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Virginia Hill Speech Pathology

Locality: North Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: 82673488

Address: 183 Tynte St 5006 North Adelaide, SA, Australia

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

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24.01.2022 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

23.01.2022 Thousands of South Australian families are in strict lockdown for the next few days. I myself was going to be performing at a number of schools this week and ne...xt. That probably can’t happen now, so I thought I would bring the concert to you all, from my home to yours! Join me tomorrow at 2pm SA time for a Facebook Live little lockdown gig. I hope to see you there! p.s those in other states are welcome too :)

23.01.2022 Living with Autism. #KeepingYouWell #Echcs #SupportWorker #kindness #KindnessMatters #KindnessCounts #peace #love #EmpowerTheCommunity #humanity #disability #di...sabilityawareness #wheelchair #wheelchairlife #autism #chronicillness #specialneeds #accessibility #autismawareness #chronicpain #love #invisibleillness #spinalcordinjury #disabilityadvocate #disabilityrights #mentalhealth #covid #disabilities #anxiety #wheelchairgirl #downsyndrome #handicap #disabilitypride #disabilityinclusion Video Courtesy: https://fb.watch/29CJO1It6M/ See more

23.01.2022 Today, 3 December, is International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD). The theme for IDPwD 2020 is Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, acc...essible and sustainable post COVID-19 World. As this UN video shows, people with disability face many hurdles. The video also highlights that have a way to go in raising awareness of communication disability, and that not all disability is mobility related. The coronavirus pandemic (#COVID19) has presented new difficulties for the 1.2 million Australians with communication disability, especially where communication accessibility is not in place. On IDPweD, help raise awareness of communication disability. #SpeakUp4CommRights #StandUp4HumanRights #idpwd #DisableStereotypes #slpeeps #slp2b #IDPwD

22.01.2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

21.01.2022 Here is some great communication between a mother with aphasia and her daughter, a speech, language therapist. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC_wdh_zAR5Td6hdsF1OdivA

21.01.2022 Last week we farewelled Ashlea as she takes time off for maternity leave. We wish her the best of luck!!!

19.01.2022 I've seen a thing doing the rounds about the coke bottle effect. Those of us with neurodivergent children will be aware of this concept. It serves to explain wh...y teachers say our kids are "fine" or "had a really good day" and yet the second they get home (or sometimes even before we've left the school gates) they blow up in our face. In simplicity you imagine the child is a bottle of coke. Every time some thing stressful happens the bottle is shaken. Nothing much seems to change. But the bottle is shaken and shaken. The pressure builds and builds and then once home with their parents, in their safe space with their safe people, the lid comes off the bottle. All the shaking results in a lot of mess and try as you might, once the fizzing starts, the lid is next to impossible to get back on. In the example I've seen there's a boy going through his day and we think of the stressful things he goes through. My only criticism is that I think the things are too obvious, at one point he gets sent to the head teacher's office for being "naughty". So here's my take on the things that shake children up and down the land. Let's call the child Kate, Kate is autistic, school knows she's autistic and have measures in place to help. Kate goes to a mainstream primary school just like every other primary school up and down the land. Kate arrives at school. She's excited to build a Lego model during soft start. She's been planning it all morning. Only 3 children can play with the lego at once and Jack, Zoe and Anya got there first. Kate sits at her desk and draws a picture. Her teacher congratulates her on a beautiful picture. But it wasn't a Lego model. Shake the bottle. Kate does a maths quiz. She gets 9 out of 10. Her teacher says well done. Kate can't shake the feeling she should have got them all right. Shake the bottle. The classroom is loud, the sound of chairs scraping on the floor. Those children laughing. Kate has a pair of ear defenders. She wants to wear them. She knows she's allowed. But she knows it makes her look different. So she doesn't. Shake the bottle. At break time Kate is excited to see mummy gave her a cereal bar for snack when she usually has an apple. She'll forgive the change of snack because, you know, it has chocolate chips in it. 2 bites in a child bumps into her and it falls to the ground. Kate can't eat it now it's dirty, she tries to tell the playground assistant who tells her it is fine, just brush off the dirt, it was even in a packet. But she can't. Its contaminated. So she puts it in the bin. Shake the bottle. Twice. She was excited about the chocolate and now she's also hungry. Back in the class and David accidentally bumped into Kate when he was handing out some work. She wasn't expecting to be touched. Shake the bottle. Lunch time. Kate has ordered chicken goujons, chips and beans. On getting to the front of the queue she realises there's no beans but they have peas and sweet corn. She likes peas and sweet corn but they're mixed together and anyway, it's supposed to be beans. Shake the bottle. In the afternoon, Kate has to give a presentation about wind farms. She's passionate about this presentation, she's been researching hard and got to use the class chrome books to do it. She rattles off every fact in the world about wind farms. Her teachers don't notice the anxious wobble to her voice as Kate covers the anxiety with talking a LOT. She's congratulated for an illuminating presentation but Kate is tired and can't hear it. Shake the bottle. Andrea is asked to tidy away the pencils at the end of the day. Andrea puts the pencils in the pen pot. Kate really wants to say some thing but last time she said Andrea was doing it wrong she got a row for tattling. So Kate hurries round behind Andrea separating all the pencils out. And gets a row because she's supposed to be in her seat. Shake the bottle. Now shake it twice more because a school day is tiring even of you don't have any type of neurodivergency. Kate's teacher sends a quick message to mum saying "Kate had a great day, she got 9 out of 10 in our maths quiz and she did a brilliant presentation about windfarms. And she didn't need her ear defenders at all today". Mum collects Kate and says, "hey darling, how was your day?" And so the lid comes off. And it takes a long time to let out all the fizz. And it's just as messy as if it had been a literal bottle of coke.

