Helping your family thrive with free playgroups and workshops
Blog | Plumtree offers free playgroups and workshops to support families of children aged birth to five years, covering topics like social skills, toilet training, and NDIS preparation.
Sharing expertise with professionals in ECI
Blog | Plumtree professional training equips early childhood intervention organisations with family-centred approaches, evidence-based programs, and peer worker support to build capacity, resilience, and positive outcomes for children and families.
2019 Trevor Parmenter achievement award for Sylvana
Blog | Sylvana Mahmic, CEO of Plumtree, received the 2019 Trevor Parmenter Achievement Award for transforming family-centred education, empowering parents, and pioneering peer worker-led programs for children with disability.
Families empowering families through peer work and parent leadership
Blog | Plumtree’s Now & Next program supports families of children with disability or developmental delay. This award-winning, parent-led community empowers families, builds skills, and fosters peer networks globally.
Now & Next gets global recognition as peer-led parenting program
Blog | Now and Next Plumtree’s peer-to-peer program, empowers parents of children with disability, sharing skills globally and achieving positive outcomes for families through international recognition.
Disability & Friendships: What I wish I Knew
Blog | Sylvana reflects on her son’s disability diagnosis, exploring early worries about friendships and sharing the lessons she wishes she knew as he nears his 30th birthday.