Kara Di Dio Speech Pathology in Traralgon, Victoria | Medical and health

Kara Di Dio Speech Pathology

Locality: Traralgon, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 4112 2072

Address: 3/41 Breed Street 3844 Traralgon, VIC, Australia

Website: https://karadidiospeechpathology.com

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25.01.2022 TELEHEALTH TIPS Please share your suggestions in the comments so we can add to the list! If your child is distracted by seeing themselves you can turn your view of the video off so they can only see the clinician. ... Set up a dedicated space for your child to have their appointment. A small childrens table and chair for younger children or at a desk for older children. Ensure there are minimal distractions in the background. E.g TV off, other children as occupied as possible. Provide your child with time to transition to their appointment. When you have a clinic based appointment your child has time to transition from home/school to the clinic during their travel. Some children will benefit from finishing up the task/play they are doing 10 minutes before the telehealth session starts. If your child is feeling nervous or hesitant to participate encourage them to have a favourite toy/object available to show and share with the therapist for the first few minutes of the session. What other tips and ideas can you share?

25.01.2022 One of the positives of the current pandemic - online learning opportunities which would otherwise be challenging for those in regional and rural areas to attend. https://www.myspecialchildonline.com/adhd-online-seminar/

25.01.2022 Listen along to these Springtime Story for Preschoolers. Book 1: And then it was Spring. Book 2: When Spring comes ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9hPa3OqwlOA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_kNU3XpMew

24.01.2022 Here are some highlights from my day. 1. A client joke how does a penguin build his house? Igloos it together Thanks for sharing Mr J. 2. This cheeky cat insisted on being front and centre blocking my view of the client!

24.01.2022 S C H O O L H O L I D A Y C L O S U R E Kara will be on leave from Monday the 21st September - Sunday 27th September. Jessie will continue to see clients during this time. ... Kara is returning to face to face appointments gradually from the 28th of September. Stay tuned! Awesome things are coming for Term 4!

23.01.2022 Today is world autism awareness day. April is autism awareness month. It is estimated that 1 in 70 individuals have an autism spectrum disorder. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of complex neurodevelopment disorders characterized by restrictive and repetitive patterns of behavior and difficulties with social communication and interaction. One of our core values is innovation. We love that we are continually learning and challenging ourselves to do things in d...ifferent ways to meet the needs of our fabulous clients. #autismawareness #speechpathology

23.01.2022 What a fabulous local Gippsland business! If you havent already, do yourself a favour and pop in.

23.01.2022 Pleased to launch my new decodables... The Tandem Books! Tandem books are designed for SHARING. Sharing books, sharing reading, sharing stories, sharing the fu...n! Seven books in the series, one for each set (Sets 1-7). Each page of a story has two sections. On the left is a version of the story for the adult to read and on the right is a version for the child to read - simplified and decodable. The childs version contains words that contain sounds that the child has worked on and corresponds to the sets in the Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs programme. There are also two options available: 1. capitalisation of names only, no punctuation for children who need to focus on lowercase letters and work on blending - aimed at pupils with complex needs 2. capitalisation and punctuation included for the majority of children Available for FREE download from my TES page: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/PhonicsforSEN Feedback welcome!

23.01.2022 ALL ABILITIES EVENT 2021 Saturday 6th February 10:00-11:30 (depending on interest and restrictions this event may run over two days)... FREE To register please email [email protected] *all participants must be registered to participate as per COVID protocols*

22.01.2022 Using key word sign prompts in story books. The key word sign app is great for directly printing off signs to stick into story books. I used this book this week with a client. ALL of these words were modelled with just one book! ... where, under, in, behind, eat, naughty, good, finished, different, dog, dinner, time, door, bear, crocodile, monkey, banana, inside, snake, no, there, penguin, lion, open, bed, box, turtle, mum, boy, book Books are fabulous! With this cold weather and everyone spending lots of time at home, setting up a little reading book in your home is a great idea.

