Sensory Connections in Shenton Park, Western Australia | Medical and health

Sensory Connections

Locality: Shenton Park, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9382 8538

Address: 104 Keightley Road West 6008 Shenton Park, WA, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 This is Rohan and Rohan was feeling very worried about going into year 3. Until his amazing mum Kath decided Rohan would be The Social Detective (thanks @SocialThinking and Michelle Garcia Winner!). His classmates wrote down all of their questions about Year 3 and Rohans job is to go to the current year 3 classes, find the answers and share them with his class! Rohan isnt worried anymore and is enjoying his challenge immensely! Thank you to Kath and Rohan for sharing this wonderful idea!

25.01.2022 We couldn't agree more!

25.01.2022 We are very excited to announce that in 2018 thanks to the amazing fundraising work of The Kai Botsis Charitable Association, Sensory Connections are running a new program - The Strengthening Early Learning for Families (SELF) program! Click the link below for more information about this unique cutting edge early intervention play based program! https://www.sensoryconnections.com.au/698-2

24.01.2022 A bit of a giggle for your Sunday!

24.01.2022 We do love to pretend!

23.01.2022 We’ve been quiet on Facebook for awhile... Busy getting into 2018! Our Summer Holiday Program was a busy 8 days with 10 kids joining us. Our SELF program has also kicked off ... more to follow about this very soon!

23.01.2022 Excited to see our good friend Lachlan giving Coles new initiative Quiet Hour the big thumbs up!

21.01.2022 Emotions are a big focus of our therapy at Sensory Connections!

21.01.2022 Kathy & Mari live in action for Stage 2 of their 'Action is in the Interaction' Training! Next stop - Sydney!

20.01.2022 The Telethon Kids institute is starting some exciting new research and they need your help! They are aiming to: 1) investigate traits of autism within families, and... 2) seek to make the perspectives and the stories of grand-parenting in the context of autism in their family heard. Can you help?? We are looking for individuals, who have a child with autism and who have a grandchild (18+ months) through a daughter without autism. This is a challenging population to reach, therefore any help in reaching out to the community is appreciated. See the link below if you can help or know someone who can!

20.01.2022 Thanks to South East Metro LDC for this great tip for sharing books with your child!

19.01.2022 Some lovely ideas here ... thanks Creative Child Magazine!

18.01.2022 Children who have engaged regularly in rough and tumble play learn to distinguish between innocent play and aggression. This helps with their social, problem solving and protective behaviour skills. Read more: http://bit.ly/2tkLK7x #PlayIdeas #EnhancedTransitiontoSchools #ETTS

17.01.2022 A laugh for all our parents of those children with restricted diets! Thanks One Tiny Tribe for the giggle!!

15.01.2022 It's Speech Pathology Week... creating a world "where everyone gets the message"! Raising awareness for those who have difficulties communicating and being understood! #spweek Speech Pathology Australia

14.01.2022 We are quite proud of the services we provide for our families! If you think we do a good job too we would love for you to vote for us in the NDIS Provider of the Year awards! Thank you to our families who give us the passion to do what we do! https://www.carenavigator.com.au//ndis-provider-of-the-ye/

14.01.2022 Congratulations to the Speech Pathology Australia book of the Year award winners!

13.01.2022 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-kai-botsis-charitable-a The Botsis family who have had a very successful experience of early intervention with their beautiful son Kai, have set up a charitable association and are organizing a wonderful fundraising cocktail evening on August 19th. They have put so much work into developing this event and it is going to be fantastic, so many people have donated goodies and prizes it is quite something to see what will be on offer on the ...night!. The monies raised are going to go towards supporting parents who have exceptional children who require early intervention at a particularly challenging time when there is often a lot of uncertainty and need for high support. We are so fortunate that we have the privilege of working with very special families like the Botsis family and seeing how families benefit so much from getting the right support at the time that they need it and how this can have enormously beneficial impact on the lives of their children and their families. Empowering and supporting parents in their most important job of parenting their exceptional children is right at the heart of the work we do at Sensory Connections and what we are so passionate about!. Please do visit the link and send this on to your contacts and networks. Hope to see you there! Kathy and SCOTS team!. See more

13.01.2022 For all our lovely families who might be interested in having their ideas heard and hearing about this new venture....

13.01.2022 Developmental Disability WA are hosting this wonderful event in collaboration with Ashdale Special Families! A presentation about advocating for those you love without getting worn down yourself.

12.01.2022 For all those wondering about tongue tie....

10.01.2022 Good News for all the Thomas fans out there!

09.01.2022 A wonderful segment from Today Tonight about the importance of Play in the classroom, featuring a wonderful school we work very closely with here at SCOTS! Morelina School who have a play based approach to learning!

09.01.2022 An excellent guide for parents thinking about taking their children to Awesome Arts Program over the school holidays. This year they have a special program and guide for parents of children on the Autism Spectrum!

09.01.2022 A final decision on the NDIS in WA arrived this week. Click the link below for more information! Fingers crossed for a smooth transition for all our families!

08.01.2022 Last night we were so thrilled to be part of the Kai Botsis Charitable Association fundraiser! The Botsis family were raising money for a therapeutic playgroup to support families in their early intervention journey! It was an amazing night and we were honoured to be part of it! More to come on the amount raised and the plans for the playgroup...

07.01.2022 Another wonderful article this morning! Stuart Shanker is a real guiding light in much of our work at Sensory Connections.

06.01.2022 A lovely article highlighting a big focus of our work at Sensory Connections - going beyond the "behaviour" to think about 'why' it is occurring!

06.01.2022 At Sensory Connections we feel very strongly about play and the importance of play. "Play is a child's work". Early Childhood Australia - WA is seeking endorsement for their WA Play Strategy initiative. This initiative aims to deliver a state government lead play strategy needed to protect children's right to play, particularly across Kindergarten and Pre-Primary. Click below for more information, to endorse this initiative and read the discussion paper identifying the serious concerns about the erosion of play in early Childhood!

05.01.2022 A wonderful interesting read! Sensory Processing differences affect so many of the children we work with!

04.01.2022 As our lovely staff are beginning to head off on holidays we thought it was a wonderful time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, safe festive season and Happy New Year! With love from the Sensory Connections team!

02.01.2022 Kathy Walmsley (Director & OT at Sensory Connections) and Mari Caulfield (SLP) are currently presenting their 'The Action is in the Interaction' DIR/Floortime training in Melbourne! Mari has travelled all the way from Ireland to be here training those lucky attendees!

02.01.2022 Last Monday Sarah (Senior SLP) in action presenting about DIR/Floortime to the Curtin University Therapy Students Association!

02.01.2022 Visuals, Visuals, Visuals!!

02.01.2022 Weve been quiet on Facebook for awhile... Busy getting into 2018! Our Summer Holiday Program was a busy 8 days with 10 kids joining us. Our SELF program has also kicked off ... more to follow about this very soon!

01.01.2022 A fantastic FREE workshop just around the corner in Floreat! Very worthwhile for our families, with lots of helpful information about navigating the big wide world of school!

01.01.2022 Fantastic news! Such a wonderful resource for our families is staying open!!

01.01.2022 A nice reminder to limit screen time, this article summarises the links between screen time and expressive language delay. A scary fact! Under 2 = no screen time. 2-5 years = under an hour a day!

01.01.2022 Following on from my post this morning about the suspensions for 5 year olds - many things are contributing to these stress behaviours that show poor self regulation as well as emotional distress. https://www.maggiedent.com//childhood-stress-why-and-how-/