WizeTherapy

We have a very rare opportunity to skip our waitlist! 📣❗

A couple of our Early Childhood Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists have availability NOW
- Within our Booragoon region for clinic and/or community visits.
- For infants and toddlers aged 0-3 years
- Within school hours
- For NDIS or private support services

This opportunity won't last long, so please give us a call on (08) 9317 7932 or send an email to our lovely admin team at [email protected].

We strive to incorporate Neurodiversity Affirming Practices into everything we do at Wize! Neurodiversity affirming practice respects how Neurodivergent people think, feel, process information and communicate. Therapy support services are not designed to 'change' the child, but rather to support them to reach their goals, work together with them and their families to adapt environments, and to educate others around them. Here are some of the practices that we focus on;

We have a BIG month of school holiday groups coming up and we’re getting excited!

We’re going to miss all of our bike riding groups (⚡🌧️) but we have plenty of indoor groups to keep our Wize kids busy!

Some of our holiday groups are already fully booked, but we have a couple of spots still available in the following groups;

👬 Intermediate Lego League at our Southern River clinic on Wednesday 3rd and 10th of July from 10 – 12pm.

👬 Advanced Lego League at our Southern River clinic on Thursday 4th and 11th of July from 10 – 12pm.

🐉 Wize Adventurers (Dungeons & Dragons) at our Southern River clinic on Tuesday 2nd and 9th of July from 10am – 12pm.

🐉 Wize Adventurers (Intro to Dungeons & Dragons) at our Booragoon clinic on Tuesday 2nd and 9th of July from 10.30am – 12.30pm.

🎶 Beginner Dance Up – Boogie Down at our Booragoon clinic on Thursday 4th and 11th of July from 10am – 11am.

🎶 Advanced Dance Up – Boogie Down at our Booragoon clinic on Monday 1st and 8th of July from 11:30am – 12:30pm.

🎶 Advanced Dance Up – Boogie Down at our Booragoon clinic on Thursday 4th and 11th of July from 11:30am – 12:30pm.

Please contact your Key Worker ASAP for additional information about the groups or to RSVP by the end of the week.

Come and join the WizeTherapy Speech team as part of our 2025 Allied Health Graduate Program!

Click through to see all of the amazing things we offer in our Grad program. Both part-time and full-time positions will be considered.

For more information or to apply to join our team, please contact Jodie Kariyawasam – Executive Manager, at [email protected].

One of our five values at WizeTherapy is INTEGRITY.

What does integrity mean to us?

It means that we highly value your trust in us. We always aim to do what we say we will do, and when we say we will do it. WizeTherapy is true to our mission of helping children and families achieve their potential and it is this aim that drives everything we do.

One of our five values at WizeTherapy is DIVERSITY.

What does diversity mean to us?

It means that we acknowledge and appreciate the diverse backgrounds and individual strengths, skills and attributes of all of our WizeTherapy families. We take the time to understand the values and culture of all families. We ensure our support services are accessible, respectful and responsive to all regardless of their economic, social, educational, cultural, linguistic and religious/ spiritual backgrounds.

Emma and Vee attended the Notre Dame Physio Careers Expo on the evening of Thursday the 16th of May. Thanks for representing our team so well! 💚

One of our five values at WizeTherapy is INNOVATION.

What does innovation mean to us?

It means that our support services are as unique as you are, and the perfect fit for your family’s needs and goals. We love to think creatively, and being a smaller provider; we have the ability to be more flexible to your family’s needs and situation.

We've just added three MORE Frame Runners in sizes 1, 2 and 3 to our White Zebra Foundation Equipment Library! We now have a total of seven Frame Runners available for free short-term loan for our Wize families, alongside specialist Wize Physio supports.

Telethon7 Perth kindly offered the extra Frame Runners to us because they know how much our Wize kids are loving using them. Thank you to Senses in Busselton, who organised the transfer of the Frame Runners to us. We promise to put them to good use!

We're sending a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Kailee, who completed the 4km walk for HBF Run for a Reason yesterday! We know your Physio, Emma, is super proud of you!

