SPARK Your Potential | South of the River

SPARK Your Potential – Meerilinga Children and Community Service Centre

 

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We’re excited to open up our popular SPARK Your Potential group program in Perth’s southern suburbs, hosted at the Meerilinga Children and Community Service Centre in Coolbellup.

This weekly 7-week program will support Primary-School aged children and their parent or carer to tackle everyday challenges – together.

What is SPARK Your Potential?

SPARK Your Potential is a 7-week program (including a parent-only orientation in Week 0, followed by 6 weeks of family-focused sessions) designed to help families manage everyday life with ADHD by building essential executive function skills like organization, time management, and task follow-through.

In each session, you and your child will work together to learn practical, real-world strategies that help both of you stay organised, motivated, and more confident in everyday routines.

Learn more about the different SPARKS Streams

Weekly Focus Areas for the SPARK Your Potential Program:

  1. Understanding ADHD and executive function, goal setting
  2. Maximising wellness, working together
  3. Getting a system in place for homework
  4. Managing barriers to application and follow through
  5. Prioritising, deadlines, and getting down to work
  6. Projects, tests, making notes, and study sessions

After the SPARK Your Potential Program, families will be equipped to:

  • Set goals collaboratively (parent/carer + child)
  • Improve motivation and wellness for both parent/carer and child
  • Develop a clear system for tracking homework tasks
  • Use scaffolding and support to ensure there is a clear framework for organisation tasks
  • Address blocks to completion of homework and organisation tasks
  • Complete homework sessions by prioritising, breaking tasks down, and checking in at the end

Program Details – SPARK Your Potential (Primary)

For children in Year 1–6 and their parent/carer

🗓️ Program Dates: Mondays, 5 May – 23 June (Term 2)
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
📍 Location: Meerilinga Children and Community Service Cockburn, Winterfold Child Care Centre – 219 Winterfold Rd, Coolbellup WA 6163 (South of the River)

💲 Cost: $125 per session / $750 for the full 6-week program.
Medicare rebate available using code 80122 – read more in the FAQ below.
Cost with medicare rebate (if eligible): approx $95 per session / $570 for the full program

Program Format

  • Orientation Session (Week 0): Parent/Carer only
  • Week 1: Parent/Carer only
  • Weeks 2–6: Parent/Carer and child attend together

Book Your Spot

⭐️ Book Your Spot:

(You must be logged in to your Family Membership to see the booking link)
OR submit a subsidy application form 

 

Group Therapy Program FAQ

What is the Medicate rebate and how do I access it?
For participants who are eligible, ADHD WA Group Therapy Programs are offered under Medicare’s Better Access Initiative, namely Group Therapy. To obtain the rebate, participants who are eligible need to provide ADHD WA with specialist referral to the program from their psychiatrist, paediatrician, or a Mental Health Plan and referral from their GP stating the Group Therapy Item Number. How much is the rebate? If eligible, the rebate should be a minimum of approx $31 per session attended. You must supply your referral and Mental Health Care Plan prior to the commencement of the program in order to receive the Medicare Rebate. A referral must: 1. Include Group Therapy Item Number listed in the course details above 2. Dated before the start date of the program Note: you do not need a referral to book or participate. How do I claim the rebate? For those who have an eligible referral, a receipt per session attended will be emailed to them following attendance at a session. These receipts can be used to claim the Medicare rebate. Please note that Medicare rebates cannot be claimed for sessions which the member does not attend and it is a Medicare requirement that a minimum of 4 participants attend in order for any participants to get the rebate. We cannot guarantee the rebate due to participant non-attendance should total numbers fall below the minimum requirement of 4.
Private Health Care

If you wish to access your private healthcare cover, please check with your provider if you are entitled to a rebate from your private health insurance policy.

Who facilitates and runs the group therapy programs?

At ADHD WA we have an excellent team of clinicians who run and facilitate group therapy programs.
The team consists of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Clinical Neuropsychologist Registrars and Clinical Psychologists Registrar.
Click here to meet the team 

Do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis to attend a Group Therapy Program?

No.
ADHD WA Group Therapy Programs and services are for people with or without formal ADHD diagnosis.

What Group Therapy Medicare Item Number do I include in my referral?

Emotional Regulation – 80122
SPARK Your Support Primary Term 1 2025 – 80122
SPARK Your Potential Primary Term 1 2025 – 80122
SPARK Your Resilience Primary Term 1 2025 – 80122
SPARK Your Support Secondary Term 1 2025 – 80022

Although it is recommended to put down “80122/80022”

Expression of Interest (EOI):

Be informed of future dates:   Complete a SPARK EOI form

 


Questions? Get in Touch!

For any questions regarding SPARK please contact Bethany, the SPARK Program Coordinator:
📧 Email: spark@adhdwa.org
📞 Telephone: (08) 6255 8880

For general inquiries please contact our friendly team at the ADHD WA Hub:
📧 Email: hello@adhdwa.org
📞 Telephone: (08) 6255 8880