19.01.2022 Happy Halloween!!

17.01.2022 COVID Update: In line with the recent changes to restrictions in South Australia our offices will be closed for in person sessions as a pre-cautionary measure until at least the 27th of November. We will be moving all clients to Zoom appointments only for at least Nov 19th Nov 27th. We hope to catch up missed appointments with clients unable to zoom in the month of December provided South Australia is tracking well with infection rates at that time.... We thank you for your patience in keeping all safe in this vulnerable time. Please contact reception to discuss on 0430 445 578 or 0400 640 932 You can also email [email protected] or [email protected] with any current questions. Please continue to check website for any further updates.

15.01.2022 Today was RSPCA Cupcake day! We had a lot of fun supporting this important cause and eating delicious cupcakes from MV cakes

15.01.2022 This year, Virginia Hill Speech Pathology took part in the 2020 RSPCA Cupcake Day, to raise funds for animals in need and we would love your help to bake a difference today! We raised a whopping $296.00 from our little cupcake stall. Every year, RSPCA receives more than 55,000 cruelty reports and cares for more than 135,000 animals who have suffered from neglect, mistreatment or abuse. We believe that these animals deserve a safe and happy home and that’s why we chose to host... a Cupcake Day event yesterday. Please see below details about our Cupcake Day event, you too can help make a difference to animals everywhere, the sweetest way possible! https://www.rspcacupcakeday.com.au//virginiahillspeechpath Every donation no matter how small an amount helps an animal in need, get a second chance at happiness. Thank you for your support! Kind Regards, Virginia Hill Speech Pathology

14.01.2022 Quick cup tutorial for you! #melaniepotock #cupsfortravel #cupsforkids #sippycup #strawcup #feedingkids #drinkup #drinkupbuttercup #slp #slpsofinstagram #ashaigers #toddlers #blw

11.01.2022 Love this! Be aware of your child's emotional cup and ensure it's being filled!

10.01.2022 Wishing all of our wonderful clients, colleagues and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope you have a safe and relaxing break. See you all in 2021!

05.01.2022 Stuttering should never be taken as a sign of cognitive decline or reduced intellectual capability. This can’t be stated enough as stuttering continues to have ...a prominent public focus, most recently during a conversation on CNN’s State of the Union this past Sunday. Fact check: Stuttering is a way of speakingnothing more and nothing lessfor almost 70 million people worldwide. Beyond misrepresenting telltale signs of stuttering as cognitive decline, expressing pity for someone who stutters is also hurtful and harmful. A long body of scientific evidence shows stuttering has no impact on a person’s intelligenceand people who stutter can and do lead full and accomplished lives. Together, let us use this year’s International Stuttering Awareness Day (October 22) to promote understanding of stuttering and respect for people who stutterand to combat misinformation and mistreatment that is all too common. For accurate, evidence-based, shareable information on stuttering, visit https://www.asha.org/stuttering-toolkit/

04.01.2022 With her cane folded in her lap and a podcast playing in her ears, a stranger tapped ABC reporter Nas Campanella on the shoulder. Only now can she write about what he said.

04.01.2022 Our office will be closed from 5pm Wednesday 23rd of December until 11th of January. Our administration team will be taking a much deserved break over this time. For any extremely urgent enquiries during this time please contact us by emailing [email protected] please note this email address will be checked intermittently. We thank you for your support over such a very tough year for all and we are looking forward to a busy and exciting 2021 !

03.01.2022 Tonight on Australian Story singer Megan Washington talks about her stutter