What is MyTime?
MyTime is the name given to the Peer Support Groups for Parents of Young Children with Disabilities Program funded by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
MyTime is a peer support program for parents caring for children with high and complex needs. MyTime groups aim to complement specialist early childhood intervention programs and the suite of services funded by FaHCSIA including Supported Playgroups and Intensive Supported Playgroups.
The aim of establishing facilitated peer support groups for parents of young children with disabilities is to improve outcomes for the parents by giving them the opportunity to meet, socialise, and learn from other people in similar family situations. The program will also have a strong parent education component. It is intended that the program will build skills, foster shared responsibilities, and strengthen the capacity of the whole community to support parents of young children with disabilities.
Playgroup Queensland is proud to support MyTime Group sessions at the following locations:
- Beaconsfield (Mackay) - Mackay Special School
- Bray Park - AEIOU Centre
- Browns Plains - Browns Plains Early Years Centre
- Bundaberg - Noah's Ark Resource Centre
- Cairns - Parramatta Early Childhood Development Unit
- Coomera - Coomera Family Support Group
- East Brisbane - Noah's Ark Resource Centre
- Flagstone - Flagstone State School
- Geebung - Geebung ECDP
- Gympie - Gympie West State Primary School ECDP
- Inala
- Innisfail - Innisfail Inclusive Education Centre
- Ipswich - Ipswich Central State School
- Maryborough - Noah's Ark Resource Centre
- Miami - Miami State School Special Education Services
- Mitchelton - Mitchelton Special School
- Mitchelton GOLD (ECDP)
- Moorooka - AEIOU Centre
- Mt Isa - ECDU - Mt Barkley State School
- Nambour - The Nambour Community Centre
- Nathan - AEIOU Centre
- Park Ridge - AEIOU Centre
- Peregian
- Stafford
- Strathpine - Noah's Ark (Alf Shaw Comm Centre)
- Thornlands
- Toowoomba - AEIOU Centre
- Tully - Tully State Primary School
- Woody Point - Woody Point State School ECDP
To locate your closest MyTime group, click on the link below:
MyTime groups in Queensland - Google Maps
To find out more about MyTime programs, please click on the links below:
MyTime - Supporting Parents of Children with Disabilities
The Right Time - Making time for parents of children with a disability
If your Organisation would like to discuss a MyTime partnership with Playgroup Queensland, please contact Anne Gooley - State Coordinator MyTime on 1800 171 882 or by email.
