

Dalwood Spilstead Service

Project Overview
The Dalwood Spilstead Service offers an internationally recognised model of care to support vulnerable families with young children in their early years – to optimise children’s lifelong learning, wellbeing and potential.
This specialist service model is based on neuro-developmental research, which shows that we can have a positive effect on reducing the impacts of childhood trauma. We incorporate strength-based, family-centred and child-focused services under one umbrella.
Our model is unique in its ability to coordinate and offer multiple, specialist, multidisciplinary therapies, tailored for each child and their parents’ needs under one roof.
At Dalwood, we are making a difference that will last a lifetime!
At Dalwood Spilstead, we offer a comprehensive multidisciplinary health, education and support service for vulnerable families with children under nine. Our services include:
Family Services
- Fathers program
- Parent self-care and support programs
- Parenting education programs
- Volunteer home support program
Child Development Services
- Infant supported playgroups
- Spilstead Therapeutic Preschool Program
- Outreach to mainstream preschools and schools
- Therapy services
Parent and Child Interaction Interventions
- Attachment focused parent and child interaction interventions
Why we need your help
Creating psychological safety is fundamental to helping families and their children through their heeling journey. Providing a therapeutic and welcoming environment is an essential part of the work we do. Your support will help us buy the specialised therapy equipment that we need to help more children, and will help us to keep our therapy and indoor play areas, gardens, food preparation and playgrounds safe and welcoming.
We support families, with young children, who need intensive support, therapy and home visiting to enable them to better meet their children’s health, development and wellbeing needs from an early age, to give them the best start in life. By donating today, you can help us to continue providing the best possible care to our children and families by offering specialist, early intervention therapies, practical support and home visits to nurture parent’s capacity to overcome trauma and adverse life events and build resilience.
PROJECT 1: Support our facilities
PROJECT 2: 'Child's Play' program
PROJECT 3: 'Dads at Dalwood' program


