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Bright Minds Therapy

Locality: Secret Harbour, Western Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 413 102 755

Address: 14 Patman Road 6173 Secret Harbour, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.brightmindsot.com.au/

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25.01.2022 So cool! https://imaginationlibrary.com/

25.01.2022 A time to build relationships and resilience :)

24.01.2022 I've seen a thing doing the rounds about the coke bottle effect. Those of us with neurodivergent children will be aware of this concept. It serves to explain wh...y teachers say our kids are "fine" or "had a really good day" and yet the second they get home (or sometimes even before we've left the school gates) they blow up in our face. In simplicity you imagine the child is a bottle of coke. Every time some thing stressful happens the bottle is shaken. Nothing much seems to change. But the bottle is shaken and shaken. The pressure builds and builds and then once home with their parents, in their safe space with their safe people, the lid comes off the bottle. All the shaking results in a lot of mess and try as you might, once the fizzing starts, the lid is next to impossible to get back on. In the example I've seen there's a boy going through his day and we think of the stressful things he goes through. My only criticism is that I think the things are too obvious, at one point he gets sent to the head teacher's office for being "naughty". So here's my take on the things that shake children up and down the land. Let's call the child Kate, Kate is autistic, school knows she's autistic and have measures in place to help. Kate goes to a mainstream primary school just like every other primary school up and down the land. Kate arrives at school. She's excited to build a Lego model during soft start. She's been planning it all morning. Only 3 children can play with the lego at once and Jack, Zoe and Anya got there first. Kate sits at her desk and draws a picture. Her teacher congratulates her on a beautiful picture. But it wasn't a Lego model. Shake the bottle. Kate does a maths quiz. She gets 9 out of 10. Her teacher says well done. Kate can't shake the feeling she should have got them all right. Shake the bottle. The classroom is loud, the sound of chairs scraping on the floor. Those children laughing. Kate has a pair of ear defenders. She wants to wear them. She knows she's allowed. But she knows it makes her look different. So she doesn't. Shake the bottle. At break time Kate is excited to see mummy gave her a cereal bar for snack when she usually has an apple. She'll forgive the change of snack because, you know, it has chocolate chips in it. 2 bites in a child bumps into her and it falls to the ground. Kate can't eat it now it's dirty, she tries to tell the playground assistant who tells her it is fine, just brush off the dirt, it was even in a packet. But she can't. Its contaminated. So she puts it in the bin. Shake the bottle. Twice. She was excited about the chocolate and now she's also hungry. Back in the class and David accidentally bumped into Kate when he was handing out some work. She wasn't expecting to be touched. Shake the bottle. Lunch time. Kate has ordered chicken goujons, chips and beans. On getting to the front of the queue she realises there's no beans but they have peas and sweet corn. She likes peas and sweet corn but they're mixed together and anyway, it's supposed to be beans. Shake the bottle. In the afternoon, Kate has to give a presentation about wind farms. She's passionate about this presentation, she's been researching hard and got to use the class chrome books to do it. She rattles off every fact in the world about wind farms. Her teachers don't notice the anxious wobble to her voice as Kate covers the anxiety with talking a LOT. She's congratulated for an illuminating presentation but Kate is tired and can't hear it. Shake the bottle. Andrea is asked to tidy away the pencils at the end of the day. Andrea puts the pencils in the pen pot. Kate really wants to say some thing but last time she said Andrea was doing it wrong she got a row for tattling. So Kate hurries round behind Andrea separating all the pencils out. And gets a row because she's supposed to be in her seat. Shake the bottle. Now shake it twice more because a school day is tiring even of you don't have any type of neurodivergency. Kate's teacher sends a quick message to mum saying "Kate had a great day, she got 9 out of 10 in our maths quiz and she did a brilliant presentation about windfarms. And she didn't need her ear defenders at all today". Mum collects Kate and says, "hey darling, how was your day?" And so the lid comes off. And it takes a long time to let out all the fizz. And it's just as messy as if it had been a literal bottle of coke.

