your kiddo!
Our Values
play
Play is how children connect, interact, and learn about their world
growth
Evolving, learning, progressing, and growing
connection
Facilitating and building meaningful connections with others
participation
Children thrive when they are able to actively participate in their environments
individuality
Supporting individuality, self-expression and confidence to be uniquely you
Our Team
Director & Occupational Therapist
Caitlin
Caitlin is the lead Occupational Therapist & Owner of PlaySpace Paediatric Therapy. She began PlaySpace in 2021, with the vision to create a quality-driven service for children and families of the Gold Coast region.
Caitlin has a strong passion for working with children to achieve meaningful goals, and believes that forming a fun, therapeutic and fulfilling relationship with the child is the first step towards fostering clinical success.
Caitlin has worked with children with a range of conditions and who are all unique in their interests, goals, preferences and needs. With evidence-based practice at the forefront of intervention, she has experience providing individualized therapy targeting play skills, social skills, fine motor skills, independence with self-care, daily routines & activities, emotional regulation, and sensory processing differences.
Caitlin has completed a range of additional training, including:
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DIR Floortime (Developmental, Individual-differences, & Relationship-based model)
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Becoming a Behavioural Detective: understanding complex behaviour
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Sensory Regulation & Behaviour
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Praxis in Early Intervention
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Traffic Jam in my Brain
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The Zones of Regulation Program
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The Alert Program
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Self Regulation through Neuroscience
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Learn to Play
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SPELD Literacy Skills Workshop
Caitlin enjoys seeing children grow, progress, and gain confidence through collaborative intervention with families, carers, and teachers.
Phoebe graduated from Southern Cross University in 2023 and has been a valued member our PlaySpace Team as a Therapy Assistant before becoming a Registered Occupational Therapist.
She brings a wealth of experience from various pediatric environments, including early intervention therapy assistance, autism-specific early intervention services, and practical university placements supporting NDIS participants. Phoebe has experience working with children in their natural environments, and supporting a range of areas such as; motor skills, handwriting, executive functioning, social & play skills, participation in school/ learning settings, and development of self-care skills.
A dedicated and passionate therapist, Phoebe is committed to helping children and their families thrive in their everyday lives and activities. She takes pride in delivering client-centered support through an evidence-based, neuro-affirming, and goal-oriented approach.
Phoebe offers mobile services across the Gold Coast and Northern NSW region.
Phoebe
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Caitlin
Caitlin is a registered Occupational Therapist with four years of clinical experience working with families and young people. Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, Caitlin graduated from Auckland University of Technology in 2019.
With a wealth of experience in family-centered therapy, Caitlin is dedicated to involving families in every step of the therapeutic journey. Her approach is deeply rooted in being person-centered, strengths-based, collaborative, and compassionate, ensuring that each child and family feels understood, supported, and empowered.
Caitlin brings a strong background, and experience in working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Anxiety, Emotional Dysregulation, Social Skills, Routines, Sensory Modulation, Sensory Processing difficulties, and Trauma. Within her past roles as a child and adolescent mental health OT, she has developed her skills in trauma informed practice, and has experience working collaboratively with families through parent coaching/ education. She is also especially passionate about collaborating with schools to achieve the best outcomes, bridging support between home and school to foster each child's development.
Caitlin is passionate about building safe, playful relationships with children, tailoring therapy to align with each child’s interests, goals, and developmental needs. She utilizes evidence-based approaches to help children develop the skills they need to thrive in everyday life.
Caitlin is committed to providing compassionate, individualized care that empowers the child to develop the skills and confidence they need to thrive.
Our Services
We provide Occupational Therapy services within your child's natural environments.
Our Occupational Therapist's can assist your child within the following areas:
Sensory Processing
Therapy can target sensory processing challenges your child may be experiencing, whether your child is highly sensitive towards certain environments/ stimuli, or is seeking of sensory input, we can suggest strategies and techniques to assist.
Self-Care
Occupational Therapy can target self-care skills, such as; dressing, toileting, feeding / mealtimes, routines, grooming
Emotional Regulation
We can support children & families to develop co-regulation techniques and emotional regulation skills. We work with your child to; recognize and labelling their emotions, understand others emotions, develop self-regulation skills and co-regulation techniques
Social & Play Skills
We support children to develop their social and play skills, this may include; sharing & taking turns, developmental play skills, diversifying play, understanding social cues, developing friendships, understanding perspectives, conversational skills, conflict resolution, problem solving.
Fine Motor
We support our clients with developing their fine motor skills so they can have success with everyday tasks and fine motor demands, this may include; handwriting skills, grasp development, cutlery skills, strengthening, open/closing/manipulating everyday items
Cognition
Our OT's support your child to develop their executive functioning skills, cognitive flexibility, and participation/ engagement within their learning setting.