School-Based Services

Connected Self offers a broad range of programs to support the diverse needs of school communities.

Therapeutic tutoring provides academic and wellbeing support to young people in schools, combining development of educational skills with therapeutic practices to support students to thrive in their learning.

Connected Self’s Wellbeing Practitioner program delivers targeted social and emotional support for young people within the school setting, aiming to empower them to thrive both academically and personally.

Tailored learning programs support students in years 8–12+ who are enrolled in SA government schools and have been identified by their school as disengaged from education due to multiple complex barriers.

Connected Self offer on-site art therapy to provide individual social and emotional support to students through a flexible, dynamic medium.

Art Therapy is an evidence-based, effective mental health support, providing a creative outlet to work through challenges. By working collaboratively with the school the Embedded Model enhances connections with families and increases the school’s ability to meet wellbeing needs of their students and staff.

At Connected Self, our occupational therapists support children, young people and adults who are experiencing challenges in their relationships, attending and participating in school, getting around, daily routines and doing things that matter to them and their family.

We support our clients to participate in activities that they want, need or are expected to do in order to live a healthy and meaningful life.

Connected Self offers a wide range of trainings to strengthen and empower school systems to work collaboratively, sustainably and efficiently.

Adventure to Thrive is an eight-week primary school program designed to strengthen classroom communities, build regulation skills, and support students to thrive.

Polyvagal Practices

Polyvagal practices aim to enhance physiological regulation, restore a sense of safety, and promote engagement through autonomic nervous system regulation.

This enhances social and emotional learning, including recognising and regulating emotions (from a physiological lens) and developing empathy for others.

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PACE

Developed as part of attachment-focused family therapy, PACE is a trauma-informed approach aiming to create safe, trusting, emotionally connected relationships with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma or attachment difficulties. PACE stands for:

Playfulness

  • Approaching with an open, ready, calm, relaxed and engaged attitude.
  • Not taking yourself/situations too seriously.
  • Diffusing difficult/tense situations.

Acceptance

  • Unconditionally accepting the current state/mood/behaviour.
  • Accepting that there are things unseen that lie below behaviour.
  • Acceptance supports feeling secure, safe and loved

Curiosity

  • Understanding the child gently and without judgement.
  • Supporting child to bring awareness to their inner life.
  • Wondering statements.

Empathy

  • A sense of compassion and understanding for young person’s feelings and thoughts.

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