24.01.2022 Calling all lovers of Julia Donaldson. We are in for a treat!! All these fabulous movies are on over Christmas including the brand new - Snail and the Whale

22.01.2022 Love this from Ikea!

22.01.2022 Complete by 4pm tomorrow to go in the draw to win a $100 lush voucher. Competition Time Kalgoorlie Mums - closes 4pm tomorrow Be in the running to win a $100 Lush Body and Soul Voucher!... Drawn 8pm thursday 21st May Complete the survey below (5-10 minute survey). This survey is for all parents no matter their child's needs. We want to hear from everyone regarding what they feel kalgoorlie is missing in regards to services for children and parents. If your child does not have any specific needs, at question 1 please just write your child's n a me and N/A. Like our page (Bright Minds Therapy) Share the post (from our page) Tag 3 mum friends https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8TB3QPN image

21.01.2022 Attention Shire of Coolgardie Parents! We are after your input again to help us shape our Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy Services for 2020. Please take 2 minutes to complete our survey! Thankyou! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q5R9FC8

21.01.2022 Competition Time Kalgoorlie Mums - closes 4pm thursday 21st, drawn 8pm. Be in the running to win a $100 Lush Body and Soul Voucher! Complete the survey below (5-10 minute survey)... Like our page Share the post Tag 3 mum friends https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8TB3QPN image

20.01.2022 I'm booking in! Who else?

20.01.2022 Bright Minds Therapy Kalgoorlie Branch is excited to announce that we have 2 new Occupational Therapists on board in 2020. Kim (left) and Phoebe (right) are enthusiastic new graduates who are eager to start their positions! We do have a waitlist but hoping to get through it quickly!

20.01.2022 Love this idea!

19.01.2022 Thankyou to everyone who completed our service survey! We ended up with 50 responses! In order to ensure fairness all of those who responded before and after the Lush Voucher incentive was added were put into the draw to win the prize! And the lucky winner is! Karene Gibb!

18.01.2022 I love this! Well written! A world with more understanding of this sentiment would be a much better world.

18.01.2022 Get your kids outdoors exploring these holidays

18.01.2022 Love this! The hardest thing is staying calm yourself amongst the chaos, but when you do it works!

17.01.2022 This is the best!

17.01.2022 Please sign the petition to make telehealth available through Medicare for all Australians https://www.change.org/p/scott-morrison-no-restrictions-on-

17.01.2022 Some very helpful parenting advice :)

16.01.2022 Merry Xmas from the team at Bright Minds Therapy!

13.01.2022 Free Parent Course - 123 Magic and Emotion Coaching Gives you the tools to help manage and shape your child's behavioural and emotional responses.

12.01.2022 Come join the team on our shared premises!

11.01.2022 For those with fussy eaters... sometimes humor helps!

10.01.2022 Who else can relate to this?

10.01.2022 Saw this in our Homeschooling Mums Australia group and have to say it makes me feel better for what we're achieving at home so far! How are you all going? Join... our new FB group and receive great advise, resources and ideas from other parents in the same boat ... because we're all in this together! See more

10.01.2022 CoderDojo Kalgoorlie are looking for interested kids and mentors for 2020!

09.01.2022 Excellent post! And a child is still within lower average range if they don't achieve these until 6 years and 4 months according the the Berry VMI.

09.01.2022 For all the teachers!

09.01.2022 I love this! Changing your childs behaviour starts with you! Parenting is hard! But amazingly rewarding! I really needed this reminder today!

08.01.2022 Bright Minds Therapy Kalgoorlie Branch is excited to announce that we have 2 Speech pathologists on board in 2020. Emily (left) and Piper (right) are enthusiastic new graduates (being supported by Kendra Bell-Hayes at Next Challenge - Perth) who are eager to start their positions! We currently have appointment availability starting in February so book in now to avoid waitlists that build up quickly with the start of the school year! Request services here www.brightmindsot.com.au

08.01.2022 Absolutely! My kids have many adventures every week whilst I'm doing group fitness at the park and footy training as well as in the backyard.

