Leap Therapy Group in Kirrawee, New South Wales, Australia | Speech pathologist

Leap Therapy Group

Locality: Kirrawee, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9542 5030

Address: 28 Monro Avenue, Kirrawee 2232 Kirrawee, NSW, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 A cute song to help kids feel less anxious around masks. ://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=a9QTxUklE0w

25.01.2022 Our phone system may be down for a few hours this morning while we change to nbn and a new system. Please email your therapist directly, text our online system on 0439 752 963 or email [email protected]. Thank you for your patience!

24.01.2022 Free upcoming parent training in the Sutherland Shire.

24.01.2022 Thanks Team SKOT for a great post on the importance of moving and playing

24.01.2022 A tremendous welcome to our two newest members of the Leap team! Tina is a Speech Pathologist who is coming on board full time. She brings with her fantastic experience working in private practice and a warm, kind nature that kids love. Angela will be the welcoming face you see 4 days a week at Leap Jannali. She will no doubt make all our clients feel happy to be arriving at their sessions and keep everything running smoothly with her great organizational skills! We are lucky to have you both on board! #leaptherapygroup #speechpathology

23.01.2022 FriYay! We hope everyone gets out this weekend for some fabulous play opportunities. The Sutherland Shire Council have been busy updating many of the playgrounds in our wonderful shire. Which one is your favourite? #leaptherapygroup #play #grossmotorskills #coordination #socialskills #familytime #sutherlandshire

23.01.2022 A lovely little video helping children manage big emotions

23.01.2022 Wishing everyone a very merry and safe Christmas and a lovely New Year. Our clinics are closed until the 4th January 2021. We can’t wait to see all our wonderful clients and their families in the New Year.

22.01.2022 Another great park revamped and open for play in our beautiful Shire! Dianella ST, Caringbah. #developmentalplay #motorskills #socialskills #leaptherapygroup #sutherlandshireplaygrounds

22.01.2022 We feel very lucky to have been nominated for the Sutherland Shire Business Awards again this year. We thank our lucky stars everyday that we are surrounded by such a passionate team, and are so grateful to our wonderful clients. Please help us praise our team by sending a vote Leaps way (and dont forget to click the link in your email following the vote). Thanks! https://thebusinessawards.com.au//40782/Leap-Therapy-Group

20.01.2022 Building core strength, balance and bilateral coordination in the clinic. So much fun! #leaptherapygroup #occupationaltherapyforkids #corestrength #coordination

20.01.2022 Neurodiversity celebration week! Neurodiversity is the diversity of human brains and minds the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species. Neurodiversity celebration week recognises neurodivergent traits including but not limited to ADHD, Autism, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Synesthesia, Tourette’s Syndrome as natural variations of cognition, motivations, and patterns of behaviour within the human species.... Diversity is inclusion. 1 in 5 people are neurodivergent! This is one of the most beautiful videos explaining Autism and the wonderful gifts this neurodiversity can bring! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezv85LMFx2E&feature=youtu.be

19.01.2022 Great to see a shift in our schools in knowledge and skills in achieving best practice in literacy teaching! https://www.theaustralian.com.au//618073c28809bcaacb842de4

18.01.2022 Sensory Processing. How do we ‘feel’? https://www.facebook.com/STARInstituteforSPD/videos/694821451016753/?vh=e&extid=KXuOtBCCe0gJQ0Xz

18.01.2022 Our team is growing! Meet our newest speech pathologist Lauren. She comes to us with wonderful experience across the range in paediatric speech pathology, from private practice and community health. We look forward to Lauren starting in a few weeks.

17.01.2022 Sliding into the weekend like... Our littlest Leap team member, Evie, checking out the new playground at Bonnet Bay #leaptherapygroup #play #grossmotorskills #coordination #socialskills #familytime #sutherlandshire

17.01.2022 Today kicks off a wonderful week of celebrating Speech Pathology. Keep your eyes out for daily facts and tips and also get to know our passionate team of speech therapists. #SPweek #leaptherapygroup #communicatingwithconfidence

17.01.2022 Occupational Therapy #leaptherapygroup #paediatricoccupationaltherapy

16.01.2022 Articulation station is a fun and structured way for kids to do home practise on their therapy goals. It’s 50% off until the 19th.

