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Neuro-Affirming, Interest-Based Supports
For Children, Teens & Adults (Ages 6–60+)
Supports delivered under NDIS registration codes 0106, 0117, 0118, 0125 & 0128
We are a Registered NDIS Provider (Certification Audit Pathway) delivering developmentally aligned, interest-based, neuro-affirming programmes for Autistic and neurodivergent children, teens, and adults.
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Our programmes are designed in line with NDIS “reasonable and necessary” principles, focusing on functional capacity, participation, and real-world outcomes. Supports are individualised, evidence-informed, delivered in naturalistic settings, and reviewed regularly to ensure they remain effective, proportionate, and aligned with participant goals.
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We support participants to grow through interest-led engagement, genuine connection, and environments that respect their neurotype, sensory needs, and autonomy.
Who We Support
We work with:
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Autistic and neurodivergent children (6–8), children (9–12), teens (13–17), and adults
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PDA profiles
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ADHD and blended neurodivergent profiles
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People experiencing shutdowns, burnout, anxiety or school/workplace distress
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Individuals seeking identity-affirming, non-compliance-based supports
A formal diagnosis is not required for privately funded participation.
NDIS-funded participation is available where a participant has an approved NDIS plan and the chosen programme aligns with their funded goals and registration categories.
Our supports may be accessed through private funding or, where aligned with an approved NDIS plan, under the following registration categories:
0118 Early Intervention (6–8 years)
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Developmentally appropriate, interest-based supports focused on participation, engagement, and everyday functioning in natural environments.
​0128 Therapeutic Supports
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Capacity-building supports that assist with emotional regulation, communication, social interaction, sensory support, and functional participation, delivered in line with participant goals.
0117 Development of Daily Living & Life Skills
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Supports that build executive functioning, adaptive skills, independent living capacities, confidence, and practical daily routines.
0125 Capacity Building – Community/Social Participation
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Supports that strengthen connection, identity development, community engagement, interpersonal skills, collaborative play, and structured group participation.
0106 Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions & Supports
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Capacity-building supports to assist with transitions, role changes, planning, school or workplace participation, and the development of sustainable routines across life stages.
Supports are selected and delivered in alignment with the participant’s goals, age, needs, and approved NDIS plan, in accordance with relevant registration categories.
How Our Supports Work
Supports are designed to build participant and family capacity over time, in line with participant goals, stage of life, and approved NDIS plans.
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Supports may be delivered in different ways and at different intensities depending on goals, needs, and context. Some supports are time-limited and goal-focused, while others may be ongoing where they support regulation, connection, identity, and sustainable participation across life stages.
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The type, intensity, and duration of supports are regularly reviewed and adjusted in collaboration with participants and families to ensure they remain appropriate, effective, and aligned with funded goals.
All supports are interest-based and structured to build capacity in areas such as:
- sensory and emotional regulation
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communication and social connection
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executive functioning and flexible thinking
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identity, autonomy, and confidence
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skills for home, school, community, work, and relationships, practised within everyday routines, interest-led settings, and community contexts
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real-world participation and functional capacity, at each participant’s pace
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Parent Capacity-Building Supports (for children and teens)
(Delivered in line with the relevant NDIS registration code)
Interest-based, identity-affirming, trauma-aware supports that build parent and family capacity to support participation, regulation, and everyday functioning.
Delivery may include digital and non-face-to-face formats where appropriate and aligned with participant plans.
Non-Face-to-Face Support Activities
(Delivered in line with the relevant NDIS registration code)
These activities support the effective delivery of participant supports and may include:
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session planning aligned to participant goals
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support planning and formulation within scope
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coordination and communication with the participant’s care team (with consent)
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documentation, progress notes, and reporting
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goal review and support alignment
All non-face-to-face activities are directly related to participant supports and delivered in accordance with NDIS requirements.
Collaborative Practice
Where appropriate and with consent, we work collaboratively with families, educators, professionals, workplaces, and support networks to embed strategies in real-world environments, rather than isolating supports to individual sessions.
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Types of Supports May Include
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KIDS SESSIONS (Ages 6–8)
Interest-based, sensory-aware experiences designed for early communication, regulation and connection.