21.01.2022 I CAN Network Mentor Position in Gippsland. This could be a fabulous opportunity for someone local! I CAN Network is looking for people with good communication skills and a strong connection to Autism to co-deliver mentoring programs as a Mentor in the Greater Melbourne Region, Gippsland and Mitchell Shires, Victoria... For more information visit https://icannetwork.us11.list-manage.com/track/click

20.01.2022 Whos off to the playground today? We have something new coming soon, and it might include a park... and some books

20.01.2022 All I want for the holidays is...

19.01.2022 Hope youre all going well. The current restrictions arent easy. Be kind to yourselves.

19.01.2022 September is childcare cancer awareness month. Here are some gold crafty ideas to create with your little people: - gold glitter slime ... - gold glitter playdough - pot of gold rainbow painting For more great ideas visit https://www.thecrafttrain.com/12-gold-kids-crafts-and-acti/

19.01.2022 I think I need one of these T-shirts!

18.01.2022 Stay tuned over the next few weeks for some exciting updates happening in the clinic. #speechpathology #supportinggippsland

18.01.2022 Color grouping activities. Below are some fun ideas for preschool children to learn colours and group items into categories. #learningthroughplay #speechpathology

18.01.2022 PLAY grp at Home, 6 weeks of sensory play is ready to go and we cant wait for some isolation fun! Registrations for our full program, play kit included, will ...close tomorrow morning 9am so now is the time to jump in and have all your weekly sensory play ready to go for the next six weeks. No more trying to come up with ideas and work out if you have all the supplies. Just grab your pack and get playing!! If you are thinking the online only option is more your style. Registrations will close Tuesday morning 9 am so I can get you your shopping list and you can sort out your supplies for your first LIVE session. Of course I can get this to you sooner if need be! What are you waiting for...Time is ticking!! www.playgrp.com.au/play-grp-at-home #playgrpathome #playwithplaygrp #sensoryplayprogram #onlineplayprogram #sensoryplay #learningthroughplay #isolationplayactvities #melbournelockdown #lockdownplayideas #victorialockdown #playcommuinty #playtogether #supportingeachother

18.01.2022 Our practice has returned to a telehealth only mode of service delivery. We will not be seeing any clients face to face for a minimum of 6 weeks. Speech pathology is considered to be a essential service but the DHHS directs that routine services are not permitted. I.e regular therapy appointments ... Essential services can continue but must only be provided if the absence of, or delay of this care, would result in a significant change/deterioration in the patient/clients functional independence necessitating escalation of care. I.e hospitalisation telehealth services should be carried out where possible It is important that speech pathologists are working to minimise community contacts.

17.01.2022 Santa stopped by the clinic to pick up an order for a client. I think someone will be very happy Christmas morning! Did you know we have some of our favourite... products available to purchase in the clinic? We are very excited to be expanding the range of products that we will be stocking in the clinic in 2021! Stay tuned.

17.01.2022 Colorix - silky crayons. Are they crayons? Water colours? Silky Crayons go on smooth like a pastel, the colours are more vivid than a standard crayon, and when you're ready you can add water and paintbrush to create a water colour effect. Colorix Crayons are water-soluble, so any stains are easily washed off with water. Available in the clinic now. $7.00 ... https://karadidiospeechpathology.square.site/s/shop

17.01.2022 Ohh this looks like lots of fun!!

17.01.2022 GUESS WHO Can you guess who arrived to work at 7:30am last week, took their bags inside (with phone and keys) and then popped out the front door to tip out some water.... only to have the door lock beyond them! This unnamed person then had to wander the streets until other staff arrived an hour later Was it Jessie, Kara, Monique or Natasha?? ... On another topic - we love the game Guess Who in the clinic! It’s great for turn taking, asking questions, developing vocabulary and concepts, building theory of mind and perspective taking and heaps more!

17.01.2022 Independent Assessors for NDIS participants. If you dont know about these proposed changes for NDIS you need to. It is planned from 2021 participants will be required to have assessments completed by independent assessors when applying for NDIS and having their plans renewed. ... Yes, they are qualified health professionals BUT they are not your/your childs current health professional. In early 2021: independent assessments will be required as part of the access process. From mid 2021: independent assessments will be required as part of the plan review process. This is part of a new approach to planning that will mean plan reviews are based on life stages, instead of a year or two. Read more about the new approach to planning. For more information: https://www.ndis.gov.au/participants/independent-assessments The NDIS Victorian and Tasmanian Community update sessions are being held online next week (21,22 and 24th Sep). One of the topics to be discussed is independent assessors. You can register at the link below. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ndis-victoria-and-tasmania- I encourage families to be informed, and if youre not happy about the proposed changes make it known.

