Helping kids thrive through team sports
Who Are We?
Sense Team Sports was founded in 2015 by Australian Olympian Jesse Parahi & Paediatric Occupational Therapist Carlien Parahi. The program aims to support neurodiverse children and children with developmental delays and disabilities to successfully engage in team sport.
What Do We Do:
Occupational Therapists team up with local sport clubs and players to run programs to build the sensory, emotional, physical and group skills of the individual whilst also building the capacity of the community to facilitate inclusion within their organisations.
Sense Team Sports uses sport as a therapy tool. We use the unique sensory and social benefits of sport as our avenue to reach therapy goals while the kids learn the core skills of teamwork. Our programs are always delivered by Occupational Therapists which allows us to adapt and modify sessions for maximum therapeutic benefit. We love seeing our participants thrive on and off the sporting field!
See Our Programs
Sense AFL
We use the sensory and social benefits of AFL to help children develop their sensory, social, emotional and physical skills all while connecting them to their community.
Sense Rugby
Sense Rugby gives kids a safe environment where experienced Paediatric Occupational Therapists work with Trained Rugby Players to help kids achieve success.
We also offer Sense Therapies
Sense Therapies offer Occupational Therapy and Therapy Assistant support in our sensory gyms as well as home, school and community visits.