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Minecraft Mates
Minecraft Mates provides individualised supports using Minecraft as a shared creative and problem-solving environment. Participants are supported to engage in building, collaboration, planning, and imaginative play, developing communication, flexibility, and confidence through interest-led participation.
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Roblox
Roblox sessions provide individualised support for participants engaging in collaborative and creative gameplay within a supervised digital environment. Supports focus on communication, planning, boundaries, regulation, and safe online participation, paced to the participant’s capacity and goals.
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Little Phoenix Nesting
This Nesting option provides individualised therapeutic support delivered within The Nest for participants requiring higher-intensity regulation, emotional scaffolding, or therapeutic input. The environment is used as a therapeutic context rather than a clinical setting, supporting regulation, capacity building, and emotional safety through interest-based engagement, sensory support, movement, and co-regulated participation.
KIDS SESSIONS (Ages 9-12)
Interest-based experiences that build communication, regulation, problem-solving and social confidence.
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Gaming Design
Gaming Design provides individualised supports for participants interested in how games are created, including concept development, mechanics, storytelling, and design thinking. Supports focus on creativity, planning, executive functioning, and confidence, without pressure to produce finished outcomes.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons provides individualised supports through role-play gameplay, supporting imagination, communication, emotional expression, and social confidence. Participants engage at their own pace within a structured fantasy framework that supports regulation and shared storytelling.
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Minecraft Mates
Minecraft Mates provides individualised supports using Minecraft as a shared creative and problem-solving environment. Participants are supported to engage in building, collaboration, planning, and imaginative play, developing communication, flexibility, and confidence through interest-led participation.
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Roblox
Roblox sessions provide individualised support for participants engaging in collaborative and creative gameplay within a supervised digital environment. Supports focus on communication, planning, boundaries, regulation, and safe online participation, paced to the participant’s capacity and goals.
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Furry Friends (Guinea Pigs)
Furry Friends provides individualised supports through structured interaction with guinea pigs, supporting emotional regulation, routine, empathy, and calm engagement. Participants are supported to interact with animals in ways that feel safe, grounding, and aligned to their sensory and emotional capacity.
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Pokémon Takeover
Pokémon Take Over provides individualised supports through Pokémon-based activities such as gameplay, trading cards, creative projects, discussion, and shared interest engagement. Supports focus on communication, social confidence, regulation, and identity affirmation through a highly motivating special interest.
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Nesting Sessions
Nesting Sessions provide individualised supports delivered within The Nest environment, allowing participants to access a wide range of play-based, creative, sensory, movement, and social participation options. Participants are supported to choose activities based on interest, regulation needs, and energy levels, including gaming, creative arts, Lego, board games, imaginative play, movement options, and quiet regulation spaces. Sessions are organised by age range to support safe peer proximity while all engagement, pacing, and goals remain individualised.
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Magic: The Gathering
Participants receive individualised support to learn, play, and engage with Magic: The Gathering, focusing on strategic thinking, turn-taking, communication, and regulation within a structured card-game environment. Supports are paced to the participant’s cognitive load and social capacity, using the game as a predictable framework for connection, confidence, and problem-solving.
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Movement Adventures
Movement Adventure provides individualised support for physical participation and community engagement through movement-based activities in outdoor settings such as beaches or parks, with indoor movement alternatives used when required. Supports focus on confidence, regulation through movement, and participation at the participant’s own pace.
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Music Connections
Music Connections provides individualised supports through music-based exploration, including singing, sound, rhythm, and instruments, within a low-pressure and supportive environment. Music is used as a regulating and expressive medium, with participants supported to engage at their own pace and in ways that align with their interests, communication style, and regulation needs.
TEENS SESSIONS (Ages 13 - 17)
Interest-based experiences that support identity, communication, emotional pacing and real-world capacity.
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Gaming Design
Gaming Design provides individualised supports for participants interested in how games are created, including concept development, mechanics, storytelling, and design thinking. Supports focus on creativity, planning, executive functioning, and confidence, without pressure to produce finished outcomes.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons provides individualised supports through role-play gameplay, supporting imagination, communication, emotional expression, and social confidence. Participants engage at their own pace within a structured fantasy framework that supports regulation and shared storytelling.
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Roblox
Roblox sessions provide individualised support for participants engaging in collaborative and creative gameplay within a supervised digital environment. Supports focus on communication, planning, boundaries, regulation, and safe online participation, paced to the participant’s capacity and goals.
