Information for those attending Schoolhouse Social

Latest updates

- Term 3 2026

  • We have a scheduled break on 29 August.

    There are no public holidays this term, so this break ensures an 8 week program.

  • We are now offering individual coaching sessions (30 mins) with our social worker, scheduled directly before or after your child's social group.

    Sessions focus on their personal social development goals, as an additional scaffold to our work in the groups.

    For NDIS families, sessions are claimable under Capacity Building - Improved Daily Living.

    See Fee schedule on this website for details.

  • Saturday Club fees remain unchanged (same with our other groups)

    We anticipate a small fee increase in Term 4 to cover increased costs.

  • Psychology fees have increased in line with recent NDIS price cap changes. This flows through to the costs of reports and assessments. Please see the Fees page for full information.

  • We are now offering a range of standardised assessment measures.

    For most families, the most relevant assessment is an assessment of social communication called the Social Responsiveness Scale - 2 (SRS-2).

    We recommend families undertake the SRS-2 when preparing for an NDIS plan review.

    Other assessments are also available. See our website for more information, and the Fees page for specific costs.

General information about our programs

  • Spots are purchased on a term basis. There are no refunds for missed weeks. This ensures the sustainability of the service, and allows a “set and forget” mindset for parents - no worrying about dates and cancellation windows.

  • Occasionally we offer “half term” spots - where two families share a single spot by attending on alternating weekends.

    This can work well for families seeking to stretch out their NDIS budget, or those with lots of competing weekend activities.

    If this would work well for you, please reach out.

  • This ensures you can go away without paying for sessions you don’t use.

  • Our service can be claimed under more than one Capacity Building category. This is because of the multi-disciplinary clinical nature of the service, and the level of individualisation involved.

    Most families claim our service under Capacity Building - Improved Daily Living (i.e., the therapy bucket).

    Some families claim under Capacity Building - Improved Social and Community Participation (i.e., the social skills bucket). However, this only works where the family is self managed and therefore not subject to NDIS price caps. Our service is significantly more clinically focused and staffed than a standard social skills program, and therefore the fee exceeds the “social group” price cap that applies to plan managed families.

  • This is to minimise admin for families.

    If you’d prefer a different frequency we can usually accommodate it, so please just reach out.

    The exception to this is medicare funded 1:1 sessions, which we invoice weekly (unless a family requests otherwise).

  • In addition to our group services, we provide the following 1:1 services.

    • Psychology services, delivered at home, school, or on Saturdays at Kew.

    • Speech pathology allied health assistant sessions (a speech pathology student working under supervision), delivered on Saturdays at Kew

    • Social work therapy, delivered at home, school, or on Saturdays at Kew.

    Our focus remains group programs. Our 1:1 services are reserved for group members, and are provided with the overarching focus of helping the child reach their social potential.

  • In addition to our face-to-face services, we offer two online programs:

    • Secret Agent Society (SAS).

    • Navigators

    More information about these programs can be found on our main Programs & Services page.

  • The full list of assessments is available on our Programs & Services page.

  • See the fee schedule for pricing.

  • Fees for group services cover facilitators (up to 4 per group - psychologist, speech pathologist, teacher, peer worker) + all materials + individualised preparation + clinical documentation + individualised reports.

    Fees for 1:1 sessions are set according to NDIS price decisions.

    NDIS progress reports are invoiced separately.

    All fees are subject to change.

Information ahead of your trial session

* Junior Saturday Club and our Teen Groups have a different onboarding process - we'll discuss this with you in our intake call.

  • Make sure you enter the street address above.

    If you enter “Kew Primary School”, Google maps will take you to a locked gate at the opposite end!

  • This gives us a relaxed hello. But no worries if you’re running late. We’ll ensure it’s a smooth entry for your child.

  • Some parents stay close, others go for coffee.

    Some families hang out in the school grounds with siblings while the group is running.

  • This can be a surprisingly tricky interval to calculate!

    You can check your reminder message if unsure.

  • Come on in when time is up. The children will often be finishing something they’ll want to show you.

    Depending on what’s going on, we might have time for a quick chat. Usually though, we’ll catch you during the week to debrief.

  • On Sunday morning you’ll receive a brief summary of the session, including observations of your child.

  • Once you and your child have had a chance to absorb the experience, we’ll call to see how it all landed.

    If your child is keen to enrol, we send you all the paperwork.

    If you know enough to make a decision after receiving the notes - assuming you have no other questions - you can skip the call by emailing us and we’ll get you all set up.

  • Unless a family requests otherwise, we invoice twice per term.

    Depending on when your trial session falls, it might be some time before you receive an invoice.

Enrolling your child in Saturday Club

  • When enrolling, we’ll send you two forms:

    • An Intake Form - which gathers information about your child.

    • A Service Agreement - which formalises the care arrangement.

    There are very few mandatory fields, so you can whizz through them in a few minutes if you need to.

    Alternatively, if you’ve got the time, you can provide us a very rich picture.

  • We offer a baseline assessment using a standardised measure called the Social Responsiveness Scale 2 (SRS-2).

    This gives us something to measure against as time passes.

    This is clinically useful, but it also comes in handy during NDIS plan reviews. The NDIA is increasingly expecting standardised measures to be used.

    Baseline assessments are priced based on the clinical time it takes to administer them (see the fee schedule for more information).

  • Although it’s a term based service, there is no issue starting part way through if a spot is available.

Once you’re enrolled

  • If you ever need to chat and can’t catch us on a Saturday, we can arrange a call during the week.

    Short calls (<10 mins) are free of charge. They are part of the service.

    If there’s more to discuss, we can book a billable parent consultation (these are generally covered by NDIS).

    We value parent engagement. It’s never an imposition.

  • We’ll walk you through the options to see what’s right for your child.

  • If you’re returning next term, no need to do anything. We’ll re-enrol your child over the holidays.

    If you’re taking a break, we’ll ask you to tell us by a specified date so we can offer the spot to a wait-listed family.

  • We regularly provide these reports to families ahead of their plan reviews (see fee schedule for pricing).

    Knowing in advance can help us prepare the material required.

  • For families that pay with a credit or debit card, our practice management system allows us to charge your card for services, rather than raising an invoice and asking you to pay it. Instead, you receive an invoice showing $0 owing, which eligible families can then use to claim their NDIS rebate.

    If you would like this arrangement, let us know.

    Note this is not available for NDIS plan-managed families.