"Different, not less." Temple Grandin

One of the key areas of Early Intervention is to support cognitive (thinking), physical (fine/gross motor skills), behavioural and social/emotional (ability to form relationships and cope with emotions) development. 

Our Team offers a range of solutions and strategies to help you understand and manage behaviours of concern.                                      The Perfect Squiggle Concept works around all areas of developmental needs.

Seeing abilities, not just their disability and working with each individual child to live their best lives is our aim.                                           We work with all families, inclusive of cultural backgrounds, values and beliefs. 

Perfect Squiggle Concept supporting additional needs

Yoga

• Unlike yoga that is predominately practised by adults, our poses and postures are specially modified to suit the children, with the concept of mindfulness. Children themselves will be able to adjust and adapt according to their ability. Poses will be demonstrated in a step-by-step process (including visual aids) where children will feel comfortable. The children will be able to initiate and continue at their own pace. Certain yoga poses can create neurological changes that reduce anxiety or trauma based anxiety. 

Meditation

• Mediation for children does not necessarily mean staying in a singular posture for periods of time. For example, meditation can be just focusing or concentrating on a word, thought, sensation, image or story. Research has shown that meditation improves attention and behaviour, this includes children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, sleep issues and behavioural problems. 

Speech & Drama

• While most children naturally learn how to take turns talking with their friends and staying on topic during classroom discussions, these skills do not come easily to children on the Autism Spectrum. Social and Communication Deficits are one of the main concerns of this condition. Drama lessons are a "particularly effective method to teach social skills because they force high functioning Autistic kids to face another person and respond."  (The Atlantic, 2016) Using books, props, and role-playing game exercises, our trained teachers will model a safe and non-judgemental environment for children to emulate. 

Art

• Art can be limitless; especially, in terms of the individuality of the child and ability, Art provides children uninterrupted avenues of self-expression and the healing power of creativity. For example, children with varying behaviour disorders can be guided to harness their creativeness through visual imagery, and tactile experiences which can be practised through therapeutic art sessions such as, patterning of natural materials (mandalas) and hands-on sensory-based experiences (play dough, clay or paint). 

*If your child's disability or developmental delay showed up at birth or soon after, you might already be well along this path. However, if you do not have a diagnosis, and you're concerned about your child, feel free to pop into one of sessions and one of our Teachers may be able to assist you on the next steps that you can take.