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Pokemon
Pokémon Take Over provides individualised supports through Pokémon-based activities such as gameplay, trading cards, creative projects, discussion, and shared interest engagement. Supports focus on communication, social confidence, regulation, and identity affirmation through a highly motivating special interest.
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Autistic Teens
Autistic Teens sessions provide individualised supports for autistic adolescents within age-aligned environments, focusing on identity affirmation, communication, regulation, and confidence. Supports are paced to developmental stage and capacity, with an emphasis on safety, autonomy, and belonging.
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Role Play Games
Role Play Games provide individualised supports through imaginative and character-based play, supporting emotional expression, perspective-taking, communication, and flexibility. Structured narratives are used to support regulation and participation without social pressure.
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RPG Dungeon Master
This session provides individualised supports for participants interested in learning how to run role-play games as a Dungeon Master. Supports focus on leadership, planning, storytelling, emotional awareness, and managing shared experiences in ways that remain regulation-safe and confidence-building.
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Magic The Gathering
Participants receive individualised support to learn, play, and engage with Magic: The Gathering, focusing on strategic thinking, turn-taking, communication, and regulation within a structured card-game environment. Supports are paced to the participant’s cognitive load and social capacity, using the game as a predictable framework for connection, confidence, and problem-solving.
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Anime Connections
Anime Connections provides individualised supports centred on anime-related interests, including drawing, creative projects, viewing selected content, and discussion. Participation is interest-led and identity-affirming, supporting communication, confidence, and connection without pressure to perform socially.
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YouTuber Creation
YouTuber Creation provides individualised supports for participants interested in content creation, exploring creativity, storytelling, planning, collaboration, and digital confidence within a safe and supervised environment. The focus is on skill development and self-expression, with no expectation of public posting or online exposure.
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Movement Adventures
Movement Adventure provides individualised support for physical participation and community engagement through movement-based activities in outdoor settings such as beaches or parks, with indoor movement alternatives used when required. Supports focus on confidence, regulation through movement, and participation at the participant’s own pace.
Interest Topic:
Music Connections
Music Connections provides individualised supports through music-based exploration, including singing, sound, rhythm, and instruments, within a low-pressure and supportive environment. Music is used as a regulating and expressive medium, with participants supported to engage at their own pace and in ways that align with their interests, communication style, and regulation needs.
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Teens Nesting
This Nesting option provides individualised therapeutic support delivered within The Nest for participants requiring higher-intensity regulation, emotional scaffolding, or therapeutic input. The environment is used as a therapeutic context rather than a clinical setting, supporting regulation, capacity building, and emotional safety through interest-based engagement, sensory support, movement, and co-regulated participation.
ADULTS SESSIONS (Ages 18+)
Interest-based, identity-affirming experiences designed to support communication, regulation, confidence and meaningful participation.
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Chaos to Calm
Chaos to Calm provides individualised supports focused on regulation, emotional settling, and nervous system recovery using calming activities, sensory supports, and interest-led engagement. Participants are supported to transition from heightened states into safety and regulation at their own pace, without demand or performance expectations.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons provides individualised supports through role-play gameplay, supporting imagination, communication, emotional expression, and social confidence. Participants engage at their own pace within a structured fantasy framework that supports regulation and shared storytelling.
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Role Play Games
Role Play Games provide individualised supports through imaginative and character-based play, supporting emotional expression, perspective-taking, communication, and flexibility. Structured narratives are used to support regulation and participation without social pressure.
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Boardgame Nesting
(Formerly Phoenix Connections)
Adult Nesting Sessions provide individualised supports delivered within The Nest environment, with a primary focus on boardgames as a structured and accessible way to support connection, thinking, and regulation. Participants are supported to choose from a range of strategy, cooperative, and interest-led boardgames based on preference, energy levels, and regulation needs, with additional access to quiet regulation spaces and optional creative or low-demand activities as needed. Sessions are organised by age range to support comfortable peer proximity, while all engagement, pacing, interaction, and goals remain fully individualised.
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Anime Connections
Anime Connections provides individualised supports centred on anime-related interests, including drawing, creative projects, viewing selected content, and discussion. Participation is interest-led and identity-affirming, supporting communication, confidence, and connection without pressure to perform socially.