16.01.2022 Did you know that we keep ASSESSMENT ONLY appointments available? These are not ongoing, regular therapy appointments. They are for assessment only. This limits waiting times for those children that need an assessment. Assessment only appointments are often scheduled for:... toddlers whose parents are unsure if their child’s communication development is on track. school aged children. We can assess and provide strategies to support your child’s learning needs in the classroom environment. children undergoing a diagnostic process e.g. for an autism spectrum disorder we will always provide suggestions for what can be worked on at home while waiting for a regular therapy appointment should this be recommended after an assessment. Assessment only appointments are available from February onwards. Please phone (0432 226 942) or email ([email protected]) to schedule an assessment for your child.

16.01.2022 HAPPY SPEECH PATHOLOGY WEEK! This year the theme is Communicate with confidence. Speech pathologists work to ensure everyone can communicate with confidence. ... 1.2 million Australians live with communication disability communication disability is largely invisible. Unseen and out-of-sight more confident communication helps maximise educational, health and social outcomes communication is more than just speech I have included some photos of the different ways that some of our clients are growing their communication confidence. #spweek

15.01.2022 Reduce the questions and increase the comments

15.01.2022 The clinic re opens on Monday January 11th with our fabulous receptionist ready and waiting to take your calls! We kindly ask that you call the new phone number for any appointment cancellations, rescheduling and new client enquiries. We look forward to seeing everyone again soon! ... We can also be contacted via email [email protected]

15.01.2022 Interventions for Children on the autism spectrum - NDIS proposed changes. We encourage families to read the paper and have your say. The consultation is open from 30 March 2021 and closes at 10 am AEST on Friday 30 April 2021. ...Continue reading

14.01.2022 What age should my child be able to say sounds by?

14.01.2022 Room on the broom is one of our favourite books!!

13.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day for Sunday to all the super Dads out there.

13.01.2022 Victoria is expected to move to the Last Step of restrictions from 11:59pm 22nd November which means we should no longer have restrictions on indoor group therapies. We are planning to run two intensive group programs in January:... 1. Kinder children heading in to prep in 2021 2. Prep children moving into grade 1 in 2021 Stay tuned for more group program announcements to come!

13.01.2022 We would like to welcome Amelia Tobias to our consulting rooms. Amelia is a senior Orthotist offering paediatric and adult custom orthotics services specialising in complex neuromuscular conditions and extra depth/width footwear. www.orthoadvantage.com.au... To make an appointment with Amelia from our Traralgon rooms please contact her directly.

11.01.2022 Cards by Harv is so close to reaching his goal of raising $5,000 for Ronald McDonald House!! He is selling hand designed Christmas cards and gift tag stickers. Pop over to the FB page to find out more. X

11.01.2022 Join us, for free! Starting this Friday Register here - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KidDoGippslandRego *This offer only available in January, as our Ter...m 1 Community registration will be available shortly* Latrobe Health Assembly, Latrobe Community Health Service, We Are Latrobe, GippSport, Gippy Girls Can

11.01.2022 M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S & H A P P Y 2 0 2 1 We have made it! What a year. Thank you to all of the parents and Carers for supporting their children’s therapy throughout 2020. To the children - you are all amazing! Thank you for your resilience and continuously bringing fun and cheer to the clinic! ... The clinic will be closing today at 5pm and reopening on Monday January 11th with a new superstar receptionist joining us! Stay tuned. Have a fabulous Christmas and we look forward to welcoming you all back in 2021. (P.S If anyone bumps into Santa please let him know all I want for Christmas is another fabulous speech pathologist to join our team so we can support more children in Gippsland!)

11.01.2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas... which means we need your preference forms for 2021 appointments back very soon! Existing clients should have received an email with a link to the client preference form. If you haven’t, please contact us (via email [email protected]) and we will resend it.

10.01.2022 QUICK! Have you been thinking about ordering one of these? Presale orders have been popular! There arent many left. Arriving from the US next week. Did you know we are the only Australian stockist of these products? ... My Little House and My Little Farm are interactive felt play sets designed by a speech pathologist to target early language development. They arent just for children with delayed communication - ALL kids love them! matching skills colours shapes vocabulary concepts (e.g. in, under, next to, many, full, empty) play To order please email [email protected] $65.00 plus postage

09.01.2022 I love everything about this clip! https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDiQV54BREK/

09.01.2022 Indigenous Literacy Day - 2nd September 2020 - Your donation helps provide books and literacy programs to remote communities where they are needed most.... https://ild.org.au/

09.01.2022 Thank you to our AHA students Maggie and Chelsea for a wonderful week in the clinic with us. We wish you all the very best with your future studies and careers.

