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Grow Therapy Services

Neuroaffirming therapy, behaviour support and professional education from Karratha to communities across Australia.

Home of the GROW™ Neuroaffirming Framework and certification pathway.

31/08/2026

“We completely celebrate and accept the child in all their 'neurospicines'!”

…followed by:

“They need to stop moving and focus.”

“You have to stay on top of them or they’ll avoid the task.” 😅

This is where neuroaffirming intent and practice can separate.

Neuroaffirming practice is not defined by the words we use or a sensory corner. It is revealed through what a person experiences:

🌱 Is their body allowed to move safely?
🌱 Are their communication and refusal taken seriously?
🌱 Can they participate in a way that works for them?
🌱 Are tasks adapted when access or capacity becomes a barrier?
🌱 Do goals support wellbeing and agency—or help them appear more neurotypical?
🌱 Does the environment adapt too?

Movement is not necessarily the opposite of attention. “Avoidance” is not automatically defiance. It may tell us about overload, uncertainty, executive-function demands, anxiety, fatigue, previous distress, reduced autonomy or an inaccessible task.

This is not about blaming professionals. Many of us were trained in systems that equated stillness with attention and compliance with progress. Neuroaffirming practice asks us to notice that conditioning—and keep unlearning it.

It does not mean having no expectations, boundaries or learning goals. It means supporting safety, learning and growth without shame, coercion or forced masking.

Across therapy, education and disability support, the question becomes less:

“How do we make this person fit?”

And more:

“What do we need to understand, adapt or redesign so they can access, participate and belong?”

▶️ Explore this further in The Inclusive Movement’s recorded webinar, Neuroaffirming Practice for Professionals.

🌱 For practical tools and templates, join our upcoming GROW™ Framework Practitioner Training.

Visit the link in our bio or message us to learn more.

29/08/2026

When someone runs or leaves a safe area, our immediate priority must be safety.

But safety is only the beginning of the response.

“Elopement” describes what others observe. It does not explain what the person is experiencing; or what they may be urgently moving away from or trying to access.

Beneath the surface may be sensory overload, distress, uncertainty, an unmet need for movement, inaccessible communication, unclear boundaries, prolonged waiting or a nervous system rapidly entering flight mode.

Neuroaffirming behaviour support asks both:

What are they moving away from?
AND
What are they trying to access?

Understanding these questions helps us move beyond simply preventing the behaviour and towards creating safer environments, accessible communication, greater predictability and meaningful alternatives.

The GROW™ Advanced Practitioner Certification supports practitioners to develop whole-person formulations and practical, neuroaffirming support plans.

Learn more or join the next cohort through the link in our bio.
www.growtherapyservices.com.au

28/08/2026

We are so excited to see our Learn Play Grow facilitator bundles heading out the door and launching into communities around Australia from Term 4! 🤗🥰

Cant find one in your area?

Learn more about our facilitator training and bundles by visiting our website or send us as message and we can help connect you ☀️

www.growtherapyservices.com.au

27/08/2026

What if, instead of asking, “How do we change this behaviour?” we asked:

**“What is this behaviour communicating, what conditions are contributing to it, and what needs to change around the child?”**

For neurodivergent children, the way adults interpret and respond to behaviour can have long-term implications for identity, trust, emotional wellbeing and mental health.

The GROW™ Framework provides clinicians, educators and support teams with a structured, neuroaffirming practice framework for understanding behaviour, identifying unmet needs and designing support that protects the child’s authentic self over time.

It is not a behaviour-management model focused on compliance.

It is a whole-person, whole-system approach that supports teams to ask better questions, make more informed decisions and create environments in which neurodivergent children can communicate, participate and develop without being required to suppress who they are.

The framework is grounded in four interconnected pillars:

🌱 **G — Grounded in Identity**
Recognising neurodivergence as an integral aspect of identity and ensuring support does not rely on masking, forced conformity or the removal of authentic communication.

🌱 **R — Responsive to Needs**
Interpreting behaviour within the context of physical, sensory, emotional, developmental, relational and environmental needs—and adapting support accordingly.

🌱 **O — Open to Communication**
Recognising that communication may occur through speech, AAC, movement, scripting, visuals, regulation patterns, withdrawal, distress or behaviour itself.

🌱 **W — Whole-Person, Whole-System Lens**
Considering the child’s relationships, learning environments, expectations, routines, systems and wider context—not placing responsibility for change solely on the child.

Together, these pillars support a shift from reactive behaviour management to ethical, preventative and relationship-based practice.

