Block 2 starts Friday 23 October

DANCE X OT

Four places, then a waitlist

Dance x OT · Block 2

She wants to connect. She just needs the right kind of space.

📅 Starts Friday 23 October🕓 4:00 to 5:00pm, weekly on Fridays📍 Mudgeeraba Community Centre✨ Four places, then a waitlist
Ask about suitability

Dance x OT is an OT-led dance and movement group for neurodivergent tweens, teens and young adults on the Gold Coast. Every session is planned and run by our occupational therapists, and each dancer's own goals are woven into the choreography. Block 2 starts Friday 23 October. Four places are open. After that, new enquiries join the waitlist for the next block.

Dance X OT is not just a dance class. It is where movement meets regulation, confidence, body awareness and clinical intention.

Who it suits

Young people who want connectionThose who have not felt safe in a traditional group, a dance school or a sport.
Social participation and communicationTurn-taking, shared decisions and being part of a crew.
Emotional regulation and confidenceBody-based strategies to carry into the rest of the week.
Motor planning and body awarenessCoordination, sequencing, timing and sensory confidence.

Dance x OT may suit participants with NDIS goals relating to social participation, functional communication, emotional regulation, self-expression, group participation, confidence or community engagement. The environment is structured, low-pressure, creative and neuroaffirming. It is not a performance-based dance class, and it is not the right fit for everyone, so we talk suitability through with you before anything is booked.

How a session runs

The block runs weekly on Fridays through Term 4 and finishes with a showcase, where families and the people who matter come along and the group performs what they have built together.

Three ways to join

NDISNDIS funding may cover Dance x OT where it aligns with the participant's goals and approved plan. Not all NDIS plans include group supports. $104.92 per session in a group of seven, materials included. We confirm the cost for your plan before anything is booked.
Medicare$40 per session. Where a GP mental health treatment plan is in place, parts of the program may attract a Medicare rebate. Ask us and we will explain what applies.
Private$40 per session, no plan or referral needed.

Whichever pathway fits, the first step is the same: tell us about your young person, and Liz, our NDIS specialist, will call to talk through suitability and the next right step.

The clinicians behind it

Lucy

Lucy

Occupational Therapist · Dance x OT co-creator

Lucy grew up in dance, nearly two decades of it, and became an OT without ever leaving the studio behind. Dance x OT is what happened when she stopped treating them as two separate lives: the clinical depth of occupational therapy, delivered through the thing she loves most.

Kel

Kel

Occupational Therapist · Dance x OT co-creator

Kel brings the same double life: a dancer's instincts and an OT's eye. She builds sessions where the therapy hides inside the choreography, and where a young person who has never clicked with clinic-room therapy can find their way to their goals through movement.

Ask about suitability

Liz will call you to talk it through. This is an enquiry, not a booking, and nothing is confirmed until you say so.