Early Start Australia Qld Murarrie, Toowong, Strathpine in Murarrie | Occupational therapist

Early Start Australia Qld Murarrie, Toowong, Strathpine

Locality: Murarrie

Phone: +61 7 3398 9367

Address: 4 / 22 Palmer Place MURARRIE QLD 4172 4172 Murarrie, QLD, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Whos met our brand new therapy doggo Peaches? Sophie (Speech Language Pathologist) and Peaches have just completed their training with Therapy Dogs Australia. We are very proud of them both!

24.01.2022 It's Speech Pathology week, and we are sharing our talented Speech language Pathologists with the world! Introducing ..... Rachel! Rachel has worked with ESA for around eight months. Prior to that she spent two years with the Tasmanian Department of Education.... Rachel's training includes: - BLADES language therapy - Family Partnerships Model - Bridges Out Of Poverty - Pragmatic Organisational Dynamic Display (PODD) - Key Word Signing (KWS) - Lidcombe training Rachel works with children with a range of conditions including anxiety, ASD, ADHD, ID, and developmental delay. She has experience with Augmentative and Alternative Communication, language, speech, social skills, and voice.She also has experience with delivery of musical language styled therapy to support language and social skills. Rachel considers her biggest strengths to be: - Her relational approach She says "there is no correction without a connection I believe that through building relationships with my clients, the best therapeutic outcomes can be gained" - Her willingness to support, upskill and coach parents, family and other stakeholders to help them be the best advocates and helpers they can be! - Her desire to make sessions fun, interesting and useful.

23.01.2022 Ive been meaning to post this one for a while. I believe many parents experience this, but those of us with (sensory avoiding) Sensory Processing Disorder expe...rience it with an exaggerated intensity. If youre like me, you are extremely hard on yourself when you have these reactions. Be kind to yourself when this happens, but also try to minimize your fight response as much as possible (lashing out). Personally, I find that the flight response is the least harmful to those around me. I make sure the kids are safe and step away... take some breaths... and try to slow down my heart rate before going back to the triggering situation. #parenting #parentingmemes #thestruggleisreal #momlife #momssupportingmoms #mommemes #parentingishard #parentinglife #positiveparenting #positiveparentingtips #specialneedskids #specialneedsparenting #specialneedsmom #specialneedseducation #specialneeds #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #spdawareness #sensoryprocessingdisorderparentsupport #sensoryprocessingdisorderawareness #autismacceptance #autismawareness #autismsupport #sensorystories

23.01.2022 Yes to all of these! Becoming aware of why we feel triggered helps us to take a step back and work through our emotions instead of projecting that responsibilit...y onto our child. #untigering HT Happy as a Mother

23.01.2022 Fun! Also awesome for gross motor skill development.

22.01.2022 Play is important!

22.01.2022 How clever! We love LEGO and will be running LEGO therapy groups in the September School holidays. Call our office for more info.

22.01.2022 Well done Chloe!! Thanks Physi kids for sharing this weeks award winner

21.01.2022 Its Speech Pathology week and today were featuring one of our wonderful Speech Language Pathologists - Sophie! Sophie graduated from Griffith University with a Masters. She has also undergone additional training and certification in a number of specialist interventions including Hanen, augmentative and assistive technologies (AAT) and Managing Challenging Behaviours. Sophie is in the process of training her gorgeous pup Peaches to be a Therapy Dog! We cant wait to introduce Peaches to you all.

21.01.2022 Register now for our September school holiday groups

20.01.2022 Well done Xavien!

20.01.2022 Great opportunity to hear more about ESDM from our friends at Best Start Clinic.

20.01.2022 It's Speech Pathology week and today we're featuring one of our wonderful Speech Language Pathologists - Sophie! Sophie graduated from Griffith University with a Masters. She has also undergone additional training and certification in a number of specialist interventions including Hanen, augmentative and assistive technologies (AAT) and Managing Challenging Behaviours. Sophie is in the process of training her gorgeous pup Peaches to be a Therapy Dog! We can't wait to introduce Peaches to you all.

20.01.2022 The team at ESA Murarrie have a range of group therapy programs to offer all ages over the upcoming Christmas holidays. Click the images to find out more. Want to register? Call us on 3398 9367.

20.01.2022 Well done Connor! This weeks Physi kids winner!

19.01.2022 Should you tell your child they have autism? https://autisticnotweird.com/when-should-i-tell-2020/ Spoiler: Yes.

17.01.2022 The Green Room needs a green door of course!

17.01.2022 It's OT Week and we are celebrating our amazing OTs! Here's Mikaylah... Mikaylah is one of our passionate Occupational Therapists who began working at ESA in January 2020. ... Mikaylah loves working with our school-aged, adolescent and adult clients to enable them to participate in the daily activities that are meaningful to them. Mikaylah is actively involved in the Occupational Therapy research world, and after recently having an article published, she always endeavours to bring her extensive knowledge of theory into practice with clients. In her spare time, Mikaylah enjoys spending time in the sunshine at her home on the Gold Coast and running after her new cheeky puppy, Stanley.

