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Life Skills Development

Practical support to build everyday skills, from routines to personal care.

  • Daily routines
  • Personal care
  • Family and carer coaching
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Who it is forPeople with disability or psychosocial impairment and complex support needs
Skills such asToilet training and personal hygiene
WhereMelbourne and Victoria
FundingNDIS

Skills for everyday life

Functional life skills matter for everyone, including people with disability or psychosocial impairment. Families and carers can feel overwhelmed by how many areas need coaching. Our team uses research-based procedures to help people with complex support needs learn meaningful, functional life skills, such as toilet training and personal hygiene.

What to expect

Skills we help build

Toilet training

Step-by-step teaching with research-based procedures.

Personal hygiene

Everyday self-care skills.

Daily routines

Functional skills used across the day.

Coaching for carers

Support for families who feel overwhelmed by how much there is to teach.

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Is it right for you?

Is life skills support right for you?

  • A person needs extensive learning or coaching support in daily skills
  • A family or carer feels overwhelmed by how much needs teaching
  • You want a structured, research-based approach
  • You want skills practised in the person’s own routines
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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What are life skills?

Functional skills that matter to everyone, including people with disability or psychosocial impairment, such as toilet training and personal hygiene.

How do you teach them?

Our team uses research-based procedures to help people with complex support requirements gain meaningful functional skills.

What does it cost, and is it covered by the NDIS?

Our services are funded through the NDIS.

Ready to make a referral?

Send us a referral online, or get in touch first if you would like to talk it through.