Skill Building Programs
Get the Support You Need to Build Real Capacity. Personalised support that fits your goals and your pace.
Whether you're focused on one specific goal or building capacity across several areas, our compassionate team is here to support you.
What Our Skill Building Programs Include
Our programs are flexible and tailored to suit each participant's goals and priorities.
Social Skills & Relationships
Confident social skills and social connection open up more of life. We support you to build:
- Conversation and social confidence
- Reading social cues and situations
- Building and maintaining friendships
- Group participation skills
- Healthy relationship skills
Emotional Regulation & Coping Strategies
Emotional regulation - understanding and managing emotions - builds resilience. Tenax Supports helps with:
- Recognising and naming emotions
- Practical coping strategies
- Managing stress and frustration
- Building calm-down routines
- Working through challenging situations
Goal Setting & Personal Development
Goal setting builds direction and motivation. We help with:
- Identifying meaningful personal goals
- Breaking goals into achievable steps
- Tracking progress over time
- Building motivation and follow-through
- Celebrating milestones
Learning & Study Support
Learning support can open up further education and training. Our team supports:
- Building study habits and routines
- Reading, writing and numeracy practice
- Preparing for further education or training
- Using assistive technology for learning
- Building confidence in a learning environment
Confidence & Self-Advocacy
Speaking up for your own needs is a lifelong skill. Tenax Supports helps build self-advocacy and confidence, alongside safe transport to sessions when funded in your NDIS plan.
Skill Building Programs Frequently Asked Questions
Skill Building Programs are NDIS-funded Capacity Building supports that help participants grow skills across areas like social connection, emotional regulation, goal-setting, learning and self-advocacy.
NDIS participants with funding under Capacity Building categories such as Improved Relationships, Improved Learning, or Improved Social and Community Participation may be able to access these programs. Tenax Supports can review your plan and help explain what applies to you.
Tenax Supports can assist with a wide range of capacity-building areas, including:
- Social skills and relationship building
- Emotional regulation and coping strategies
- Goal setting and personal development
- Learning and study support
- Confidence and self-advocacy
The Life Skills Program focuses on practical daily living tasks like budgeting, cooking and using public transport. Skill Building Programs focus more broadly on social, emotional, learning and personal development goals. Many participants access both.
Our skill building sessions run at two locations in Melbourne's west — Werribee and Hoppers Crossing — supporting NDIS participants across the Wyndham area. Both locations are minutes from our head office at 935 Tarneit Rd, Tarneit, and transport to and from sessions can be arranged where it is funded in your NDIS plan. In Werribee, sessions are based at Werribee VIC 3030 — Our Werribee sessions sit close to Werribee Station, the Watton Street shops and the Wyndham Cultural Centre, so groups can practise real community access on foot. Convenient for participants in Werribee, Werribee South, Wyndham Vale and Point Cook. In Hoppers Crossing, sessions are based at Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029 — Our Hoppers Crossing sessions run near Hoppers Crossing Station and the Pacific Werribee shopping precinct, with plenty of parking and easy drop-off. Convenient for participants in Hoppers Crossing, Tarneit, Truganina, Williams Landing and Laverton. Not sure which location suits you? Contact our team or make a referral. Participants living in our Tarneit SIL home and other Victorian homes can also join either location.
Start Building Real Capacity Today
If you'd like support building skills and capacity towards your goals, our friendly team is here to help.
Your goals. Your pace. Your growth - supported with care.