Cooking Program
From: $386.00
The Therapy at Home Cooking Program has been specially designed by our occupational therapists to spark joy and build confidence in the kitchen with beginner level cooking projects.
Using a range of delicious baking mixes, children will be delighted and inspired to learn foundational skills for independent living and build confidence as they prepare food to share with the whole family.
Created for ages 3+ years old.
A block of Group Telehealth Sessions are included with this program.
- Description
- What's in the toolbox?
- What are the benefits?
- What are the goals?
- What skills will we build?
- Telehealth
- Outcome Report
The Therapy at Home Cooking Program focuses on introducing children to key baking processes using carefully selected baking mixes. Through these projects, children will learn a range of foundational kitchen skills, such as hygiene, knife safety, measuring, mixing and baking. They will also be exposed to commonly used kitchen tools, such as an oven mitt, knife, measuring cups and peeler through the equipment provided in the toolbox.
There is an opportunity for sensory exposure through food play and tools for encouraging being a food investigator by using all senses to explore new foods. This is achieved through supplied activities for messy food play, but also through creating a fruit and veggie platter where the focus is on creating food artworks rather than on what is consumed.
For further extension, there are bonus recipes included for other healthy cooking projects and recipes for recreating all of the baking mixes from scratch.
NOTE:
In addition to the Cooking Program, Therapy at Home offers a suite of cooking programs:
If your child has keen interest in cooking, these programs can be explored for further skill development in these areas.
Both programs would be well-suited to follow-on from the Cooking Program as a further extension of the skills and knowledge built in this entry-level cooking program.
This program is also included in the Therapy at Home Bundle - which includes four programs plus a bonus Indoor Play Pack, which is only available as part of the bundle.
What's in the toolbox?
The Therapy at Home Cooking Program comes with a toolbox of resources delivered to your door that aligns with the skill building modules in the online program. This toolbox provides a practical and playful element that your child can engage with as they follow along with the videos.
The toolbox includes*:
✓ Apron and oven mitt for personal hygiene and safety
✓ Safety glove and knife to develop knife handling skills and promote knife safety
✓ The Play Way’s ANZAC biscuit baking mix and golden syrup for baking delicious ANZAC biscuits at home
✓ Donna Hay brownie, pancake and banana bread baking mixes for beginner level cooking projects
✓ Sensory play ingredients and postcard to encourage sensory exploration through food play
✓ Baking tray, baking paper, peeler, wooden spoon and measuring cup set for use in cooking projects
✓ Instruction booklet containing written and visual recipes for the cooking projects and processes for kitchen safety and hygiene
* The essential components of the toolbox generally don’t change over time unless we are making improvements to the overall program. The specific tools included may differ at times in terms of brand, colour, and other cosmetic differences due to sourcing factors out of our control. This will not affect the therapeutic benefits of the program as intended for the participant.
Includes products that contain gluten, oats and traces of nuts. Recipes included list eggs, milk and butter. Contact us to discuss options for this program for allergen-free families.
What are the benefits?
The Therapy at Home Cooking Program aims to deliver the following benefits:
✓ Skills for daily living and increased independence in the kitchen, as children increase their awareness of kitchen hygiene, knife safety and beginner level cooking processes
✓ Exposure to new and familiar foods through play and cooking, without the pressure to taste or try
✓ Sustained attention to tasks requiring planning, organising and executing multiple tasks to achieve a final outcome using the joy of cooking
✓ Enhanced self-esteem and a sense of pride and achievement as children share the food they create throughout the program
Includes products that contain gluten, oats and traces of nuts. Recipes included list eggs, milk and butter. Contact us to discuss options for this program for allergen-free families.
What are the goals?
The Therapy at Home Cooking Program aims to achieve the following goals:
✓ Develop self-confidence in skills for daily living
✓ Increase skills and safety when using a knife to cut ingredients
✓ Develop measuring knowledge and skills
✓ Increase ability to follow instructions
✓ Enhance awareness and practices for hygiene in the kitchen
✓ Develop executive function including planning, organising and sequencing
View the Therapy at Home NDIS Goals Guide to see where your child’s NDIS goals align with our range of Therapy at Home programs.
What skills will we build?
The Therapy at Home Cooking Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:
✓ Kitchen tool skills including knife safety, cutting techniques and measuring
✓ Hygiene skills including washing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen
✓ Fine motor skills through opening packets, pouring, mashing and mixing
✓ Following instructions as the visual and written instructions are used to complete the cooking projects
✓ Planning and organising skills through breaking down and executing the step-by-step tasks required to maintain a clean and ordered kitchen and prepare a recipe
✓ Sensory exploration and food exposure through a variety of ingredients and methods
✓ Self-confidence and pride as the baked goods are presented for the whole family to share and enjoy
Telehealth
This program includes a block of Group Telehealth Sessions to support you in successfully implementing this program. To read more about the Group Telehealth inclusion please visit our FAQs.
Outcome Report
This program does not include an outcome report. You can add one next to the ‘Add to cart’ button in the shop and it will appear in your cart as an additional charge.
Therapy at Home provides the option for an outcome report to be included with all Programs. These reports are a summary of the specific program outcomes measured as a result of participating in a specific Therapy at Home Program. This is not a report for decision-making at the full plan level. This is not a report for an end-of-plan review from which a planner can use to make decisions about future funds at a whole plan level.
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