16.01.2022 Australian Speech Pathologist, Alison Clarke, has produced this lovely video for parents on how children learn to read https://youtu.be/py1B951X494

15.01.2022 Meet The newest member of our growing team! Yasmin is an Occupational Therapist with fantastic experience in both Community Health and Private Practice. We look forward to her starting at Leap next week! #leaptherapygroup #occupationaltherapy #paediatrictherapy

15.01.2022 Unfortunately the storm has impacted our nbn and phone lines. While we have the line diverted, please email [email protected] or text 0439 752 963. Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience

15.01.2022 6 years ago, two shire based friends established Leap Therapy Group. The vision was to create a space that would provide our community with a clinic where families felt safe, supported and every child was seen as a whole little person. We have since grown into a team that is passionate, fun, supportive and above all love what we do. We hope our clients and their gorgeous families love their time with Leap!

14.01.2022 Speech Pathologists work with children to help build essential Social Communication skills such as eye contact, turn taking and emotions. We also work with older clients to develop their functional social skills such as ordering coffee, requesting assistance and participating actively in community activities e.g. team sports. Activities such as Peek a Boo, card games and board games all help promote turn taking skills.

14.01.2022 Today is National Sorry Day, where we acknowledge members of the Stolen Generations. We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation and in building communities that value First Nation peoples, histories, cultures, and futures. #InThisTogether https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m32cvvJ0tqE

14.01.2022 Thanks CJ’s Signs for our new signage!! We are always so pleased with Cameron’s work

14.01.2022 Happy Easter to all our families and friends! May your Easter be filled with fun, love and relaxation.

13.01.2022 In November, Australians of all ages and from all walks of life are invited to share and celebrate the joys of reading for Australia Reads. On Thursday 12 Novem...ber help celebrate Australian Reading Hour. Stop what you’re doing for an hour, pick up a book and read to yourself or the children in your life. Find our more at https://australiareads.org.au

13.01.2022 Did you know that speech pathologists work with children to improve their literacy skills (reading and spelling)? Early phonological awareness skills such as identifying syllables and sounds in words are essential for developing effective reading and spelling skills. Teaching your child to clap out syllables in words will help them to develop their early phonological awareness. @speechpathaus #spweek #leaptherapygroup #literacy

13.01.2022 DLD awareness day!!

13.01.2022 Things are taking shape! Excited for our additional clinic space to open in Jannali. Matt Build are champions in helping the dream happen! x2

13.01.2022 From our team to yours- Merry Christmas and Happiest of New Years! It has been such an incredibly hard year for us all, but we are so proud that we were all able to instantly switch to telehealth and back and cope so easily with the opening of an additional clinic and all the new challenges that brang. Let’s celebrate supporting each other and look forward to new great things! #leaptherapygroup #2020isdone #supporteachother

12.01.2022 Well done Cronulla Public School Stage 1 teachers for embracing Explicit Systematic Phonics and decodable readers. They have sought out training on the principles and are now applying it in stage 1 and are so happy with the success they are seeing with their students! #cronullapublicschool #leaptherapygroup #effectiveliteracyinstruction https://m.soundcloud.com//teachers-talking-about-using-dec

11.01.2022 The Vestibular System plays an important part of successfully functioning in our everyday environment. Our OTs support children with their Vestibular Systems with activities that promote movement and balance. You may see your child jumping on the trampoline, using the swings, climbing the Lycra swing, using the balance beam or balance board, bouncing/rolling over the gym ball, rolling over the crash mats in the clinic with their OTs!

11.01.2022 AAC stands for Alternative Augmentative Communication. AAC involves different levels and modes of communication such as sign language and picture-exchange, and caters to different levels of ability. IPads are frequently used as dedicated devices to provide essential communication. Using gestures and pictures with your child can help to support their functional communications skills. @speechpathaus #speechpathologyweek #speechpathologyaustralia #leaptherapygroup

11.01.2022 The Therapists at Leap are running some fantastic Therapy Groups in the holidays! Groups are a fun, safe and supportive way for children to practise skills. The groups are * Fine motor and handwriting group * Early literacy group... * School aged social skills group Please see our website for further information and fill in the group enquiries form if you would like your child to attend the group, or you have any further questions. https://www.leaptherapygroup.com.au/upcoming-groups

11.01.2022 Telehealth sessions have helped to change perspectives of learning, from seated learning into functional learning. These pictures show an Occupational Therapy session targeting attention, core strength, visual motor and midline crossing skills. These goals were achieved in a functional way that was motivating for the child

10.01.2022 Kids have all sorts of big feelings ...And they may have trouble calming down. Through videos with some our favorite Sesame Street characters, the Muppets are here to offer some pretty fabulous kid-appropriate calming techniques.

10.01.2022 Thankyou to our wonderful community for voting for us in the Sutherland Shire Business Awards. We are finalists!

10.01.2022 Welcome to our newest Speech Pathologist Jessica! Jessie comes to us with fantastic experience in Private Practice. She is looking forward to meeting all of our lovely clients and their families!