17.01.2022 Book in now for our Easter holiday craft groups!

17.01.2022 It's Speech Pathology Week and today we introduce our wonderful Senior Speech Language Pathologist - Tayla! Tayla graduated in 2014 from James Cook University with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology. She is a terrific support to our speech pathology team, and works tirelessly to ensure that our services are evidence-based, comprehensive, and tailored for each client to ensure they get the very best of us. Tayla has lots of amazing experience with helping people with speech, lang...uage, literacy, social and swallowing difficulties. Tayla has undertaken ESDM and PEERS training, and is looking forward to running PEERS based social skills groups for adolescents and young adults in the very near future.

17.01.2022 Speech Language Pathologist Rachel introduces the newest addition to our team - Barkley

16.01.2022 What a strange time we live in! So tough for our little ones who struggle at the best of times with facial expressions, body language and social cues.

15.01.2022 The team have been working hard to develop a range of evidence-based group therapy programs that will engage kids of all ages and help them to develop essential social skills. Register now for our upcoming September holiday and Term 4 group therapy programs. More info here - https://gatewaytherapies.com.au/group-therapy-programs

15.01.2022 It's OT week and this week we are showcasing our fabulous Occupational Therapists! This is Georgie, one of our bubbly, energetic senior therapists and our team leader. Georgie has worked for many years with adolescents and adults with a variety of developmental, physical and psychosocial disabilities. Georgie grew up in Perth, and went to university in Sydney before joining our team. She is looking forward to running our adolescent and adult social skills groups next year following the PEERS curriculum. Georgie loves the beach, travelling and spending time outside with friends.

15.01.2022 Darcy the Therapy Dog visited our Toowong office today, and made a new friend! Meet Clare, one of the fabulous OTs at ESA Toowong!

14.01.2022 Happy Speech Pathology Week Here at Early Start Australia QLD Murarrie we are proud to be apart of a profession that provides support to others with helping them to communicate and develop their skills! Over this week you will meet our lovely team and learn about what makes them a positive member to the Speech Language Pathology profession

14.01.2022 Got some spare boxes lying around? https://www.redtedart.com/cardboard-box-craft-ideas/

13.01.2022 Such an exciting, but exhausting time for our little ones (and their parents)!

13.01.2022 Early Start Australia are excited that we will be looking after the quiet zone again this year at the Moreton Kids Festival. Darcy the Therapy Dog will be there to say hello too. We look forward to seeing you there!

12.01.2022 I love this so! When a child is led to understand the why behind the what theyre learning, magic happens.

12.01.2022 This is a nice visual representation of how autism characteristics can present very differently from one individual to the next.

12.01.2022 Save the date! Come and say hi to Darcy (and us too!) at the Moreton Kids Festival next month. Should be a fantastic day out for the family.

12.01.2022 Nice one William!! Thanks for sharing this wonderful picture Physi kids.

10.01.2022 We often get asked how Therapy Dogs are different to Assistance Dogs. This handy cheat sheet should help.

10.01.2022 We are offering a few group therapy options over the school holidays. Register now for our ANZAC themed craft group.

09.01.2022 As Speech Pathology week comes to a close, we introduce the last, but absolutely not least of our therapists - Madeline! Madeline is a speech and language pathologist who works exceptionally hard to be the best therapist she can be. She takes pride in being able to understand her clients on an intellectual and emotional level, which enables her to connect with them. Madeline enjoys providing assessment and therapy to children and adults of all ages to assist them with:... - speech (articulation and phonological disorders) - language (e.g. aphasia, autism, developing grammar, vocabulary and sentence use) literacy (e.g. reading, spelling and narratives) - social and interpersonal communication (e.g. for people with autism and other disabilities) - voice Madeline works closely with our occupational therapists to ensure there is a team approach to therapy and her previous work and volunteer experiences have refined her skills in communicating with, and assisting people of diverse ages, backgrounds and abilities.

09.01.2022 Its Speech Pathology Week and today we introduce our wonderful Senior Speech Language Pathologist - Tayla! Tayla graduated in 2014 from James Cook University with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology. She is a terrific support to our speech pathology team, and works tirelessly to ensure that our services are evidence-based, comprehensive, and tailored for each client to ensure they get the very best of us. Tayla has lots of amazing experience with helping people with speech, lang...uage, literacy, social and swallowing difficulties. Tayla has undertaken ESDM and PEERS training, and is looking forward to running PEERS based social skills groups for adolescents and young adults in the very near future.

09.01.2022 Our Murarrie clinic has one spot left in Term Two's Secret Agent Society group therapy program.

09.01.2022 Stay dry Brisbane!

08.01.2022 Well done Cades Nan for her patience

08.01.2022 Its Speech Pathology week, and we are sharing our talented Speech language Pathologists with the world! Introducing ..... Rachel! Rachel has worked with ESA for around eight months. Prior to that she spent two years with the Tasmanian Department of Education.... Rachels training includes: - BLADES language therapy - Family Partnerships Model - Bridges Out Of Poverty - Pragmatic Organisational Dynamic Display (PODD) - Key Word Signing (KWS) - Lidcombe training Rachel works with children with a range of conditions including anxiety, ASD, ADHD, ID, and developmental delay. She has experience with Augmentative and Alternative Communication, language, speech, social skills, and voice.She also has experience with delivery of musical language styled therapy to support language and social skills. Rachel considers her biggest strengths to be: - Her relational approach She says "there is no correction without a connection I believe that through building relationships with my clients, the best therapeutic outcomes can be gained" - Her willingness to support, upskill and coach parents, family and other stakeholders to help them be the best advocates and helpers they can be! - Her desire to make sessions fun, interesting and useful.

