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Our Community of Practice - Physiotherapy Tips

Collated by our therapists, here you will find useful links to external websites, products and services that contain trusted advice in various areas of child motor skill development.
  • Gross motor
  • Muscle strength
  • Balance and Coordination
  • Active Play (bike riding, swimming, playground)
​Please note that any advice accessed via these links is is general in nature and is not professional advice relating to a child’s specific circumstances. If in doubt, seek professional advice.
General / Community​​
KIDDO: Movement + Physical activities at home
KIDDO: Movement + Physical activities at home
KidSport: KidSport is a government service that enables eligible children aged 5 to 18 to participate in community sport and recreation by offering them financial assistance towards club registration fees.
Kidsport: financial assistance for community sport.
ustralia’s most comprehensive AT database, NED (National Equipment Database)
Australia's National Equipment Database
ustralian Physiotherapy Association (APA) is the peak body representing the interests of Australian physiotherapists and their patients.
Australian Physio Association
Playing for Life: Fun and active games to develop children's skills, confidence and lifelong interest in sport
Playing for Life activity cards for teachers + coaches
Munch & Move: resources to engage children in the topics of healthy eating and physical activity
physical activity resources + programs
Yulunga Traditional Indigenous Games A selection of sport games and activities from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies all around Australia.
Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander sport games
Sport4All is a national, award-winning program driving positive change in sport inclusion for people with disability.
Sport 4 all: inclusive sport support + advice
My CP Guide provides credible information on cerebral palsy from early diagnosis, therapies, interventions and support services across the life course.
My CP guide: cerebral palsy info + resources
The Cerebral Palsy Support Network is a not-for-profit providing information, support and resources to children and adults with cerebral palsy and their families.
Cerebral Palsy Info + Resources
Sports Ability: Inclusive activity cards for all levels of ability designed to develop children's skills, confidence and motivation for sports-based activities.
Inclusive activity cards for all levels of ability
Modified sports can take many forms but are generally designed to be an introductory, or more accessible version, of a sport. Programs may focus on children, mature-age participants, persons with disability, the time poor, or people looking for more social (less competitive) opportunities.
Clearing House Sport: Modified Sports
The Ehlers-Danlos Society is dedicated to advancing and accelerating research and education in Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD). We support the development of effective and equitable EDS and HSD therapies and work collaboratively to improve the lives of individuals affected by EDS and HSD.
The Ehlers-Danlos Society
Active Play + Development​​
Health Academy: Milestone Guide: birth to walking
Milestone Guide: birth to walking
Motor Milestones: Sarah Jay Physio pdf
Motor Milestones: Sarah Jay Physio pdf
Child Development: Healthy Living WA page on child development. Includes fact sheets of developmental milestones for ages 0-5 years (located at bottom of page).
Child Development Fact sheets 0-5yrs
Health Academy Developmental Toy Guide: 0-3 YRs
Developmental Toy Guide: 0-3 YRs
Infant Moves age appropriate play activities for your infant (5-12 months).
Infant Moves: play activities for 5-12 mths
Upside Kids Physio: Choosing Footwear for Children
What Should I Look For In My Child's Shoes?
Shoes for young children: Paediatric orthopaedic fact sheet detailing what to look for when buying a pair of shoes for toddlers and young children.
Shoes for young children: Paediatric orthopaedic fact sheet
Get moving – 1 to 5 years: Get Up & Grow – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource collection
This collection contains Get Up & Grow resources that help parents and educators of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children make sure they eat healthy foods and are physically active, so they grow up healthy and strong.
First Nations Resource- Get moving: 1-5 years
Get Active Each Day Poster
Get Active Each Day Poster
Childhood 101: Outdoor play ideas for kids
Childhood101: Outdoor Play Activities
Fundamental Movement Skills (3-5 years)
Fundamental Movement Skills (3-5 years)
Play With Me 0-3yrs: Activities to promote physical development in children aged 0-3yrs
Active Play activities for 0-3yrs
Gross Motor + Muscle Strength​
upper body strength + coordination activities, child climbing on playground
upper body strength + coordination activities
physical play tips: playgroupwa
physical play tips: playgroupwa
Shoulder stability + control activities, child writing on vertical whiteboard
Shoulder stability + control activities

Building Active Bodies and Brains is a series of free resources for parents of children aged one to five years, developed by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and Playgroup WA. The series includes videos, information and imaginative play ideas to help your child develop fundamental movement skills.
Activities to build gross motor skills
Activities for Upper Body Strength, two children doing wheelbarrow walk
Activities for Upper Body Strength
Active Alphabet: Toddlers Movement activities for each letter in the alphabet
Active Alphabet: Toddlers
Coordination​
DCD: parent, teacher, clinician resource
DCD: parent, teacher, clinician resource
DCD Australia is a national, not for profit, organisation. Our mission is to improve the lives of those affected by DCD by raising awareness, and providing education and support.
DCD advocacy, info + resources
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​Next Challenge wants to thank and pay respects to the Whadjuk people and Elders, past, present, and emerging, of the Noongar Nation, who have preserved and protected the land (kanana) and waterways (bilya) on which we continue to play (waabiny), live (djooroobidiny), learn (kadadjiny), work, and provide services on today (yey).
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