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20.01.2022 Get to know the team a bit better... Hi! I’m Laura! I’m a speech pathologist at the Port Stephens centre. I live in Soldiers Point with my wonderful husband, Mitch, and our beautiful baby boy, Cohen, who turned one in August (how much longer do we get to call him a baby for? ). I love the ocean, and being near the water! My perfect weekend is spent in the , a hot coffee , listening to Jack Johnson with my boys, a bacon and egg breaky with avocado and a w...alk to the anchorage or beach. I love cooking and enjoy all food, but nothing beats fresh prawns and oysters I love a whole range of music I think a lot of it comes from my parents & grandparents era, as we always had music playing growing up!! I love Dire Straits, Cyndi Lauper, Talking Heads, The Beatles, Queen, Vera Blue, Milky Chance, Fleetwood Mac, The Rubens (and the list goes on). I love being a mum, and am still not yet sick of the Wiggles one day I will take Cohen to a concert, not sure who will enjoy it more! #growingunderstanding #speechpathologist

16.01.2022 Merry Christmas and... THANK YOU!! I am so grateful to our clients and their families, our referrers and the other businesses who support our small business, and to my amazing team! Thank you for your continuing support! Wishing you and your families a merry Christmas and looking forward to seeing you in 2021! ~ Lauren

16.01.2022 APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE- NO WAITING LIST and FLEXIBLE APPOINTMENT TIMES! Look at this beautiful team!! As our team has grown, so too has our capacity to help more children and families! Please share this post and spread the word- we have appointments available! This means when you contact us, there will be minimal wait for you to be seen for an appointment (whether it’s an assessment or ongoing therapy). We have an incredible team of speech pathologists with a wide rang...e of experience! Getting in now gives you a greater chance of getting those elusive before and after school spots. We now offer services from 7.30am to 7pm. We also offer home and school (mobile) appointments in the local area. Call the office now on 0240441122 and speak to our amazing team or visit our website and make an appointment!

15.01.2022 Social Yoga Did you know that yoga and mindfulness can help your child build language and communication skills? Our Social Yoga group is a special group program that utilises the calming affects of yoga poses to help your child feel calm, connected and emotionally aware. Through mindfulness and special yoga poses, your child will be encouraged to regulate their bodies, calm their minds and become active learners, allowing them to practice speech sound production, recept...ive and expressive language skills, and social skills. The Social Yoga program is suitable for children aged 6 to 12 years, and is great way to help your child understand how to regulate their body and mind over the busy holiday period, and practice their communication and language skills. If you would like to help your child build social skills in a supported setting, click the link below and complete the enquiry form https://www.agrowingunderstanding.com.au//kid/social-yoga/

12.01.2022 HIGH FIVE Tahlia! She’s holding the fort and hanging out at our Williamtown centre today- busy prepping for 2021 and available to help you with any enquiries!

12.01.2022 We would love to wish all of our families, children and friends a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and successful 2021!

10.01.2022 It’s unrealistic to think that a new year will bring magical changes. However, true to my values- I love to celebrate the milestone, take the opportunity to reflect on the year that has been and enter the new year with purpose. At the beginning of 2020, my main focus was completion of our NDIS Early Childhood Intervention Certification. In the midst of personal challenges, we passed our audit with flying colours. We were one of the last face to face audits in the country, as... the pandemic unfolded. In the first month of COVID, our total number of appointments reduced by 40%. We moved to mostly online appointments, and I continued to offer Saturday face to face appointments for children who couldn’t undertake online appointments and while my husband was available to look after my children! We essentially closed our 3 centres and all of our team worked from home for nearly 2 months. We have welcomed new team members to our service, become closer as a team and continued to provide high quality, experienced and innovative speech pathology care to the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens region. I am incredibly proud! This week, I purchased a 2021 calendar (my 2020 turned out to be just a wall hanging with nice pictures, rather than anything useful!). When I opened this new calendar, this quote was on the first page and it seems fitting for reflection on 2020 and going into a new year. Where the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind. It was our strong roots in our team that saw us not just survive, but thrive. In 2021, and with this years’ experience under my belt, I am going deep! We’re strengthening our root system and clearing any weeds! The wind will always be there and continue to keep coming, but there is no reason to fear it! This year could have been the end to A Growing Understanding, but it wasn’t! And that’s because of you: you continued to engage with us, your children continued to participate in our services, you referred us to your friends, tagged your friends in our posts, and did everything to reinstate my confidence that our business is STRONG! Yes, even in a pandemic. I am sending a heartfelt thank you to each of you! I am also wishing you a happy, successful and healthy new year! See you in 2021! ~ Lauren

10.01.2022 Look at those big beautiful smiles at yesterday's Move Yourself Group at Port Stephens The kids had a fantastic time showing us their awesome dance moves, and expressing themselves while working on their confidence and communication skills. (Tamara also had a lot of fun ) Keep an eye out on our Facebook for more fun photos from our school holiday groups!

07.01.2022 Our wonderful Speech Pathologist Jo has shared with us her favourite quote

07.01.2022 Our team at A Growing Understanding are back on board today and are ready for a fabulous 2021! We are finally at our new centre in Warners Bay and can't wait for all of our families and children to see our new centre! We are so excited to continue to help our families and children to GROW their skills and allow their communication skills to flourish

06.01.2022 So many of the kids we work with love Lego and I bet many of them enjoyed opening some Lego this Christmas! This is a nice idea from Lego and encourages kids to rebuild the world this Boxing Day so ‘unbox’ those new sets (and old bricks) and get creative! Building with Lego is not only good for fine motor development, it is great for developing simple communication skills like understanding and following instructions, sequencing, and is a great opportunity to chat with your kids about where their imagination has taken them

06.01.2022 Give your child the chance to gain their black belt in communication and social skills with Speech Ninja! Speech Ninja is a special interactive group that provides your child with an opportunity to develop and practice their individual communication goals, while exploring the fun activities available at the Ninja Parc in Newcastle. With sessions running on Thursday 14th and 21st January 2021, Speech Ninja is a great way to get the kids out of the house and into an activity w...here they can jump, climb, balance, problem solve, make friends, and negotiate solutions with their peers. Click the link to book your child's spot. Spaces are limited. https://buff.ly/2K1epwU

06.01.2022 If you are anything like me, I do my best work in the evening once the kids are in bed! (Ok- not my best work, but it's often when I remember about the tasks that needed doing between 9am and 5pm when everything is open!). Haha! We have opened up the booking portal on our website, so that whenever you have a few minutes to organise your life(!), you can make an appointment with us! You are able to book any appointment type- whether you are needing an assessment and have neve...r been to our service before, or you need to book a therapy appointment with your regular speech pathologist. www.agrowingunderstanding.com.au/make-an-appointment/. Remember that from Monday 11th January, 2021 we have appointments available from 7.30am to 7pm at our Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and Port Stephens centres. You can of course continue to reach out to our Client Experience Officers by phone during our opening hours or by email (also at any time that works for you!).

01.01.2022 Our First Stories Under the Tree for 2021!!