If you'd like to show your support to Kailee, please follow the donation like below. She is raising money to support Down Syndrome WA.

Kailees Kruisers in HBF Run for a Reason 2024 Hi there We are trying to fundraise $400 to support Down Syndrome WA. To accomplish this we have created a team called Kailees Kruisers. We will be walking the 4km and hoping to raise $100 per km. We would love to have some company on the day so if you are thinking about completing the 4km walk eith...

We are delighted to have just welcomed seven families to WizeTherapy with White Zebra Sponsorships! Our White Zebra Foundation provides families with free Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech Pathology, where government supports are not available.

We wanted to share some of the lovely words our White Zebra families wrote to us when they accepted their sponsorships. We're sending a big THANK YOU to Telethon7 Perth for making this a possibility.

One of our five values at WizeTherapy is PARTNERSHIP.

What does partnership mean to us?

It means that we foster meaningful and productive partnerships with your family and all of the other important people in your life. We enjoy working together with day-cares, schools, community clubs, and other medical or service providers to help your child achieve their goals.

Our staff joined in with 'Go Blue to End Bullying' on Do It For Dolly Day, last Friday.

We wore blue and donated to Dolly's Dream, which develops and provides vital bullying prevention and online safety programs to kids, families, schools and communities across Australia.

Around one in four Australian school children are bullied each year and around one in five are cyber bullied.
All funds raised through Do It For Dolly Day will go towards Dolly's Dream to support their anti-bullying programs, including;
Dolly’s Dream Support Line (free counselling support for anyone who needs it)
and
online safety and anti-bullying workshops for students, parents, and teachers.

One of our five values at WizeTherapy is QUALITY.

What does quality mean to us?

It means that we provide support services that are of the absolute highest quality for your family. We only provide contemporary evidence-based support services and we employ highly-trained staff members, who all share in our love of life-long learning and continuous improvement.

Join our staff this Friday the 10th of May, to help spread kindness on Do It For Dolly Day. We are choosing to wear blue on Friday to 'Go Blue to End Bullying'. 💙

We also wish to raise funds to donate to Dolly's Dream, which develops and provides vital bullying prevention and online safety programs to kids, families, schools and communities across Australia.

Sadly, around one in four Australian school children are bullied each year and around one in five are cyber bullied.
All funds raised through Do It For Dolly Day will go towards Dolly's Dream to support their anti-bullying programs, including;
- Dolly’s Dream Support Line (free counselling support for anyone who needs it)
and
- Online safety and anti-bullying workshops for students, parents, and teachers

Please join us by wearing blue on Friday! 💙

Please help us to congratulate our newest Wize Star, Ariele!

He has been nominated by his Physio, Kath, who was exceptionally proud of his attitude and effort throughout our recent Wize Athletics Family Day. Ariele ran very fast during his running race, and Kath tells us that he remembered to use beautiful, long running steps! Even more importantly, Ariele participated in every event with a smile and tried his very best! Well done Ariele! 🌟

If your family joined us at our Wize Athletics Family Day this year, stay tuned for an email with a link to the online photo album! The photos are available for all of our families to download for free 👍

Thanks to the amazing James Di Stefano Photography for capturing all of our smiles on the day! 😀

We're so grateful to our local community sponsors! We're sending a big thank you to Pragathi and Sachin from Optus Business Centre Perth South, in Cannington. They donated a Samsung Galaxy phone to us to raffle off at our recent Wize Athletics Family Day. With their support, we raised some much needed funds to continue hosting our annual free, inclusive family events. Thank you 💚

Please join us in congratulating our newest Wize Star ...🥁🥁🥁 Emma!

Emma has been working alongside her Occupational Therapist, Jess, to become more independent in completing her after-school routine. Emma is an awesome artist and she has created her own personalised and unique visual schedule! She drew her Sanrio-themed after-school visual schedule over the school holidays, just in time for a wonderful Term 2.

Emma has said that she is keen to create her new visual schedule for her morning routine too! Her therapy team continue to be amazed by her talents, and can't wait to see her ace her next goals as well. 🎯 Well done Emma!