06.01.2022 A meltdown is not a choice, it's a byproduct of a brain that isn't coping with something. And that brain needs to be showered in love, compassion and safety. Not punishment, fear or shame. https://www.allisondavies.com.au/meltdown-whats-going-on-i/

03.01.2022 Well done Belinda Cuomo (one of Bright Minds past employees) on your research! You go girl!

03.01.2022 What a great activity for left/right awareness, body awareness, motor planning and resilience!

03.01.2022 Thanks Maggie! You're welcome Mums! Glad my almost 6 year old hasn't asked for this yet!

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02.01.2022 Today in one of our classes I introduced the children to two apples (the children didn't know this, but before the class I had repeatedly dropped one of the app...les on the floor, you couldn't tell, both apples looked perfect). We talked about the apples and the children described how both apples looked the same; both were red, were of similar size and looked juicy enough to eat. I picked up the apple I'd dropped on the floor and started to tell the children how I disliked this apple, that I thought it was disgusting, it was a horrible colour and the stem was just too short. I told them that because I didn't like it, I didn't want them to like it either, so they should call it names too. Some children looked at me like I was insane, but we passed the apple around the circle calling it names, 'you're a smelly apple', 'I don't even know why you exist', 'you've probably got worms inside you' etc. We really pulled this poor apple apart. I actually started to feel sorry for the little guy. We then passed another apple around and started to say kind words to it, 'You're a lovely apple', 'Your skin is beautiful', 'What a beautiful colour you are' etc. I then held up both apples, and again, we talked about the similarities and differences, there was no change, both apples still looked the same. I then cut the apples open. The apple we'd been kind to was clear, fresh and juicy inside. The apple we'd said unkind words to was bruised and all mushy inside. I think there was a lightbulb moment for the children immediately. They really got it, what we saw inside that apple, the bruises, the mush and the broken bits is what is happening inside every one of us when someone mistreats us with their words or actions. When people are bullied, especially children, they feel horrible inside and sometimes don't show or tell others how they are feeling. If we hadn't have cut that apple open, we would never have known how much pain we had caused it. I shared my own experience of suffering someone's unkind words last week. On the outside I looked OK, I was still smiling. But, on the inside someone had caused me a lot of pain with their words and I was hurting. Unlike an apple, we have the ability to stop this from happening. We can teach children that it's not ok to say unkind things to each other and discuss how it makes others feel. We can teach our children to stand up for each other and to stop any form of bullying, just as one little girl did today when she refused to say unkind words to the apple. More and more hurt and damage happens inside if nobody does anything to stop the bullying. Let's create a generation of kind, caring children. The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words. ********EDIT******** Wow, I didn't expect this to get this kind of reaction, but as there has been many questions popping up I thought I'd clarify a few points. The apple was a red apple and to ensure it remained looking like there was no damage inside it was tapped repeatedly (but gently) on the floor over and over again. To touch you could feel the bruising, but you could not see it. No one noticed this within the class. After the apple was cut open and the impact was made, we discussed how I'd purposely bruised the apple before the session to make the point that we don't often see the pain our words cause people. It had a very powerful impact. Children got it and children understood. During this Relax Kids class (and every class) we offer children tools and techniques to manage their feelings and emotions, and through our unique seven steps we offer children strategies and solutions to manage any stress or anxiety. All of our activities promote teamwork, respect, peer support, conflict resolution, self-esteem and confidence, and children know where to go for support, if needed. Thank you for all your amazing support and kind words. I am aware there are similar activities that have been done many times before me, by fellow coaches and educators. I saw an activity years ago where the apple was thrown to the floor by children to emphasise physical pain. I was extremely grateful for this visual and it really struck a chord with me over the years. But, within my lesson I really wanted to focus on the power of JUST our words and the damage they may cause us inside, the pain no one can see. @RelaxKidsTamworth https://www.facebook.com/relaxkidstamworthrosiedutton/