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Let's Talk Intervention Services- Speech Pathology

Locality: Wollongong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 444 519 760

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24.01.2022 A smooth transition to school is so important to a child’s ongoing success in education. To support our early childhood educators guide children through this critical phase the Department has delivered a Transition to School Resource Pack to all NSW long day care and preschool services.

24.01.2022 Please welcome Kiara Flint to the Let's Talk Team! Kiara graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences, and from The University of Sydney with a Masters of Speech Language Pathology. She has worked in both private practice and community health settings within the Sutherland Shire and Illawarra region. Kiara has experience in providing assessment and intervention for newborns to adolescents. When she isn’t at Let’s Talk, you’ll find Kiara at the beach, eating out with friends and family, or travelling.

22.01.2022 Due to the current climate, we believe it is best practice to postpone our Maggie Dent event scheduled for tomorrow night. We have been looking forward to havin...g you join us for this event. We are currently in communication with Maggie Dent to discuss a new date and this will be communicated with you once we find a date. If you wish to request for a refund, please email your name and email address to [email protected] Thank you for understanding during this quickly evolving situation. Kind Regards, St Lukes Preschool

22.01.2022 AMBER ALERT from Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District and NSW Health

22.01.2022 Free Workshops to support a successful transition of young children to #preschool are back! The 1h online sessions are run by a Speech Pathologist and an Occu...pational Therapist from Aspect Therapy. Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BPSRH39 Workshops will also be recorded for those unable to attend live (registration still required). [Learn more about the Building Tots program: https://www.autismspectrum.org.au//therapy-s/building-tots] #earlylearning #Playgroups #earlychildhood #education #specialeducation #webinar #free #workshops #autism #school #speechtherapy #speechpathology #occupationaltherapy

21.01.2022 On Stuttering Awareness Day (22/10) get behind the ‘Find the Right Words’ campaign that aims to change public perceptions & start a new conversation about stuttering. It’s a global campaign to tackle the harmful language that surrounds stuttering. #ASEA https://bit.ly/3jjghgd

21.01.2022 Today, Sunday 8 November, is the start of NAIDOC Week. A week that celebrates the histories, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...peoples. Speech Pathology Australia celebrates and supports the achievements of all its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members. The Association acknowledges the importance of NAIDOC Week and the theme 'Always Was, Always Will Be' which recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. How do you plan on celebrating? let us know in the comments if you're hosting your own event or planning on attending one: https://bit.ly/2U4MVYx #NAIDOC2020 #WeSpeechies #SLPeeps #slp2B #SpeakUp4CommRights

20.01.2022 On Sunday, the team at Lets Talk Intervention Services- Speech Pathology are starting the walk for autism. We will be doing 10,000 steps everyday for 8 days while raising much needed funds to support people on the autism spectrum. An estimated 1 in every 70 people is on the autism spectrum. Along with their family members, this means autism is a part of daily life for over a million Australians. People on the autism spectrum see, hear, feel and experience the world different...ly. For many, simply coping with the everyday can lead to confusion, anxiety and isolation. By coming together and taking action, we can help provide opportunities for people on the autism spectrum to participate, engage and thrive in the world around them. https://www.walkforautism.org.au/fundraiser/brianamcmillan

19.01.2022 We will continue to provide you with updates as they become available...

19.01.2022 We start on Sunday!

18.01.2022 Day 4 was a bit of a struggle with all the rain and social distancing but we got there in the end- 11 000 steps and counting... https://www.walkforautism.org.au/fundraiser/brianamcmillan

17.01.2022 Our Easter egg guessing competition is on again! If you are doing telehealth sessions then you can DM us your guess Lets Talk

17.01.2022 In times of uncertainty serving our community is our #1 priority, so we are happy to announce our discount to celebrate #AutismAcceptance. All of the details available on our website: http://bit.ly/33zKbGQ

17.01.2022 Happy World Literacy Day So far over 28,000 people in 176 countries have trained in our FREE Help Your Child to Read and Write Course, aimed at giving par...ents and carers the skills they need to ensure their children get off to a good start on the road to literacy. Tag someone you know who might benefit from this course https://www.udemy.com/co/help-your-child-to-read-and-write/ See more

16.01.2022 Speech Pathology Week (23-29 August) is an opportunity to raise awareness about communication disability. There are 1.2 million Australians with communication d...isability. The theme in 2020 is Communicating with Confidence! Help us make all Australians aware of those in our community who have a communication disability and the challenges they face in communicating with others. Visit our website to find out more about communication disability, communication access, and how speech pathologists work every day to ensure Australians communicate with confidence. www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/spw2020

