While You're Waiting
Practical Tools to Support Your Family Today
Welcome to our dedicated resources page for waitlisted clients.
While you’re waiting to access our full services, we’ve put together a range of helpful tools and programs designed to support you and your family in the meantime.
These resources are designed to provide immediate, practical support for navigating challenges and fostering growth at home.
Free resources to support you:
This free guide helps parents turn everyday moments into opportunities for meaningful growth for their neurodivergent kids. It focuses on making small adjustments in daily routines to strengthen relationships, support emotional regulation, and foster resilience. By addressing common challenges in manageable ways, this guide empowers families to create positive changes that build over time.
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This guide is designed to help parents gain a deeper understanding of their child’s emotions and the factors that drive them. It focuses on recognising the triggers behind big feelings and offers guidance on responding with empathy and insight. By building awareness of emotional patterns, families can create a foundation of connection and understanding that supports the development of targeted self-regulation strategies.
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This guide helps parents take a proactive approach to managing hunger-fueled meltdowns by introducing a simple snack system that supports self-regulation. It focuses on recognising how hunger impacts emotions and energy levels, providing a structured yet flexible strategy to foster independence and self-awareness. By creating a predictable snack routine, families can reduce stress, ease transitions, and build a calmer, more connected daily rhythm that supports their child’s regulation needs.
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Progress in Practice is a practical, psychologist-designed support package for parents of neurodivergent kids — created to support you in the messy, meaningful moments that shape daily life. It’s built around the real-world challenges families face, helping you navigate routines, regulation, and relationships with tools that are flexible, collaborative, and grounded in everyday experience — not just theory.
Over six months, you’ll have access to a powerful combination of support: a 1:1 parent session, a personalised Family Support Map, small group calls, and on-demand access to the Loft — a library of parent-friendly content focused on executive functioning, emotional regulation, sleep, motivation, self-concept, play, household dynamics, and more.
The Progress in Practice package helps you move through the hard parts with more calm, confidence, and clarity, turning stuck points into growth points in a way that feels right for your child, and for you.
This self-paced program provides families with tools to help children develop self-regulation skills in a collaborative and engaging way.
It places a strong emphasis on parent education, giving you the knowledge and strategies to support your child’s regulation journey.
Through guided lessons and family-focused activities, you’ll learn how to support your child with developing their regulation skills and exploring 15 regulation strategies.
The program is designed to be flexible, accessible, and family-friendly, helping you create a supportive environment that fosters growth and resilience for everyone in the household.
This self-paced program is designed to help parents understand ADHD and better support their child’s unique needs. The course explores the core characteristics of ADHD—attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity—while debunking common misconceptions and addressing the impact of environmental expectations. It also highlights the unique strengths of the ADHD brain, such as creativity and problem-solving, and provides practical strategies to foster growth and connection.
This course offers a neuroaffirming foundation for parents seeking insights into their child’s experiences, empowering them with tools to build stronger connections and better support their child’s journey.
Understanding your child’s unique strengths and challenges is an essential step in helping them thrive. I provide neuroaffirming, family-centred assessments tailored to each child’s individuality.
These assessments offer clarity on diagnoses such as ADHD, autism, or learning differences, while providing actionable recommendations to support your child’s growth.
Comprehensive assessments can provide a solid foundation for understanding your child’s needs and determining the most effective path forward, whether that includes therapy, educational support, or other interventions.
At Nurture & Thrive Psychology Rockhampton, we currently have a minimal wait list for assessment appointments.
My Therapy Play Group offers a welcoming and flexible environment for neurodivergent children aged 4–9 years to explore, connect, and thrive. Led by psychologist Emma Richards, the group focuses on fostering creativity, building social skills, and forming meaningful relationships. Sessions are designed to meet each child’s unique needs, providing a space where they feel respected, supported, and empowered to grow.
The group meets weekly during school terms in Rockhampton, offering a consistent and nurturing space for children to flourish at their own pace.
One-on-one parent sessions offer a personalised space to discuss your family’s unique challenges and goals. These sessions are designed to support you with tailored strategies, whether you’re working on emotional regulation, daily routines, or advocating for your child at school. Each session focuses on providing practical insights and actionable steps that fit your family’s needs and circumstances.
Drawing from my experience as both a psychologist and a parent of neurodivergent children, these sessions create an empathetic and understanding environment where you can explore solutions and gain clarity for your parenting journey.
About me …
Hi, I’m Emma Richards—a psychologist and a mum to three neurodivergent kids. My professional and personal experiences have shaped my passion for supporting families navigating the unique challenges and joys of raising neurodivergent children.
As both a psychologist and a parent of neurodivergent kids, I understand the unique challenges parents of neurodivergent kids face. I’m here to share the tools, insights, and encouragement you need to feel confident and supported as you guide your child’s journey.