09.01.2022 My little farms and my little houses are rushing out the door! Did you know: MLH and MLF were designed by a Speech Pathologist They are interactive felt toys ... Through play they support the development of early language concepts We are the only Australian stockist of these products Kids love them! They are award winning $65 plus post To order yours send us an email today [email protected] #learningthroughplay #speechpathology #mylittlefarm #mylittlehouse

07.01.2022 What a brilliant story created locally by the very talented Daniella and Nanoo Nanoo team

07.01.2022 This is what telehealth looks like when your second camera has not yet arrived in the post!! Improvising with pegs and duplo.

06.01.2022 Guess Who is such a great game for working on a wide range of language goals. It is one of my favourites!

05.01.2022 A colleagues research team is exploring the experiences of parents supporting their children's communication in the first 5 years - please complete the survey if you are interested. They will use the results to make resources to support children and families. https://www.research.net/r/TalkingChildren_p

05.01.2022 To all the parents out there giving 100% to the little people in your lives... youre doing a good (amazing) job. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J_5VC4E__F0

05.01.2022 Lots of clients are getting to see my fabulous drawing skills lately

05.01.2022 The Easter Bunny came by the clinic today to deliver some goodies. Wishing everyone a Happy Easter and an enjoyable holiday period. We will be back on Tuesday ... #chocolate #longweekend #speechpathology

05.01.2022 Rainbow Pop It’s Now In Stock $9.50 Order online and collect from the clinic. ... https://karadidiospeechpathology.square.site//rainbow-/54

05.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who applied for the administration / reception position. We have had an overwhelming number of applications and will be working through these in coming days. Applications have now closed.

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04.01.2022 H A P P Y E A S T E R Easter and daylight savings ending... not my favourite combo! It’s not even 7am and we are already up to lunch time in our house. ...

03.01.2022 T E A M L U N C H Today we visited the delicious Store Sixty One - Cafe for our monthly team lunch. We discussed examples of our core values in our everyday practice. ... These were some of the examples shared today. Colloborative - clinicians have been working with a local childcare centre to support the use and understanding of key word sign throughout the centre Family Centred - staff are listening to families to understand life outside of therapy sessions to ensure we provide a service that considers the child as a whole and the supports around them. Innovative - staff are demonstrating continued pursuit of knowledge through informal and formal training opportunities Photo credit: Store Sixty One (I was too busy chatting to snap a picture) #speechpathology #lovewhatyoudo #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

02.01.2022 We are excited to share that Dr Renee Carr, neuropsychologist will be consulting from our clinic rooms. Renee is an experienced and well respected paediatric neuropsychologist in the Gippsland region. To make an appointment with Renee please contact her directly on:...Continue reading

02.01.2022 We are looking for another fabulous Speech Pathologist to join our team. Email us with your resume and a cover letter telling us why you want to come and work at an established private practice with fun staff, amazing clients, access to a generous PD budget and options to work hours that suit your work/life balance. #speechpathology #ruralandregionalpractice #comeworkwithus #gippsland

02.01.2022 G U E S S W H A T S I N T H E B A G A super simple game to build language skills. Pop a few random household items into a bag and try to guess whats in the bag! ... Depending on the age of the child you can play this in a number of ways. Asking wh questions e.g what color is it, where does it belong, what shape is it, what do you do with it Asking yes/no questions e.g is it a food? Is it round? Is it red? Giving clues rather than asking questions E.g Its green. Its round. You can eat it. It grows on a tree.

02.01.2022 Extremely short notice - this is happening NOW live. Anxiety with autism - what do we know and what works? It will be recorded and available on vimeo to view at a later date.

01.01.2022 We are getting closer to returning to face to face appointments. Clinic based appointments for term 4 were emailed out today. I cant wait to see everyone in person again!

01.01.2022 The executive function online summit. A series of online presenters discuss executive functioning and how to support children that have EF difficulties. FREE... https://executivefunctionsummit.com/

01.01.2022 We are excited to be welcoming another speech pathologist to the clinic in February!

01.01.2022 QR CODE SCAN IN AT THE CLINIC From Monday the 11th of January we will have a QR code to scan in at the front door. Anyone who will be in the clinic for 15 minutes or longer is kindly asked to scan in. ... If you do not have the ability to scan in with your mobile phone please let our receptionist know and we will record your details manually. #covidsafe #speechpathology

01.01.2022 Looking for something educational and FUN to keep little ones busy during lockdown? My Little House and My Little Farm encourage early language development. Kids love them!