08.01.2022 Introducing PEERS - as seen on 'Love on the Spectrum'. The PEERS social skills program, hosted at our Murarrie office, is a 3-day bootcamp designed for 15 to 18-year-olds to help boost confidence in social conversational strategies. Contact 3398 9367 to register your interest.

08.01.2022 Some amazing fine motor skills on show here!

07.01.2022 Oh these are cute!

06.01.2022 This week we showcased our wonderful Occupational Therapy team in celebration of OT Week. To end the week, I thought I would introduce myself! I am Nicole, Practice Principal and a proud OT for 18 years. Pictured in my photo are my beautiful girls who inspired me to establish a paediatric therapy practice 11 years ago. I spent 7 years in occupational rehabilitation before that. ... I am still very passionate about being an OT, and love nothing more than hearing how my team are changing little lives every day. I also love meeting the wonderful parents who entrust their children into our care. We will always consider this a tremendous privilege.

06.01.2022 Two Brisbane locations to choose from (Murarrie or Toowong)... Led by BOTH a Speech Therapist and Occupational Therapist. Great way for your little one to get ready for the exciting year ahead! Call us on 3398 9367 for more information or to register your interest.

06.01.2022 Nice work Daniel! (We Physi kids)

06.01.2022 Helpful graphic that explains what executive functioning is. Our OTs can work on all of these areas.

06.01.2022 You may have been given the advice to "narrate your day" when helping a little one learn to talk. This basically means talk out loud...a lot. The more words y...our child hears, the better. Makes sense. Here's the next step (or two): problem solve out loud. Use conversation starters to invite your little one to participate. They may not yet have all the words but they can point, they can gesture, they can attempt to help you. At least they are actively participating and not just passively listening to your narration. These questions are not meant as a test, but as a general wondering about the answer. No pressure to respond, but the opportunity exists. To help, you may need to: 1. start the response but leave out the key word such as, "Oh, yes, you need a...(spoon!)" 2. offer choices so they remember which word to use: "Do you need a fork or a spoon?" 3. do nothing more than stop talking or wonder "hmm..." so that they have a chance to help you! :-) Once they understand language, they may need more opportunities to practice it. Engage them. Invite them. You may be surprised!

05.01.2022 A lovely message from Educated by Nature...

05.01.2022 Sharing via our friends at Boost Therapy - part of Early Start Australia.

04.01.2022 Love that Mylas award says shes come more out of her shell. Not an easy thing to do when youre shy! Well done Myla and Physi kids!

04.01.2022 I've been meaning to post this one for a while. I believe many parents experience this, but those of us with (sensory avoiding) Sensory Processing Disorder expe...rience it with an exaggerated intensity. If you're like me, you are extremely hard on yourself when you have these reactions. Be kind to yourself when this happens, but also try to minimize your fight response as much as possible (lashing out). Personally, I find that the flight response is the least harmful to those around me. I make sure the kids are safe and step away... take some breaths... and try to slow down my heart rate before going back to the triggering situation. #parenting #parentingmemes #thestruggleisreal #momlife #momssupportingmoms #mommemes #parentingishard #parentinglife #positiveparenting #positiveparentingtips #specialneedskids #specialneedsparenting #specialneedsmom #specialneedseducation #specialneeds #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #spdawareness #sensoryprocessingdisorderparentsupport #sensoryprocessingdisorderawareness #autismacceptance #autismawareness #autismsupport #sensorystories

04.01.2022 This week will be another wet one! We offer Telehealth appointments if you can’t get to our clinic. You can call our office at any time to change your appointment to be online. Telehealth appointments will always be available at our practice.

04.01.2022 The team at ESA Murarrie are keeping on top of the latest COVID contact tracing information and can assure our clients that we are doing everything we can to comply with government recommendations to keep our clients safe. Our staff are all provided with gloves, masks, face shields, hand sanitiser, glen 20, and disinfectant wipes both in clinic and for hone/ school visits. We are also strictly observing social distancing and room capacity requirements. Clients wishing to take extra precautions are able to access therapy via Telehealth instead. Our team are now very experienced with providing services flexibly! If you have any concerns or queries at all call us on 3398 9367. For the latest contact tracing information, visit - https://www.qld.gov.au//cor/current-status/contact-tracing

04.01.2022 I love this so! When a child is led to understand the 'why' behind the 'what' they're learning, magic happens.

03.01.2022 Therapy Dog Darcy says happy International Dog day!

03.01.2022 Oh goodness, how cute is Benjamin! Thanks for sharing Physi kids!

01.01.2022 Great news! We are now offering Occupational Therapy at Early Start Australia's Strathpine clinic. Call 3398 9367 to make an appointment.