Now We're Talking in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Medical and health

Now We're Talking

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 417 246 867

Address: 193 Champion Road, Williamstown 3016 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.nowweretalkingspeech.com.au

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24.01.2022 In 2019 Director Olivia O'Hare started a campaign to raise awareness for a condition called Aphasia. The movement is called A Night for Aphasia (ANFA) and each year the team hosts an epic event! Educational Relevant Delicious food and drinks ... Epic Raffle and silent auction prizes Live music Networking Stunning venue Fun night out Feel good brownie points Ticket purchased... That’s up to you! What is A Night for Aphasia about? ANFA aims to educate Australian Allied Health Professionals, students and the general public about Aphasia to facilitate further research, understanding and awareness. We strongly believe that increased awareness about Aphasia is crucial in helping those individuals and families who are affected, comfortably reintegrate into society with this invisible and relatively unknown disorder. By bringing this awareness we ensure that more people have the knowledge to be able to recognise and facilitate this reintegration from hospital admission back into their community. No other event like ANFA exists!! It culminates a perfect balance between educational and professional speakers, networking opportunities, people with Aphasia sharing their experiences, amazing raffle and silent auction donations from local and large businesses, and delicious food and drinks. People from all walks of life come together, to learn about something that affects so many people within the Melbourne community and world-wide. It is an evening to celebrate the Aphasia community and to help shed some light on what Aphasia really is. Date: June 4th 2021 Time: 7.00pm Location: Higher Ground in the CBD Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.trybooking.com/BPGPD For more information visit our Instagram @anightforaphasia or our Facebook A Night for Aphasia and we hope to see you there!

11.01.2022 Introducing Kimberley Olive to the Now We're Talking Team! We are delighted to have Kimberley become part of our growing team. Kimberley is a qualified Speech Pathologist and has begun with us this week! "Kimberley is a passionate and dedicated speech pathologist who is committed to developing the communication and social skills of children and young adults. Kimberley believes in the importance of client-centred, evidence-based intervention that helps her clients to rea...ch their full potential. She thoroughly enjoys getting to know her clients and always incorporates their interests into therapy activities. Kimberley believes that building rapport and having fun are the best way to enhance therapy outcomes. Kimberley is particularly dedicated to the happiness, success and celebration of neurodiverse members of our community. She applies a strength-based approach that presumes competence and respects the value of human diversity. Kimberley completed her Bachelor of Speech Pathology degree at the Australian Catholic University and is a Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia. Kimberley has worked across a variety of settings including schools, private practices and homes. She has a keen interest in animal-assisted intervention and sometimes brings her dog, Stanley, into the clinic. Kimberley has experience providing assessment, treatment and support to children and young adults, including those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Attention Deficit Disorders and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Kimberley provides therapy for; language delays, dysfluency, speech sound delays, literacy difficulties, emotional regulation challenges and social skills development. Kimberley and her family love living in the inner west and have also lived in Canada, England, Sri Lanka, Qatar and the UAE. She is kept busy by her two children, but in her spare time she enjoys spending time with friends, going away for weekends, and training her dog, Stanley. Clinical days: Thursday and Friday On behalf of all the members and management, we would like to extend our warmest welcome!

10.01.2022 Now We're Talking are thrilled to present to you a unique School Readiness program called Now We're Ready! Now We're Ready focuses on the transitional skills your child requires to be school ready. Now We're Ready, is facilitated by qualified school teachers and Speech Pathologists and simulates a school classroom to include academic, social and organisational elements in assisting your child transition to big school seamlessly. A comprehensive checklist report providing ...you with all you need to know about your child's literacy, numeracy, physical, social, speech and language development and their level of school readiness is also provided at the conclusion of the program. See below images for more information and please email [email protected] for bookings. Limited spaces available and for children considering prep in 2022. Now We're Talking- Now We're Ready!

09.01.2022 Introducing Sienna McCormack to the Now We're Talking Team! We are delighted to have Sienna become part of our growing team. On behalf of all the members and the management, we would like to extend our warmest welcome! Read on to hear more about Sienna...... Currently completing her final year of the Bachelor of Speech Pathology at The Australian Catholic University, Sienna is excited to begin working with clients and families as a part of the Now We’re Talking Team. Between placements and having volunteered as a speech pathology assistant, Sienna has had clinical experience in both assessment and intervention across many paediatric and adult populations. Sienna has experience working with a wide range of practice areas, from culturally and linguistically diverse populations to disability, augmentative and alternative communication and education. With volunteering and community engagement being long-standing passions of Sienna’s, she is a regular volunteer with SKILL narrative language program, supporting the language development of culturally and linguistically diverse students learning English as a second language. She’s also a passionate volunteer with not-for-profit Heads Together and The Australian Aphasia Association. Here she supports the needs of people with lived experience of acquired brain injury and aphasia and their families. As someone incredibly proud of her field and those who work within it, Sienna is passionate about promoting speech pathology amongst peers and the wider community alike. She is the founder and president of ACU’s Speech Pathology Student Society, a proud mentor in ACUs Mentoring in Speech Pathology Program and most recently she launched a student-friendly speech pathology podcast, The Up + Coming Speechies. Family-focused, holistic care is fundamental in the development of Sienna’s therapy and goals. She works to ensure the comfort and happiness of not only the client but the whole family as they work collaboratively to achieve their new communicative goals. Sienna strives for fun and engaging therapy that is always tailored to the individual!