10.01.2022 With children soon returning to school, OT Australia has developed a helpful OT-informed graphic for parents. Detailing four key ways of assisting children through the transition from virtual to real classroom.

10.01.2022 Little Bee speech apps will go on sale again next week! For all of those who are thinking about purchasing Articulation Station this is a great saving!

09.01.2022 This has never been just about us. We love working and helping kids. It has always included our ever supportive husbands, ready to jump in and put up things around the clinics and inject consistent positive support. It has been about hours/days of our kids time spent together while we plan, build, clean etc our clinics. It has all been alongside our families stepping in to help without even being asked. Never have we been so proud to show our kids that their Mummas work so hard to help kids in their community and the amazing results that can bring! Leap’s additional clinic in Jannali will open this week!! #showyourkidshowtoworkhard #leapclinictwo #leaptherapygroup

07.01.2022 Exciting news!!! Mulga The Artist will be at Leap Jannali on Monday the 23rd November to paint one of his amazing murals on the big blank space outside the clinic! People are welcome to drop by and see our new Jannali mascot come to life!! #mulgatheartist #leaptherapygroup #leapintojannali

06.01.2022 We adore our new Jannali mascot painted by the amazing @mulgatheartist! What a happy fella to meet on your way in for a session!

06.01.2022 Early Intervention plays an important role in early childhood language development. Increasing interaction and engagement is the first step to supporting communication development. One way to support this is getting down to your childs level and following their lead in play. @speechpathaus #spweek #earlyintervention

06.01.2022 We love our clinic! So much fun and positive energy for staff, children and their families! #leaptherapygroup #multidisciplinary #occupationaltherapy #speechpathology #sutherlandshiresmallbusiness

06.01.2022 A nice reminder that all children are unique & capable #speechpathology #occupationaltherapy #lovewhatwedo

06.01.2022 Some more decodable books being offered for free for a short time!

06.01.2022 Our fantastic Team of Speech Pathologists have some availabilities within school hours! If you are interested, or require further information, call us on 9542 5030 or email [email protected].

04.01.2022 We hope all Dad’s had a wonderful Father’s Day yesterday!

04.01.2022 Thanks to the tv show, Daniel Tigers Neighbourhood, for teaching social skills to preschoolers

04.01.2022 This kids pack looks fantastic! for one of our little clients to win!

04.01.2022 The Therapists and staff will be following NSW health advice for health workers as well as NSW premiers recommendations to wear masks where possible in the clinic. Please talk with your children about why their therapists masks are helping to keep us all well so that we can keep seeing each other. Practise with masks at home and on their toys to help the transition to seeing people with masks during this Covid-19 time. Below is a social story that may also help when talkin...g to your children about masks. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OLO1GNXKmNE

03.01.2022 Our phones are having some problems this morning. If you have any trouble getting through to us, please email [email protected]. Thank you!

03.01.2022 Speech Pathologists collaborate with schools and teachers to support communication skills in the school setting. Group therapy is commonly used in school and clinic settings and is a great way to target a range of areas, particularly with clients who are working towards similar goals.

03.01.2022 Are you the parent or carer of a child aged 0-6 who has a developmental delay or disability? Sutherland Shire Council is partnering with Lifestart for this ...online info session. Learn about Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) and how to access support for your childs development. Online session conducted via Zoom 7.30pm Wednesday 22 July, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_kHFwq30kQECMPV3n3px_MA For help or more info about this session, email [email protected] or [email protected]

02.01.2022 March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Cerebral Palsy is the most common childhood physical disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Recent population-based studies from around the world report prevalence estimates of cerebral palsy ranging from 1 to nearly 4 per 1,000 live births or per 1,000 children.... The symptoms of cerebral palsy are different for every child. Some symptoms are hardly noticeable, while others are more intense. More funding and research is needed to learn more about how to prevent CP.

02.01.2022 Our clinic is looking for a fantastic Speech Pathologist to join our busy team. Please share this around so that we find another great new team member to support our community!

02.01.2022 A school holiday day well spent sorting some of our wonderful resources! Almost there! #leaptherapygroup #kidstherapy #resourcesgalore

01.01.2022 Playground FriYay!

01.01.2022 Our Team The passion and dedication of these ladies is next level. When Covid initially hit we made the difficult decision to close the clinic. Our team all took this in their stride and moved seamlessly to a Telehealth service delivery model, and then moved just as easily back into the clinic when the time was right. This year more than ever these women have shown us their resilience and flexibility, and we are so grateful. Apologies to Renee & Emily who are missing from the pic. Brooke & Michelle

01.01.2022 A powerful way to understand the necessity of structured phonics teaching!

01.01.2022 We hope all Dads had a wonderful Fathers Day yesterday!