Ready Rocket Group Program

Helping your child learn to understand and manage big emotions

From Big Feelings to Calm and Confidence

Big emotions. Frequent meltdowns. Moments where you're not quite sure what to say or do next. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone.

The Ready Rocket Group Program is a fun, small-group program that teaches children aged 4–7 how to recognise their emotions, understand their body's signals, and build practical strategies to feel calm and in control.

Using the engaging "rocket" framework — where kids become "Ready Regulators," journeying through different emotional planets and learning to navigate their own flight path — this evidence-based, neuroaffirming program is delivered by a registered psychologist and provisional psychologist in a warm, small-group setting where children learn alongside peers their own age.

What Your Child Will Learn

Over six sessions, your child will follow the Ready Rocket story — joining the Ready Regulators as they travel through different emotional "planets" (like Planet Zing, Planet Fizz, and Planet Crash), each representing a different feeling and energy level. Along the way, they'll:

Understand Big Feelings

Learn to recognise and name their emotions with confidence, using the fight-flight-freeze response explained in kid-friendly language

Reading Their Body's Signals

Understanding what their body is telling them as energy and emotions shift throughout the day

A Toolkit of Strategies

Building a personal toolkit of practical, fun strategies, including breathing techniques, mindfulness, and whole-body movement to support self-regulation

Confidence Beyond the Session

Build confidence, resilience, and emotional awareness that carries into home and school

Building Social Connection

Build social skills including listening, turn-taking, and connecting with others by practising these strategies alongside peers

Every Child, Understood

Learn in a neurodiverse-affirming space that celebrates every child's unique way of thinking, feeling, and processing emotions. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to feel

Support for You as a Parent

This program isn't just about what happens in the room. It's about giving you tools to understand your child better at home.

Using our Reframing Behaviour Toolkit, we look beneath the surface of the behaviours you're seeing to understand what's really going on for your child, things like sensory needs, hunger, fatigue, or emotional overload that aren't always obvious in the moment. We also use tools like the Escalation Curve to help you recognise the stages your child moves through before, during, and after a big reaction.

You'll walk away with a clearer picture of what's driving your child's big feelings, and a collaborative action plan, built together with you, full of practical strategies you can use at home and share with school.

Mission Details

Format: 6 sessions, run fortnightly

Day & time: Tuesdays, 4:30pm – 5:30pm (1 hour per session)

Starting: Tuesday 21 July 2026

Session dates:

1. Tuesday 21 July 2026

2. Tuesday 4 August 2026

3. Tuesday 18 August 2026

4. Tuesday 1 September 2026

5. Tuesday 15 September 2026

6. Tuesday 29 September 2026

Group size: We keep the group small to ensure every child receives dedicated attention and support

Ages: 4–7 years

Facilitated By: Cailin Pascoe (Psychologist) and Kristy Bailey (Provisional Psychologist), both experienced in supporting children with emotional regulation difficulties, behavioural challenges, and anxiety, using evidence based, neuroaffirming approaches to help children and families build practical, lasting strategies

Cost: $110 per session ($660 for the full 6-session program)

A Medicare rebate may be available for eligible clients. Please contact our practice to discuss your eligibility.

If your child has NDIS funding and you're interested in this group program, reach out to us directly. Phone: 48604465.