therapy for children
supporting your child
to thrive in everyday life
how we support children
At Emble Allied Health, we provide therapy for children in Mill Park, Bundoora and Melbourne’s north-east.
The primary school years are a time of growth, change and increasing independence. Children are developing their communication, relationships, identity and understanding of themselves.
For some children, the environments around them, such as school, social settings or daily routines may not always align with how they experience and engage with the world.
At Emble, we focus on understanding each child as an individual and supporting them to participate in ways that feel meaningful and sustainable.
what you might be noticing
You might notice your child:
- Finding it hard to follow instructions or keep up with learning
- Struggling to express themselves clearly
- Finding friendships or social situations challenging
- Experiencing big emotions or becoming overwhelmed
- Avoiding certain tasks or environments
- Losing confidence or becoming easily frustrated
You don’t need to have a clear label for what’s going on – we’ll help you understand what’s happening and what might help.
where we deliver support
Flexible options to suit your routine, preferences and everyday life.
areas of childhood development we support
Support is tailored to your child – this may focus on one area or a combination, depending on what will be most helpful.
communication, speech and language
- Understanding and following instructions across home and school environments
- Expressing thoughts, needs and ideas clearly
- Participating in conversations with peers and adults
- Developing narrative skills (e.g. retelling events, explaining ideas)
- Building social communication skills such as turn-taking and topic maintenance
- Supporting speech clarity, including speech sound differences and motor speech challenges (e.g. apraxia of speech)
- Supporting fluency of speech (e.g. stuttering) in a way that builds confidence and reduces pressure
- Supporting communication across speech, non-speaking and multimodal communication styles
- Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), including visual supports and communication systems
- Supporting access to communication systems that enable participation, choice and independence
play and social development
- Supporting connection through play and shared experiences
- Following your child’s interests to build engagement and interaction
- Creating opportunities for connection in ways that feel comfortable and meaningful
- Supporting social development without expectations to interact in a specific way
emotional regulation and wellbeing
- Understanding emotions and early signs of overwhelm
- Understanding behaviour and underlying needs
- Building co-regulation strategies with caregivers
- Exploring what regulation looks like for your child
- Developing strategies that feel supportive and achievable
- Building confidence and resilience
sensory experiences and regulation
- Understanding sensory preferences and sensitivities
- Exploring how sensory needs impact daily life
- Supporting regulation without suppressing needs
- Developing practical strategies for comfort and engagement
daily routines and independence
- Building self-care skills (e.g. dressing, eating, hygiene)
- Managing routines and transitions
- Developing organisation for school and home
- Increasing independence in daily life
movement and motor development
- Building coordination, strength and motor skills
- Supporting participation in sport and play
- Improving endurance and body awareness
- Increasing confidence in movement
feeding, nutrition and mealtimes
- Supporting children with feeding challenges or restricted diets
- Expanding food variety
- Addressing sensory or behavioural factors at mealtimes
- Supporting overall nutrition and health
connection, identity and belonging
- Supporting connection in ways that feel authentic
- Understanding different communication styles
- Navigating friendships while respecting boundaries and energy
- Supporting participation without expecting children to mask
- Creating environments where children feel safe and included
creative expression
- Exploring emotions through creative approaches
- Building confidence in self-expression
- Supporting identity and sense of self
literacy and learning
- Building reading and comprehension skills
- Developing phonological awareness and decoding
- Supporting confidence with classroom learning
- Helping children engage with school tasks
how support works at emble
We offer flexible, coordinated support based on your child’s needs.
a coordinated approach
Some families work with a lead therapist who:
- Gets to know your child and family
- Acts as your main point of contact
- Draws on the wider team when needed
- Keeps support consistent and aligned
multidisciplinary therapy
Some families choose to work directly with multiple clinicians, depending on their child’s needs.
We offer:
- Speech Pathology
- Occupational Therapy
- Psychology
- Dietetics
- Feeding Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Art Therapy
- Group Therapy Programs
Our team works collaboratively, meaning:
- There is a team around your child and family
- Services are coordinated, not fragmented
- Clinicians share insights and knowledge
- Support is integrated across all areas of development
assessments and diagnostics
We offer assessments to better understand your child’s strengths, needs and how best to support them.
Assessment is not about labelling – it’s about gaining clarity and guiding meaningful next steps.
This may include:
- Functional Capacity Assessments (NDIS)
- Autism assessments
- Cognitive assessments
- Speech, language & literacy assessments
- Motor and functional assessments
- Developmental assessments
We’ll guide you through whether an assessment is helpful and what it might look like – there’s no expectation to know this before getting started.
working in partnership, in everyday life
You know your child best.
At Emble, we work in partnership with you and the people in your child’s life to ensure support is practical, meaningful and sustainable.
We focus not just on what happens in sessions, but on what happens in everyday life, embedding strategies into real routines so skills carry across home, school and community, and progress continues beyond sessions.
We don’t expect children to adapt to environments that don’t work for them. Instead, we focus on understanding each child and supporting their participation in ways that feel achievable and authentic – whether that involves adjusting environments, building skills, or supporting confidence and self-understanding.
Support happens in the environments that matter most, and we work alongside families, educators and support teams to keep strategies consistent across settings.
Our approach focuses on building the capacity of the people around your child, so support is embedded into everyday life – not just delivered in sessions. While this is sometimes described as parent coaching, at Emble it extends beyond this through shared knowledge, collaboration and coordinated support.
ready to get started?
You don’t need to have it all figured out.
We’ll help you make sense of your options and guide you toward the next step.