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Monday, December 15, 2025, to Friday, January 23, 2026

Event description

During the upcoming school holiday period, Vision Australia is offering its individual intensive program across Queensland. This program is designed to provide children and young people with the chance to focus on specific developmental areas outside of a school environment.

This program is ideal for children and young people needing extra support to develop verbal and nonverbal communication skills, social confidence, confidence in self-care activities, gross motor and fine motor skills, and self-advocacy, as well as school leavers preparing for independent living, further education and employment. The structured intensive model ensures maximum impact for skill attainment and long-term success.

Each session is tailored to the individual, allowing your child to consolidate some of the skills they’ve learnt during the school term or learn new skills. The specialists available to your child include physiotherapists, speech pathologists and occupational therapists.

Program locations

Over this summer period, our individual intensives will be available to clients in the following regions:

  • Brisbane
  • Gold Coast and Northern Rivers
  • Maroochydore
  • Rockhampton
  • Townsville

If you do not see your region available here, you can still access the program via telehealth.

Funding options

Our programs are NDIS-funded under ‘Capacity Building’, and those who are not NDIS participants can self-fund.

If you have any questions, please contact our children and young people's team via childrenandyoungpeopleqld@visionaustralia.org.

Reserve your place

To reserve a place for your child in our summer individual intensives program, please submit your details via this form.

Register your child

Available disciplines

Vision Australia is offering individual intensives in the following disciplines (note: not every discipline is available in every region).

This physiotherapy-led intensive program is designed for children and young people who are blind or have low vision to explore and engage in sports or recreational activities that match their interests and strengths. It’s perfect for students during school holidays, and for school leavers building their lifestyle as a young adult.

The physiotherapist will work one-on-one with each participant to:

  • identify a sport or activity they are interested in and assess their capacity or innate talent
  • develop core skills and a deep understanding of the sport, including techniques, rules and strategies
  • build physical confidence through strength, balance, endurance and fitness training
  • prepare them for community participation by linking them to local clubs, teams or programs
  • support their coaches and teammates, providing guidance to ensure an inclusive and successful sporting experience.

Sports may include goalball, blind tennis, blind cricket, soccer/blind football, swimming, athletics, dance, circus, cycling, rowing, sailing, triathlon, gymnastics and more. 
This program empowers young people to develop competence, confidence, and a lifelong connection to sport and active recreation. 

Our individual intensive speech pathology programs are designed to support children, teenagers and young adults who are blind or have low vision in developing communication, social interaction and language skills. Sessions are tailored to each participant’s needs and provide focused, high-repetition practice to build speech clarity, expressive and receptive language skills, and confidence in communication across different environments.

This program integrates key areas of the expanded core curriculum (ECC) to promote independence and participation:

  • Compensatory access skills: Developing alternative communication methods such as tactile symbols, braille and auditory strategies.
  • Sensory efficiency: Using residual hearing, tactile feedback and adaptive technology to enhance communication.
  • Independent living skills: Improving communication skills for daily routines, self-advocacy and accessing the community.
  • Social interaction skills: Enhancing conversational skills, turn-taking and self-expression in social settings.
  • Self-determination: Building confidence in using expressive language to make choices and advocate for personal needs.

Our individual intensive occupational therapy programs are designed to support children, teenagers, and young adults who are blind or have low vision in developing fine motor skills, daily living skills, adaptive strategies, and environmental navigation. Sessions are tailored to each participant’s needs and provide focused, high-repetition practice to build independence in self-care, school tasks, and functional participation in daily routines.

This program integrates key areas of the expanded core curriculum (ECC) to promote independence and participation:

  • Compensatory access skills: Using adaptive strategies, tools and technology to perform daily tasks independently.
  • Sensory efficiency: Enhancing touch, proprioception and auditory skills for fine motor and functional activities.
  • Independent living skills: Developing self-care routines such as dressing, grooming, cooking and home management.
  • Social interaction skills: Encouraging confidence in engaging with peers, teamwork and participation in group activities.
  • Recreation and leisure skills: Supporting engagement in hobbies, creative activities and community participation.
  • Self-determination: Setting personal goals for independence and developing self-advocacy in daily life.

Our individual intensive orientation and mobility therapy programs are designed to support children, teenagers and young adults who are blind or have low vision in developing fine motor skills, daily living skills, adaptive strategies and environmental navigation. Sessions are tailored to each participant’s needs and provide focused, high-repetition practice to build independence by advancing travel skills and concepts.

This program integrates key areas of the expanded core curriculum (ECC) to promote independence and participation:

  • Compensatory skills: concept development and spatial awareness
  • Orientation and mobility: safe travel and navigation
  • Independent living skills: planning and decision-making of routes and appropriate aid options
  • Assistive technology: understanding tools and apps for travel and information gathering
  • Recreation and leisure: confidence in community settings by exploring new environments
  • Self-determination: problem-solving
  • Sensory efficiency: using remaining senses to identify orientation landmarks and cues.