16.01.2022 FREE ONLINE PARENT & CARER WORKSHOP IN THE SOUTH COAST REGION, NSW Join us for our new online workshop for those in the South Coast Region where you wi...ll have the opportunity to listen, share and learn with parents and carers who support individuals on the autism spectrum. During the online workshops, we will cover three topics: the diversity of autism, including sensory processing understanding behaviour working together with your child’s school. For more information about our South Coast Region online workshop and to register, click the link here - https://www.positivepartnerships.com.au/workshop/ See more

16.01.2022 Help your Child to Read and Write is now available for free (redeem now!) Our course Help your Child to Read and Write - part 1 (Sounds-Write Initial Code Units... 1 to 7) has always been free. For the next three days, we are making Part 2 (Initial COde units 8 to 11) free too. If you are a parent or carer of a young child in reception/kindy, these courses will help you to support them in their reading and writing. If you are a teacher or teaching assistant trained in Sounds-Write, they will provide excellent additional PD! The link for part 1 is https://www.udemy.com//help-your-child-to-read-and-w/learn The link for part 2 is: https://www.udemy.com//help-your-child-to-read-and-write/ and the coupon code is: HELPYOURCHILDFREE

16.01.2022 Its Speech Pathology Week (23-29 August)! The week promotes the speech pathology profession and the work speech pathologists do with the 1.2 million Australian...s who have communication disability. The theme for Speech Pathology Week 2020 is Communicating with Confidence! www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/week

16.01.2022 FREE WEBINARS ON UNDERSTANDING SENSORY PROCESSING & IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES We invite you to join us for a two-part interactive webinar series about sensory pro...cessing. The webinars will run across two weeks and will provide families and teachers with the opportunity to listen, share and learn with others who support individuals on the autism spectrum. These webinars are designed to complement one another and we encourage you to enrol in both Part 1 and Part 2. However, if youre unable to attend one of the sessions, the webinar recordings will also be shared on our website. All of our webinars are free and all participants that attend receive a certificate following the completion of the webinar. To register for these webinars, visit https://www.positivepartnerships.com.au//understanding-sen

15.01.2022 Some great advice from Southern Healthcare Specialists

15.01.2022 Are you looking for some more ways to enhance your child’s communication? There are many evidence-based language strategies that you can easily use at home to ...encourage your child to communicate more effectively. Here is part one of early language stimulation strategies you can start to use when interacting with your kids. If you are interested in reading more information, please click here: http://www.hanen.org/Helpful-Info/Parent-Tips.aspx

14.01.2022 Parent Survival Guide Top Tip no. 2! Rotating toy boxes for longevity at home. #homelearningwithapreschooler #homelearning #excellence #earlyeducation #mariekondo

13.01.2022 We are so excited to let our families know about something that we have been working very hard on behind the scenes this term. INTRODUCING OUR DIGITAL CONFERE...NCE! At St Lukes Preschool, we value supporting families in all areas of child development, and this includes supporting you as you prepare to transition your child to school. As a response to COVID-19, we decided to create a Digital Conference for our families, with Modules from various leading experts in areas of child development such as Sensory Processing, Self-Regulation, Nutrition, Physical Wellbeing, Emotional Wellbeing, and how these areas can be used to support your child in their transition to school. We have also interviewed a wide range of local schools in our region to find out what their expectations are for children enrolling at their school, and their Top 5 Tips for preparing children for school. With almost 20 speakers in total, we hope that you feel encouraged and supported as you prepare to transition your child into their next stage of life. https://sites.google.com//stlukespresch/digital-conference

13.01.2022 We cannot wait to check this place out! We Rock the Spectrum - Wollongong, NSW

12.01.2022 Chatting all things speech and language development with our friends at St Lukes Preschool and Capable Kids South Coast... more info coming soon!

10.01.2022 We are looking for a new speech pathologist to join our team! http://www.lets-talk.com.au/jobs.html

10.01.2022 We had fun drawing this today!

10.01.2022 Our new COVID-19 procedures :)

10.01.2022 Two free events coming up in Wollongong thanks to Carers NSW on all things NDIS.

10.01.2022 Please welcome Rommy Doyle to the Let's Talk team! Rommy Doyle is an experienced receptionist in the medical/health industry looking to further her knowledge in a different aspect of the field. Originally coming from a background working in hospitality and events, she has always enjoyed working with people and is looking forward to gaining more experience working closely with children & their families. Previously she has worked as a Medical Receptionist at a specialist office... as well as working in hospitality and event management positions. When she is not working she is travelling & adventuring, getting creative with makeup, drinking coffee & snowboarding.

