PakaPaka PlayTherapy

29/01/2025

🌟 Limited Play Therapy Sessions Available 🌟
Play is a child's natural language. It helps express emotions, build confidence, and develop social and emotional well-being. Our sessions provide a safe and supportive space for children to grow and thrive.
Spots available now! 📩 DM us or call Belen 0432051535 to secure your child's session today.

03/04/2024

Few spots available ⛑️

23/02/2024

FRINGE SHOW THIS WEEKEND for preschoolers and their families.
The Boy and The Ball
A story about making a friend and how one friend can become many.
In a world of cylinders of all shapes and sizes, we meet a timid boy and witness how, with the assistance of his ball, he makes a friend and how that single friend becomes many. Navigating the world of friendship is a “rite of passage” experience for most 4-year-olds. This nonverbal performance is a beautiful tale of reassurance, joy and connection... with a little magic.

-Saturday 24th February @ 10:30am

-Saturday 24th February @ 11:30am or

-Sunday 25th February @ 10:30am,

Venue: Parks Library, 46 Trafford Street, Angle Park.
Price: $10.00

08/12/2023

Belen will be taking a break to relax and spend quality time with family from Friday, December 15th, to January 8th. Kindly be aware that sessions will resume on Tuesday, January 9th.

21/11/2023

Did you know...The emotional regulation skills children develop when they're young are ones they will use and build on for the rest of their lives. So, just know that it’s never too early to teach your kids that it’s perfectly OK to not always feel OK.

This, of course, starts with telling YOURSELF that it's OK to not always feel OK. If you were raised by adults who dismissed or discounted your feelings, this can feel particularly challenging. Yet, it's never too late to learn! Remember, those little eyes are always watching. Learning new ways of being and coping take time. Be gentle with yourself and know that you are definitely not alone!

If this feels overwhelming and/or you're not sure where to start, I see you and would love to connect! Just like you, I also struggled. Accepting and allowing my emotions was definitely not taught or modeled in my family. Luckily, I finally realized it was time to learn healthier ways of showing up for my kids AND myself and I'm so glad I did! 🥰

21/11/2023

Parenting is about what we do, not about what our children do. Sometimes a strong, loving leadership presence will bring push back, or big feelings, or big behaviour, and that’s okay. That’s how children and teens discover the power of their ‘no’, where the limits are, how to manage big feelings, and that their feelings and opinions matter. But this will take time. Lots of time.

Being a ‘good parent’ was never meant to be about having children who are always obedient, or who bury their feelings, or who never test their limits. It was never meant to be about that. That’s an agenda that works for adults who wants things to be easy, but it doesn’t work for raising humans.

Raising big, beautiful, brave, strong humans from little ones takes time. Sometimes it stings. Sometimes it makes us want to scream, or hide, or roll our eyes. Sometimes (many times) our children will want to do the same.

We need to let go of measuring parenting based on the observable behaviour of our children. Because so often, when we’re getting it so right, it will look like and feel like we’re getting it so wrong. Parenting can be confusing like that. It’s about what we do, not what they do. It’s about being the loving, caretaking, leadership presence in their lives. It’s about being their ‘I’m here’ person enough times, so you’ll be their influence and their ‘go-to’ person when it matters.♥️

06/11/2023

Reclink Australia are running a free fitness program every Wednesday morning at the stadium for mums, dads and caregivers where the children can either join in or play along side the class!!

The sessions will be held from 9:45am-10:45am and they are free to attend. No need to register, just turn up on the day!!

02/11/2023

Official account of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. We're here Mon to Fri 8:30am-5pm.

02/11/2023

Being a Dad is a FREE workshop being held Monday 6th November 5.30pm-8pm.
For more information or to book in, please phone 8352 5346

03/10/2023

You are always doing the best you can with what you have... in Hand Parenting

07/09/2023

Thanks again NeuroWild

Here are some examples of what neurodiversity-affirming parenting looks like. This is not an exhaustive list.

Important words are: respect, autonomy, value, self advocate, and wellbeing.

There are a lot of things that neurodivergent families do that would have other people puzzled or unimpressed. I’m sure many of you have had family or friends question or criticise the way you do things at home.

Here’s my take.

My kids deserve to feel happy and safe in their home.
They deserve to be authentic and joyful.
They deserve to have their needs met, and that includes their sensory preferences and sensitivities.
They deserve to have their opinions heard.

We do things in my house that work for us.
Does it make sense to everyone else?
Probably not, and I couldn’t care less.

When people come to my house, maybe they feel uncomfortable about the way we do some things. Maybe they feel uncomfortable about the way we all stim and play and interact and do mealtimes.

Guess what?
Don’t care.
They don’t live here.

I have a lot more to say about all this.
Not today, though. My brain is pretty done.

What would you add to this list?

Em 🌈🌻✌️
AuDHD SLP