Occupational therapy for children in Moonee Valley and Essendon

From Travancore up through Moonee Ponds and Essendon to Keilor, this is the biggest patch we cover — a long ribbon of family suburbs either side of the Maribyrnong River. It is also where before-school and after-school home visits are most in demand, so those times are the first to book out; if a 3:45pm slot matters to your family, say so early and we will do our best.

The distances here are real: Keilor to Travancore is a half-hour drive. We manage that by grouping visits by suburb across the week rather than criss-crossing the patch daily — you get a consistent time and day, and travel charges stay as small as we can make them.

Plenty of Moonee Valley families split sessions between formats — a home visit to work on morning routines where the morning routine actually happens, then a telehealth catch-up with parents once the plan is running. Parent coaching over video works better than most people expect, and it saves the travel charge entirely.

The patch also reaches north to Tullamarine, Gladstone Park and Gowanbrae around the airport, and east to Pascoe Vale and Pascoe Vale South. Both sit on their own dedicated day rather than being squeezed between Keilor and Travancore visits, so the same rule applies: home visits are grouped by suburb, and telehealth fills the gaps in between.

Suburbs we visit in this area

A suburb missing from the list isn't necessarily a no — it may just sit outside our usual travel patch. The suburb checker on the contact page gives you a definite answer, and telehealth is available everywhere.

How sessions usually run here

• Home visits grouped by suburb, so your day and time stay consistent week to week
• Kinder and school visits from Ascot Vale to Keilor East, coordinated with the setting
• Before and after-school times exist but book out first — flag early if your family needs one
• Tullamarine, Gladstone Park, Gowanbrae, Pascoe Vale and Pascoe Vale South run on their own day rather than being chained to the Keilor–Travancore ribbon

Travel for mobile sessions is billed transparently and capped at half the hourly rate — the details, along with every fee we charge, are on thefees and funding page.

What we help with

The same play-based occupational therapy we deliver everywhere: fine and gross motor skills, self-care and daily routines, sensory processing, emotional regulation, play and social skills, and school readiness. Ourguide to children's OT covers what that looks like in practice, our play therapy guideexplains the method, and the services page lists everything we offer — including school and kinder consultation for the settings we visit in this area.