09.01.2022 Pearson Australia are looking for families with kids aged 3 - 6 years in the Illawarra area to take part in a study on child language development. Both parents must not have finished high school. You will get a $30 Woolies gift card and a pack of kids books as a thank you! You can find out more and apply by clicking here: [www.pearsonclinical.com.au/participant](http://www.pearsonclinical.com.au/participant)

08.01.2022 UPDATE RE: COVID-19 We will be open tomorrow for all scheduled appointments but are continuing to closely monitor the situation and advice from Federal and State governments. We are in the process of setting up Telehealth services for those who would prefer to have sessions over the internet from their home. We will be continuing to sanitise... and will be implementing social distancing measures. Please give us a call of 0444 519 760 if you have any questions of concerns.

08.01.2022 An MRI of what happens inside our mouths when we speak.

08.01.2022 New clinic guidelines based on the information that was released by the Australian Government on the 29/3/20. Our Telehealth systems are now up and running. Please contact the office on 0444 519 760 if you would like to change your appointments to teletherapy. Lets Talk :)

08.01.2022 UPDATE RE: COVID-19 The federal Health Minister, the Hon Greg Hunt, confirmed yesterday that ALL allied health businesses (including Speech Pathology) are considered essential services and that we can continue to stay open and we are encouraged to do so. If you would prefer for your appointment to be conducted via Telehealth, this system is now up and running so please contact the office on 0444 519 760.... Lets Talk :)

07.01.2022 Happy Birthday Elise! We hope you have a wonderful day

07.01.2022 Today is world autism awareness day!

07.01.2022 Getting those steps up on day 2!

07.01.2022 For more information please visit https://www.health.gov.au//coronavirus-covid-19-what-you-n

06.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS UPDATE WITH TRANSCRIPT: The NDIA is now officially encouraging people to flexibly use your funds to purchase devices if you dont already have one... to access online therapy and fitness services. The NDIA is also working to source devices for participants! Information direct from NDIA DCEO Scott McNaughton on the currently broadcasting Every Australian Counts live webinar. Huge shout out to the Every Australian Counts team for their work to make this webinar happen, and to them and all the advocates and participants and families and providers who have been pushing so hard to help the NDIS support these purchases. You do not need reports etc to do this (but you might want some advice from an OT or similar to make sure you get whats needed) and claim from your core funds, but dont go silly - only buy what is needed (and thats not going to be the top of the line $1500 item - if you want that, maybe just claim the cost of a basic item). You would generally claim this from consumables funding, if not, from any other core :bucket". If you do not have core funds, and need the device to access CB funds, my personal opinion (not official at this point) would be to use your CB funds. You can also call the call centre on 1800 800 100 (select option 5) and ask them to shift funds, or switch some funds to self managed so you can purchase if you are agency managed. Here is part of the transcript from the EAC webinar: GAIL (webinar attendee): What if we do not have an iPad, laptop, computer, the internet? Can we use some NDIS funding for these things? SCOTT MCNAUGHTON: A really good question and one that is coming up a lot. It is one of the top questions being asked at our national contact centre. The positive around this, I must say, Gail, and people watching today, is that we are starting to hear a lot of innovative ways service providers are changing business models. Participants can continue to get some of their therapies and certain support by the internet. That is great. We have heard some examples of gym classes run online as well. Fantastic. It makes sure people can still access, using different social media to do that. It encourages providers to think innovatively. We do not want people... once the worlds wakes up in COVID- in sixs months time with children having progress erased. We want access to continue for these innovative services. Regarding the actual question... a lot of Australians have access to those devices, we know that. But when you dont, and when you need a device to continue to access your disability services, we are encouraging you to use your NDIS plan to access those. So you can get those support. It is important, where you need certain things and those devices to be those online therapies, online gym classes. To connect with your speech therapist, or whoever is supporting you through your NDIS plan, we encourage people, if they do not have a device, to use the plane fixedly and purchased one. There will be more coming out on this including how we speed up the supply of access to those devices as well. We are working on that in the background, so in the meantime if you have funding in your plan and you need one of these to access your supports, we encourage you to use your plan flexibly to purchase such a device you can keep receiving supports. KIRSTEN DEANE: Thats really good news. I can see from the chat, Stay tuned to https://www.ndis.gov.au/coronavirus for the official update to their Q&As

05.01.2022 Walk for autism STARTS TOMORROW! Over 8,000 people around Australia are ready to step up tomorrow for people on the autism spectrum! Here's how to get ready ...for your challenge: 1. Lace up those shoes! 2. Share your page to let everyone know about your challenge! Click here to share your challenge: http://bit.ly/ShareMyChallenge

04.01.2022 Getting our steps up (whilst it is not raining) on day one of the walk for autism!

03.01.2022 We are excited to tell you more about The Playground Project- please watch and share our video!

01.01.2022 Wollongong Lighthouse goes Blue for Autism