OUR SERVICES
At Clever Kids, We believe every child is clever in their own unique way. Each child has their own strengths, interests and way of learning, and our role is to discover what helps them feel engaged, confident and successful.
We specialise in the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), using evidence-based, play-based strategies tailored to each child’s individual needs. Through a team-around-the-child approach, we collaborate closely with our families, our in house occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and kindergartens or schools to create consistent and meaningful support across every environment.
By coaching families and working together with the important people in each child’s life, we help children build communication, social, learning and everyday living skills while celebrating the unique qualities that make them clever.
Intensive ESDM Therapy Clinical Program
Our Intensive ESDM Therapy Clinical Program provides structured, evidence-based early intervention for young children with autism and developmental delays. Through play-based, relationship-focused sessions, our therapists support communication, social interaction, cognition, imitation, play, motor skills and everyday independence.
Each child receives an individualised program based on their developmental strengths, needs and goals. Therapy is delivered by trained ESDM practitioners under clinical supervision, with ongoing collaboration between families, educators, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and other professionals involved in the child’s care.
By creating a consistent team around the child, we help children build meaningful skills, strengthen their relationships and reach their unique potential across home, clinic, kindergarten and school environments.
Intensive ESDM
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Evidence-based ESDM therapy delivered in your child’s familiar home environment
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Flexible scheduling options designed around the demands of everyday family life
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Parent coaching provided within the home to build confidence and practical skills
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Strategies that can be incorporated into play, mealtimes and daily routines
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Support to create an organised, engaging and low-distraction environment for optimal therapy
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Helps children practise and generalise skills in their natural environment
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Collaborative support focused on empowering both children and their families
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Evidence-based ESDM therapy delivered within your child’s kindergarten environment
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Helps children participate in group activities, routines, transitions and structured learning experiences
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Teaches children how to safely and independently use kindergarten toys, learning materials and play equipment
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Supports communication, social interaction, play skills, emotional regulation and independence
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Creates and provides individualised visual supports, learning resources and therapy materials for the kindergarten
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Tracks therapy data to monitor progress, identify emerging skills and guide future goals
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Provides educators with practical strategies to support engagement, participation and skill development
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Promotes a coordinated team-around-the-child approach between families, therapists and educators
Intensive ESDM
SPEECH PATHOLOGY
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Supports receptive language, including understanding instructions, questions and everyday conversations
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Builds expressive language skills to help children communicate their needs, ideas and feelings
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Develops speech clarity, pronunciation and sound production
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Supports social communication, turn-taking, joint attention and interaction with others
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Builds early literacy, vocabulary, sentence formation and storytelling skills
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Assists children who use alternative or augmentative communication, including visual supports and communication devices
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Play-based and engaging sessions designed around your child’s interests and strengths
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Parent coaching and practical strategies to support communication throughout everyday routines
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Collaboration with families, educators, therapists and other professionals involved in your child’s care
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Regular progress monitoring to ensure therapy remains responsive to your child’s changing needs
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Supports children to communicate confidently across home, kindergarten, school and community environments
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
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Supports fine motor skills, including drawing, writing, cutting, dressing and using everyday tools
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Develops gross motor skills, balance, coordination, strength and body awareness
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Access to on-site gross motor equipment to support safe, engaging and purposeful movement-based therapy
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Supports sensory processing and helps children develop strategies for regulation and participation
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Builds independence in self-care tasks, including dressing, toileting, feeding and daily routines
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Develops visual-motor, hand-eye coordination and motor-planning skills
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Supports attention, emotional regulation, confidence and participation in learning activities
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Play-based sessions designed around your child’s interests and individual learning style
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Provides practical strategies and resources for families to use at home
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Collaborates with educators, therapists and other professionals to create consistent support across environments
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Tracks progress and adapts therapy goals as your child’s skills and needs develop
Saturday Social Group
Our Saturday Social Group provides a fun and welcoming space for children to practise social communication and build meaningful connections with others. Through games, group activities, creative play and shared experiences, children are supported to develop turn-taking, cooperative play, conversation skills, flexibility, problem-solving and emotional regulation. Activities are tailored to each child’s strengths and goals, helping them build confidence and use their social skills in everyday settings.
Saturday
School
Readiness
Group
Our Saturday School Readiness Group supports children to develop the skills and confidence needed for a successful transition to kindergarten or school. Through structured play, group activities and evidence-based teaching strategies, children practise following routines, participating in group learning, listening to instructions, taking turns and transitioning between activities.
Sessions also focus on communication, emotional regulation, social interaction, independence, fine motor development and early literacy and numeracy concepts. Each child is supported according to their individual needs in a fun, encouraging and inclusive environment, helping them feel more confident and prepared for the classroom.