Planning Wording Tool
Create careful wording for regulation and inclusion capability.
Use this tool to draft wording for a grant, proposal, EOI, partnership conversation or internal planning document.
This tool does not provide funding advice, legal advice, government policy advice or Thriving Kids implementation advice. It helps you describe the practical regulation, movement, sensory, play and participation capability Play Move Improve can support.
Before using the wording: edit the generated text so it accurately reflects your organisation, staff, programs and planning context. Play Move Improve supports regulation and inclusion capability. It does not provide Thriving Kids policy training, government implementation advice, funding advice, legal advice, clinical assessment or diagnosis.
Build your wording
Answer the prompts.
Keep this simple. You can write rough notes and edit the final wording afterwards.
Example: neighbourhood house, community health service, not-for-profit, family support service, playgroup provider.
Example: playgroups, parent-child groups, outdoor programs, family support sessions, community programs.
Include the real participation barriers your team is seeing.
Focus on confidence, consistency, language and knowing what to try next.
Choose the areas that match the real needs in your team or program.
Generated wording
Your draft wording
Our organisation is planning workforce capability support for staff working in community-based child and family programs. Children in these settings may experience difficulty with regulation, movement, sensory needs, play, transitions and participation. Staff are committed and family-facing, but may need greater confidence with knowing what they are seeing, choosing practical strategies and speaking with families in a clear and compassionate way.
Play Move Improve can support practical regulation and inclusion capability for community teams. This support focuses on movement, sensory needs, play, functional participation, non-diagnostic observation, family conversations and role-safe strategies for everyday community settings.
Staff will build confidence recognising early signs of dysregulation, overwhelm, shutdown, movement seeking and distress so they can respond earlier and more calmly.
Staff will learn how sensory load, noise, visual clutter, space, touch and busy environments can affect participation, and how small adaptations can support children more effectively.
Staff will develop practical ways to support children who find it difficult to join play, share attention, take turns, use equipment or participate with peers.
Staff will build confidence having compassionate, non-blaming conversations with families and sharing practical child development information in plain language.
This capability support can be included in our grant, proposal or internal planning document as part of workforce development, inclusion planning, staff confidence and family-facing practice. It will help our team respond earlier, adapt environments more thoughtfully and support children to participate with greater confidence.
Play Move Improve does not provide Thriving Kids policy training, government implementation advice, funding advice, legal advice, clinical assessment, diagnosis or therapy planning. This support is focused on practical child development, regulation and participation capability within community roles.
Use safer positioning
Keep the wording clear and role-safe.
The safest wording describes regulation and inclusion capability, not government policy advice.
Use language like
- Regulation and inclusion capability
- Movement, sensory, play and participation support
- Functional participation barriers
- Non-diagnostic observation
- Role-safe family conversations
- Practical child development strategies
- Community team confidence
- Workforce capability pathway
Avoid language that suggests
- Play Move Improve provides Thriving Kids policy training
- Play Move Improve gives government implementation advice
- This is funding, legal, tender or compliance advice
- Staff will be trained to diagnose children
- This replaces therapy or clinical assessment
- This guarantees funding or contract outcomes
- Individual therapy plans will be provided
- Staff will become allied health practitioners
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