Life-Skills Coaching

Using NDIS to Learn Life-Skills

We Adapt To Your Young Person's Needs, We Help Them Get Ready for Life

With our individualized approach to care, we help your young person get ready for life with skills like catching the bus, independent living, making a bed, changing TV remote batteries and even finding a hobby that will bring some sense of individual fulfilment to their daily lives.

Structured Learning - Sometimes

We are all learning that life skills are built over time with a sequence of tasks from easy to hard. Building life skills without a plan just doesn't work as effectively as coming up with a great plan and then doing it over time over a long period of time.

The relationship between participants and mentors is vital for effective learning.

Life Skills Coaching - Building Social Skills

We don't learn social skills on our own. We learn them in community with other people.

Isolated life skills taught by therapists or psychologists often don't stick, but instead - small habits built little by little over a long period of time lead to skills for life.

Life skills coaching also helps develop social skills alongside the practical abilities they will be learning.

Life skills worth learning

Gardening Skills:

Gardening is fun.

Learning to maintain a garden, grow seasonal produce, and use gardening tools like shovels and hedge trimmers.

Cooking Skills:

No more boring chicken. The world is bigger than chicken nuggets.

Participating in cooking classes to prepare snacks or meals, enhancing their ability to follow recipes and understand nutritional concepts.

Understanding Personal Care Skills:

Looking after ourselves is important for health, but also for confidence.

Understanding personal hygiene, dressing appropriately, and grooming to ensure they are presentable for various settings.

Understanding Household Management:

We can take pride in how our house looks when we are able to keep it well planned and tidy.

Basic household chores such as making a bed, setting the table, and changing batteries in a TV remote.

Social Skills:

Learning to spend time with others is so valuable.

Engaging in activities that require teamwork, communication, and encouragement, helping them develop interpersonal skills.

Emotional Regulation:

Life doesn't always go to plan and over time we can learn better ways of handling tough days.

Techniques to recognize and manage emotions through mindfulness exercises, relaxation techniques, and guided discussions.

Independent Living Skills:

Our parents won't always be there to support us, so we need to learn these skills for ourselves as we grow up.

Skills for daily living, such as catching the bus, managing a budget, and living independently.

Job Skills:

We can learn skills for volunteer or job-related settings.

Simple job-related skills such as laying out an office table, making phone calls, and understanding appropriate attire for different job interviews.

Academic Support:

We know that school is hard and that's why we're here to make life easier.

Assistance with homework or academic projects tailored to each child's learning style and pace, enhancing their academic skills.

Physical Coordination:

We love being active. Running around together just having fun builds our physical coordination for the long term.

We don't need a formalised gym instructor telling us how to move, often we just need real-life experience.

Activities like outdoor games, dance, or sports to improve gross and fine motor skills.