Sanctuary Aus provides holistic, strength-based services to support parents and carers to recognise, recover and build on their strengths in raising children.

Sanctuary Aus staff have a wide range of specialist skills and qualifications. The team utilise creative and cognitive therapies, developmental trauma interventions, holistic assessments, skills training and group work to support positive growth for each family we work with.

Programs.

Circle of Security®
Parenting Program™

The Circle Of Security® parenting program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.

Sanctuary Aus are licensed and experienced in delivering the Circle of Security® program. We deliver the training to you at a time that works for your family - which is often at night after the kids are settled, during the day when the kids are at school or on the weekend.

We deliver the program either in your home or other convenient location, the Sanctuary Aus office, or via video conferencing - whatever works for you.

We can deliver the Circle of Security® program to you anywhere in Australia if your internet connection is relatively stable.

 

Disability Services

Sanctuary Aus specialises in providing Behaviour Support Services for children and young people who are struggling to manage their behaviours.

We provide both Behaviour Support Planning and direct Behaviour Support services. We take a holistic approach to our services - identifying what needs are underlying the behaviours used and providing services to address those needs, focusing on skills development, relationships, motivation and environmental factors.

Wherever possible we work in the environment where the behaviours are being used, such as in the home, school or community.

Our team of Behavior Support practitioners are trained and highly experienced in working therapeutically with children, young people and parents with Autism, ADHD, intellectual Disability, developmental delays, complex trauma and other similar disabilities.

Out team of Behavior Support practitioners are trained and highly experienced in working therapeutically with children, young people and parents with Autism, ADHD, intellectual Disability, developmental delays, complex trauma and other similar disabilities.

Sanctuary Aus is an NDIS Registered Provider and we are authorised by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to provide Behaviour Support services.

 

Groups.

Women’s Carer Support Group

We run our Women’s Carer Support Group in Holder every Thursday during school terms.

  • 12 till 1.30pm

Grant Cameron Community Centre - Floor 2A
27 Mulley Street,
Holder

The Women’s Carer Support Group decide on a range of formats for the group - trying different arts/crafts, cooking/sharing a meal, discussion topics, gardening, games, learning a new skill - anything the group decide on.

We are located in Holder, ACT with easy and free parking, or catch the R7, 55 or 56 bus, which leaves from Woden, Weston Creek or the city every 15 to 30 minutes. For bus timetables see: Timetables - Transport Canberra (act.gov.au). Often once you start the group we can find someone who lives near you and can drive you to and from the group.

Please come join us, make new friends and share a laugh with a friendly group.

The Women’s Carer Support Group is a free service

 

Club Mojo

Club Mojo was designed by Sanctuary Aus to teach kids how to better understand and manage their own emotions, make positive friendships and build their self-esteem.

Club Mojo is for 7 to 11 year-olds.

Club Mojo uses creative therapies to teach skills to children.

Most importantly, we use children’s language of fun to teach the children about emotions. Children enjoy Club Mojo and we rarely have any kids who don’t attend all sessions.

Our favourite feedback:

“My son had so much fun that he didn’t even realise he was learning anything”.

 

Cool Kids with ASD.

Internationally acclaimed anxiety management program for children and young people. Sanctuary Aus specialise in delivering Cool Kids to young people with Autism, aged 7 to 11 years old, who struggle with the debilitating impact of anxiety.

Anxiety management skills are presented in a manner that suits the learning style of children with an ASD. Parents are involved in the learning process to support the child’s learning and to understand how they can support their child to learn to be manage their anxiety.

The Cool Kids with ASD group has a very high success rate for children overcoming their anxieties