Last Friday, Jodie and Alana attended the Telethon Beneficiary Breakfast Giving Ceremony. Our White Zebra Foundation is honoured to be one Telethon's newest beneficiaries and to have received four grants this year! We are looking forward to being able to provide free therapy support services, innovative equipment hire options and inclusive family events to even more families this year, thanks to Telethon!

We were also really proud to see our very own 2023 Little Telethon Star, Harrison, up on stage and being his confident and awesome self! Well done Harrison!

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Please join us in congratulating Levi, our newest Wize Star! 🌟

Levi has been nominated by his Therapy Assistant, Michaela, who wants him to know how much of a star he is! Levi has been working super hard at all his recent bike riding lessons with Michaela.

Here is a photo of Levi on his brand new bike. It was his first time with no training wheels on a much bigger and heavier bike - and he did an amazing job! Well done Levi 🎉 🚲

Our second annual Wize Athletics Family Day is tomorrow! We are being joined by over 40 families for a day of fun, food and a little healthy competition! The Wize Athletics Family day has been made possible by the many supporters of our White Zebra Foundation.

We’d like to extend a personal thank you to our original sponsors last year, including; the Lawrence Group, Justin Everitt Design, United Exports, Bunnings Warehouse in Harrisdale, Euroz Hartleys Foundation, Flinders Financial, the Calder Family and the Shenton Family! Thank you for helping make our vision of inclusion for all children, a reality.

Our original sponsors allowed us to purchase the equipment needed to make our Wize Athletics Family Day an annual event. We couldn't have done it without you all! ❤️

As we enter the cooler months the likelihood of illness is higher, especially for children. Please see the information below so that we can work together to protect our community.

It is important for a number of reasons that children don’t engage in therapy when they are ill. This means in the clinic, the home or the school environment. It also means that if you, or someone else in the family is unwell, that we don’t engage in therapy if there is the likelihood of direct contact with the therapist. Some of the reasons we would prefer therapy not to go ahead are;
- Children don’t have as much energy to engage in challenging tasks when they are sick therefore the session is less productive.
- Rest, including both physical and mental rest, is a really important factor in helping children to get better more quickly.
- Therapy is a very helpful part of your child’s life but it is not critical – it’s completely OK to take a break to recover, then pick up again when they are feeling well.
- Our therapists work really hard across the week, seeing multiple children. We really need to protect them from illness so they can continue to work at their best.
- Therapists use strict infection control practices, however because they are seeing multiple children across the day, there is a higher risk of transmission of illness to other children.
- We also see a number of children who have low immunity. It is our collective responsibility to protect these children from serious illness.

We assure you that wherever possible, we will substitute an alternative service into your cancelled appointment time. This may be a zoom session, or a family coaching and capacity-building phone call. Your therapist might also be able to spend time working on an indirect service such as report writing, programming or researching assistive technology. That way, you are still receiving support relating to your child’s goals.

We will only charge cancellation fees where we are unable to substitute a cancelled face-to-face appointment with an alternative service delivery option. If you have an NDIS plan, it is expected that some sessions will need to be cancelled and the National Disability Insurance Agency allows for these charges. If however you are concerned about your child’s plan funding running short, you can talk to us.

Hopefully, through being cautious and considerate we can all get through the flu season with minimal interruption for everyone. Take care.

Paula and Jodie
Directors, WizeTherapy

Only two more days to go until our Wize Athletics Family Day!

See you at 8.15am for registration at the Ern Clark Athletics Centre, on Saturday!

We will be holding inclusive athletics events for our Wize kids including;
🏃‍♂️running races
👩‍🦽walker and wheelchair races
🏁frame running races
🎾 vortex and ball throwing
🏆 long jump and wheelchair push
👭 and team games

Our event will be supported by a team of twenty-five volunteer WizeTherapy therapists and staff-members, who will be on-hand to support our Wize kids and families on the day.

The 2024 Wize Athletics Family Day has been made possible through generous sponsorship by local organisations and Telethon!