Lunch Box Program
$772.00
The Therapy at Home Lunch Box Program has been designed by a nutritionist and team of paediatric therapists to target essential skills and knowledge when it comes to packing a balanced lunch box. The Lunch Box Program addresses planning and organisation, fine motor skill development and nutritional awareness and aims to support skills for independence for this common routine.
Created for ages 4 – 12 years old.
An Outcome Report and 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 Lunch Box Program has been designed to provide tools, tips and inspiration to support the daily routine of packing a lunch box. Designed by a nutritionist and team of paediatric therapists, it aims to develop children’s confidence and independence in the lifelong skills of planning and packing their own lunches.
Supported by over 25 videos, children will be guided to explore foods for fruit break, recess, lunch and afternoon tea. They will also discover and learn about food properties, allowing them to gain beginning nutritional awareness and confidence to make informed food choices.
The Play Way’s Bento Set and Insulated Container Set provide the tools for building confidence, as they allow children to experiment with exploring a variety of different options in their lunch box. There is also a range of sandwich cutters to bring play into their everyday eating encounters, making food fun and therefore more likely to be engaged with.
The toolbox contains The Play Way’s Lunch Box Recipe Booklet, containing a range of no-prep, low-prep and more-prep ideas for fruit break, recess, lunch and afternoon tea. It has been designed to provide children with inspiration and food for thought as they experiment with packing their own lunch box.
There is also a range of tools to support the planning, organisation and execution of their daily lunch box routine. These include the Lunch Box Planner magnet and Lunch Box Weekly Planner, which allow for daily and weekly planning. To capture inspiration for what to pack, there is the Lunch Box Foods magnet, where children can record their ‘safe foods’ and ‘learning foods.’ There is also a magnetic shopping list, to encourage involvement in the process of organising which groceries need to be purchased for the lunch box routine.
To bring a sense of fun, the toolbox also includes the Orchard Toys Lunch Box Game as a tool for encouraging communication around various lunch box options. There is also a series of bright and colourful lunch box notes to use as a joyful addition to the lunch box.
PLEASE NOTE: 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. We recommend that you only order one program per participant to ensure the appropriate use of funds. We cannot tailor toolboxes or programs to suit specific requests at this time. If you order a program for multiple participants they will receive the same program and toolbox. All shop listing images are representative of the program theme and not necessarily literal representations of what’s in the toolbox.
What's in the toolbox?
The Therapy at Home Lunch Box 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*:
✓ The Play Way’s Lunch Buddy Bento Set, including a stainless steel bento lunch box with five separate compartments, removable silicone lid and one small and one medium separate dipper container †
✓ The Play Way’s Lunch Buddy Insulated Container Set, including a stainless steel insulated container with a leak-proof lid, silicone grip and spoon †
✓ The Play Way’s Lunch Buddy Sandwich Cutters, for bringing a sense of play into your daily lunch box packing routine
✓ The Play Way’s Lunch Buddy Planning Tools, including Lunch Box Foods magnet, Lunch Box Planner magnet, Lunch Box Weekly Planner, magnetic shopping list and lunch box notes
✓ The Play Way’s Lunch Box Recipe Booklet, including a range of no-prep and low-prep lunch box options, as well as recipes for further exploration and extension
✓ Orchard Toys Lunch Box Game, for encouraging engagement with and communication around lunch box food options
✓ Instructional card to support parents in understanding and delivering the requirements of the program
* 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.
† The lunch box, dippers and insulated container are dishwasher safe.
What are the benefits?
The Therapy at Home Lunch Box Program aims to deliver the following benefits:
✓ Meaningful modelling of lunch box packing to encourage independence at home.
✓ Choose from a range of no-prep, low-prep and more-prep recipe ideas for fruit break, recess, lunch and afternoon.
✓ The planning tools assist in creating habits and plans for the daily task of packing lunch.
✓ Develop nutritional awareness and confidence to make informed food choices.
What are the goals?
The Therapy at Home Lunch Box Program aims to achieve the following goals:
✓ Develop executive functioning skills
✓ Improve planning, organisation and sequencing skills
✓ Improve fine motor skills
✓ Improve self-confidence and autonomy in performing food preparation tasks
✓ Develop healthy habits for daily living
✓ Develop skills for independence
✓ Increase knowledge and awareness of different foods and their nutritional qualities
View the Therapy at Home NDIS Goals Guide to see how the participant’s NDIS goals align with our range of Therapy at Home programs.
What skills will we build?
The Therapy at Home Lunch Box Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:
✓ Planning skills through using the Weekly Planner, Lunch Box Planner magnet and shopping list to think about what is required on a daily and weekly basis to pack a lunch box
✓ Organisation and sequencing skills by experimenting with different strategies and tools to support preparation in conjunction with utilising the visual planners
✓ Fine motor skills by manipulating containers and utensils during food preparation and consumption
✓ Autonomy in performing food preparation tasks by providing tools for planning and organisation and through the guiding videos that support exploration of foods for fruit break, recess, lunch and afternoon tea
✓ Habits for daily living and a lunch box routine by providing not only a range of packing and planning tools but also supporting meaningful engagement with these through the online videos
✓ Knowledge and awareness of different foods and their nutritional qualities by engaging in teaching and learning experiences with a nutritionist and through the ideas provided in the recipe booklet
✓ Self-confidence through developing skills to independently plan and pack a lunch box
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 comes with an outcome report for NDIS review purposes.
Parents/guardians must submit online questionnaires measuring the child’s progress before and after the program as a requirement for obtaining the outcome report.
Find out more about how to use your NDIS funds for this program HERE
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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