Cootharinga North Queensland in Townsville, Queensland | Disability service

Cootharinga North Queensland

Locality: Townsville, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4759 2000

Address: 20 Keane Street 4812 Townsville, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.cootharinga.org.au

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23.01.2022 BINGO! Tina enjoys attending bingo and socialising with her friends but most of all loves when she ticks of all the winning numbers. Well done Tina! Enjoy your prizes.

23.01.2022 Today marks the beginning of Speech Pathology Week. To celebrate and raise awareness, our Speech Pathologists will be taking over our Facebook page for the week. Our Speech Pathologists are passionate about supporting people to communicate with confidence! The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the challenges faced by Australians with communication disability. Communication is a basic human right and Speech Pathology Week seeks to make Australians aware of this.

23.01.2022 Annalee is one of our newest speech pathologists to join our team and is passionate about paediatric communication, mealtimes and has an interest in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). She loves to support all customers, like Jaxon, and their families to reach their goals. Jaxon’s mum said, Since starting weekly speech therapy Jaxon has been communicating a lot more, he is non-stop talking.

21.01.2022 Sarah and support worker Yasmin are all smiles ready for the weekend.

21.01.2022 Shaun proudly put the final touches onto his wooden box today during the Skills and Transitions woodwork program in Cairns. Can't wait to see the end product.

19.01.2022 How great is it to see these amazing artists with disabilities expressing their creativeness and talent! #abilityfirst

19.01.2022 Shirley, Ginnamarie, and Norah from Mackay have been getting crafty this festive season making their own wreaths to hang around the house. Great work ladies, they look great!

18.01.2022 Today is the first day of Disability Action Week. This year’s theme ‘Access-ability making things better for everyone’ highlights the benefits of improved accessibility, not only for people with disability but also for the whole community. At Cootharinga, we strive to create an accessible and inclusive community. From transport, communication, building designs and learning, we are all entitled to an accessible community. Follow the link to read more on Disability Action Week. https://www.communities.qld.gov.au//all-abilities-queensla

18.01.2022 This is Elissa, a Cootharinga Speech Pathologist who is passionate about working alongside paediatrics and adults to help them thrive towards personal goals and communicate for themselves with confidence. Elissa is working with Keegan to develop his communication and play skills through the use of keyword sign, a PODD book and learning to use verbal language. Keegan has enjoyed using sign to talk about balloons with Elissa.

17.01.2022 Allira is our senior speech pathologist. She is helping Helen to develop her communication skills. Allira is passionate about supporting people of all ages to communicate with confidence and support other therapists to develop their skills.

16.01.2022 Our new SDA houses in Townsville are not far from completion. We are excited to turn this house into a home. Expressions of interest are now open through our website.

16.01.2022 Our School Holiday Program is back bigger than ever in Townsville and Mount Isa. Follow the link to find out more today.

16.01.2022 Who's looking forward to the weekend? #cootharinga

15.01.2022 Exciting news Townsville and Mount Isa! Our School Holiday Program is back for the September-October school holidays. Follow the link to find out more and enrol today.

15.01.2022 Mount Isa received two new vans this week that will assist in providing further transportation for our customers and will be upgrading the old Skills and Transition van. If you see us driving around give us a wave

15.01.2022 Check out this awesome wall hanging Virgil and his support worker have put together at the craft lesson they attended. Keep up the great work Virgil!

13.01.2022 Gavin and Solly from Cairns are excited about their new personalised Christmas Tree decorations and think they look great up on the tree.

13.01.2022 Time has flown since we opened our new SDA properties in Townsville. It was a pleasure to have Cootharinga customer, Harley, cut the ribbon with Cootharinga CEO Matt Kinnane and Kathryn representing Capabilities Employment Service. Harley has goals to move into his home one day and we look forward to helping him reach this goal. For more information on our SDA houses visit: https://bit.ly/2WlrPpY

13.01.2022 Mount Isa customers are having fun enjoying the sun and playing a great game of cricket. What is your favourite weekend sport?

12.01.2022 Christa is our Cootharinga Speech Pathologist based in Mackay. Christa is passionate about providing the best service possible to her customers and supporting them to communicate with confidence! Ava's Mum said Ava looks forward to learning with Miss Christa. Her speech is improving gradually every day.

10.01.2022 We are proud to be assisting The CP Info Project and we are calling on people with Cerebral Palsy and their families to take part in this great project. The CP Info Project will assist the NDIS in developing a platform to increase the quality and accessibility of information available to people with cerebral palsy. Follow the link to find out more information.

09.01.2022 Are you wanting to help support a local family this festive season? Donate to the Townsville's Mayors Christmas Appeal! Donations can be non-perishable food items, gifts vouchers, toys for the children or a cash donations. Contact Cootharinga on 1800 266 842 to find out how to donate and support locals helping locals

09.01.2022 How great are these projects made by Shaun, Virgil and Brylee? They have had a great time getting creative and learning woodworking skill at Skills and Transition this block. Excellent work team!

08.01.2022 'Ryley likes coming to weekly speech therapy with Lauren to help improve his speech clarity. He loves when his favourite toys and activities are used in therapy sessions. Lauren is helping Ryley to develop his speech sound production skills, reading and spelling skills and receptive and expressive language abilities. Lauren has a passion for working with the paediatric population and helping to build children’s confidence when communicating at school.' Lauren - Cootharinga Speech Pathologist

07.01.2022 What a great afternoon to enjoy the warmer weather out on the back patio. #Cootharinga

06.01.2022 Are you a Speech Pathologist or Occupational Therapist looking to join our team? We have two positions available to join our Allied Health Services team in Mackay. Follow the link to apply today. https://www.cootharinga.org.au//caree/positions-available/

06.01.2022 Jasmine is another one of our Cootharinga North Queensland Speech Pathologist who enjoys working with both kids and adults. She is passionate about brain injury, dysphagia, cerebral palsy, neurodegenerative conditions, and early language and development. Below are two little cheerful and bubbly twin boys that have cerebral palsy - Jasmine is helping to develop their early communication and feeding skills.

05.01.2022 Would you like to join our team? Cootharinga has some exciting opportunities within our accounts, rostering and HR departments. Follow the link to apply today!

04.01.2022 Throw back to earlier this year in Mount Isa when Jordan who was learning guitar with Support Worker, Anthony. Jordan continues to play the guitar and loves singing along - 'Let it go' being one of her favorites. Jordan is getting really good at playing Happy Birthday and enjoys strumming the guitar with a chord buddy that helps her play chords with one finger while she is learning where to place her fingers.

02.01.2022 Throwback to earlier this year when our Skills and Transition group learnt new skills on the water. Did you know enrolments for next year are now open? Check it out here: https://bit.ly/SkillsAndTransition

01.01.2022 Today is R U OK?Day. 2020 has been a difficult year for many. Now more than ever we need to stay connected with our friends, family and our community. Have a conversation with the people you know and check-in to see how they are doing. Visit the R U OK?Day website for some information on how to have a conversation to help others. https://www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask