Building practical systems that reduce overwhelm and everyday functioning

The Next Step is a small-group occupational therapy program designed to help participants build practical skills for everyday life with greater confidence and independence.

Executive Functionioning is the next area of focus and will be starting 14 January 2027.

The group sessions will run Thursdays, 1:30pm-3:30pm, for 6 weeks.

Areas that will be explored:

• executive functioning;

• task breakdown and planning;

• prioritisation and decision fatigue;

• time management;

• visual schedules and routines; and

• external systems and supports.

This Focus Area may help young people who:

• struggle to start or complete tasks;

• feel paralyses by overwhelm;

• experience time blindness or forgetfulness;

• avoid tasks due to stress or shutdown; and

• want more practical organisation systems.

This program is neuroaffirming, practical, and collaborative. Sessions are designed to support young people in understanding themselves and that sometimes the hardest part isn’t the task, it’s the number of invisible steps involved.