They help teams move towards:

• More accurate and compassionate formulation
• Consistent responses across home, school and clinical settings
• Support that prioritises regulation, communication and participation
• Reduced reliance on compliance-based interventions
• Stronger collaboration with children, families and neurodivergent communities
• Practice that protects identity, connection and long-term mental health

The GROW™ Framework is designed to be implemented collectively. Sustainable change is more likely when clinicians, educators, leaders, families and support staff share a common language, understand the same principles and apply them consistently across the child’s environments.

If you are a clinician, educator, school leader or allied health professional seeking to strengthen neuroaffirming practice across your team, join an upcoming GROW™ training pathway:

✨ **GROW Foundations** — Self-paced learning, available throughout the year
✨ **Level 1 Practitioner Certification** — Live training commencing 18 September
✨ **Level 2 Advanced Practitioner Certification & Systems Leader** — Commencing 7 September, with six months of mentoring and supervision

Bring your team, build shared capability and develop a consistent framework for supporting neurodivergent children in ways that promote safety, belonging, autonomy and long-term wellbeing.

Explore the training pathways through the link in our bio.
or visit www.growtherapyservices.com.au

24/08/2026

Self-care shouldn’t become one more thing you feel you’re failing to fit in.

When you are carrying more, it is okay to do less.

Sometimes selfcare is the easy dinner, lowering the demands, sitting down while you supervise, or deciding what can wait. Small windows count.

Read our latest blog on realistic self-care when rest, respite and time away aren’t available:

https://www.growtherapyservices.com.au/post/realistic-self-care-parents-neurodivergent-children

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A square graphic with a white background and pale pink concentric circles. Large purple handwritten text reads, “It is ok to do less, when you are carrying more.” At the bottom is the GROW logo and an illustrated smiling mother holding a young child.

16/08/2026

What we see is only the tip of the iceberg.

When behaviour is labelled “challenging,” “attention-seeking,” “defiant” or “inappropriate,” we risk responding only to its visible form.

Underneath may be an unmet need, an inaccessible skill, an environmental mismatch, a threat to the person’s identity or autonomy, or a nervous system responding to perceived danger.

This does not mean overlooking risk or dismissing the impact on others. It means recognising that managing the visible behaviour alone rarely creates meaningful or sustainable change.

Our GROW™ Advanced Practitioner Certification supports practitioners to move beyond surface-level explanations and develop neuroaffirming, whole-person formulations.

Through advanced training, peer supervision and project-based learning, practitioners strengthen their ability to understand complex presentations and translate that understanding into practical, ethical support.

Ready to look beneath behaviour?

Learn more or join the next cohort through the link in our bio.

11/08/2026

🌱 NOW OPEN: Learn, Play, Grow Facilitator Training

Bring our practical, neuroaffirming and play-based early intervention program to the children and families in your community.

Learn, Play, Grow supports practitioners to create engaging group experiences centred on connection, communication, movement, sensory exploration, shared play and caregiver participation.

Choose the pathway that fits your role:

🌼 Foundations Training
Explore the Learn, Play, Grow approach through flexible, self-paced online learning, with basic digital resources included.

🌿 Accreditation Pathway
Complete the online training, access the full suite of digital facilitator resources and progress through finalisation, including the Fidelity and Licensing Agreement, to deliver the program in your area.

🌳 Facilitator Bundle
Receive everything in the Accreditation Pathway, plus the physical facilitator resources, USB and active play equipment bundle needed to bring your sessions to life.

Designed for allied health professionals, developmental educators, early childhood practitioners and other professionals supporting young children and families.

Ready to learn, play and grow with us?

Explore the pathways and enrol here:
https://www.growtherapyservices.com.au/learn-play-grow-facilitator-training

09/08/2026

What looks like “doing nothing” may actually involve an enormous amount of invisible processing. 🧠✨

We love using, “My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open”, and its accompanying worksheets to help children understand executive functioning with greater self-compassion - moving away from labels like “lazy”, “unmotivated” or “refusing”.

Explore our additional Executive Functioning Bundle for more neuroaffirming, practical resources to help children make sense of their wonderfully busy brains:

https://www.growtherapyservices.com.au/product-page/executive-functioning-bundle

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A warm illustrated poster titled “My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open”. A child sits beneath a glowing brain surrounded by thought “tabs”, including tasks, conversations, noise, body feelings, forgotten information and other people’s expectations. The poster explains that what appears to be doing nothing may involve an enormous amount of invisible processing.

02/08/2026

It’s our “Happy Hub’s” first birthday 🎈- come inside for a little tour with us 🤗

We’ve made many changes within the year already, but we love how multipurposeful the space is and how it continues to grow with our clients, families, and community needs & interests.

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2/1 Sharpe Avenue
Karratha, WA
6714

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https://linkin.bio/growtherapyservices/

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