Nepean Speech & Occupational Therapy

🎈🎈🎈Wishing the happiest of birthdays to our bubbly receptionist Jade. We hope you have a wonderful day!🎈🎈🎈

🌟We love this! And yes, we provide services across all age groups, toddlers through to adults.🌟

🐑 🐄 🐑Help Us Help the Farmers!🐑🐄🐑
As you know, parts of Australia are in the grips of one of the worst droughts in decades. Even though there’s been a little bit of rain in the past couple of weeks, the farmers and animals are still struggling big time.
We want to help make a difference and we would love if you could help us do this.
... Through September we will be joining the “buy a bale” campaign, and will selling “bales” of hay to put on our waiting room wall, with your name on it.
Costs will be $5.00 for a small bale, $10.00 for a medium bale, and $20 for a large bale.
Or, donate through this link.
Please help us help the farmers! Thankyou so much!
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A big shout out to all of our amazing dads! We hope you have an absolutely wonderful Father’s Day with your loved ones💙💙💙

🌟Come listen to us present at the launch of Grace Village’s amazing “Third Space”, Wednesday next week!🌟
We are very excited to be sharing information on Speech and Language development through the preschool years, with strategies to help when delays occur.

🎈🎈🎈we would love to wish our wonderful Office Manager the happiest of birthdays today! We hope you have a wonderful day!🎈🎈🎈

We love this!
🌟Language is learning🌟 🌟Language is learning🌟 🌟Language is learning🌟
... We can’t say this enough...
New research proves that language plays a key role in the development of other very important skills. It turns out that a child’s level of language skills before entering school predicts their success in both maths, reading and social skills development.
Please read on to find out more ...
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💜We so so love this!💜
Not only is this video clip super cute, but it displays skills that are very important in the development of communication skills: - observing - imitating ... - turn taking - eye contact
These skills develop very early in a child’s life, and are so easily taught through play.
🌟Show your toddlers over the weekend and encourage them to do the same.🌟
Enjoy your weekend:)
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🌟It’s coming to the end of Speech Pathology week🌟
The theme has been communication access for all. Communication is a fundamental human right, and it’s so important that everyone can communicate efficiently.
... Speech Pathology Australia have provided these great tips to help facilitate effective communication.
Please have a look and have a wonderful weekend:)
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🎈🎈🎈we would like to wish our new admin assistant Nikki the most happiest of birthdays! We hope you have the most wonderful day!🎈🎈🎈

📚📚📚In addition to Speech Pathology Week it’s also Book Week!📚📚📚
We’ve loved seeing some of our kids come in dressed as their favourite character.
Reading is so important for babies and young children! It helps your child get to know sounds, words and language, and develop early literacy skills. It sparks your child's imagination and stimulates curiosity. It also helps your child's brain, social skills and communication skills develop.
... Enjoy book week, but please remember, keep on reading!!
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🌟Team meetings during Speech Pathology week always call for some yummy cupcakes as well!! 🌟
This years theme is “Communication Access For All”.
Please feel free to have a discussion with your speech pathologist about what communication access means to you in your journey of accessing speech therapy 💜

🌟Communication is a fundamental human right.🌟
It’s Speech Pathology week and this years theme is communication access for all. This article highlights the use of technology an important and increasingly used tool to enable communication access for Australians with communication disability.
Please read on 🙂
... #assistivetech #accessibility #AugComm #SPWeek #speechpathaus
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🌟🌟🌟It’s Speech Pathology week 💙 We have lots of goodies out on the front desk counter for our valued clients. Try to spend some time this week talking to your speech therapist about what communication means to you. Have a wonderful day🌟🌟🌟

🌟🌟🌟It’s Speech Pathology Week here in Australia!🌟🌟🌟
Speech Pathology Week celebrates the speech pathology profession and the important role that speech pathologists play in acquiring and maintaining literacy skills.
Here’s a great article that helps explain how it’s done.
... We will continue to share information about the importance of communication access through the week!
#languageislearning #proficientlanguageskillshelpdevelopliter acy 📚 📚 📚
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Speech Pathology Week 2018 is just a few days away. The theme this year is:
🌟Communication access is communication for all!🌟
What does communication access mean to you? Can you imagine not being able to communicate?
... Did you know that around 1.2 million people in Australia have a communication disability? Ensuring communication accessibility for these Australians means that they are treated with dignity and respect.
People with communication difficulties communicate with others using a variety of means, including sign language, gesture, spelling and using communication boards or electronic devices.
Speech Pathologists are trained to help adults and children of all ages to achieve the fundamental right of communication.
Stay tuned with us next week as we celebrate speech pathology awareness week!
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📚🖍📚OCTOBER SCHOOL HOLIDAY LITERACY INTENSIVE GROUPS! 📚🖍📚
❓Does your child hate reading because it’s too hard❓
Our literacy groups could be just what they need to help strengthen and improve their skills!
... This is an excellent opportunity for your child to brush up on their literacy skills, especially if reading and writing comes hard to them!
WHAT will we work on?
📚 improving children's spelling and reading through phonemic awareness activities
📚 target counting syllables,
📚 producing rhyming words,
📚 identifying letters and their sounds, and
📚 segmenting (splitting) and blending (joining) sounds in words.
The children will learn through book reading and multi-sensory activities. At the completion of each session your child will be given a homework program that you can complete at home to continue developing their skills.
Programs will be tailored to your child’s level of ability!
To be eligible to participate, your child must be: 🌟 in kindergarten, year 1 or 2, or at kindergarten to Year 1 level of reading. 🌟 be struggling with reading and spelling. 🌟 be able to cope in a group situation.
There will be 2 sessions of groups that run over 4 days from 8th to 11th October, 9.00 - 10.30am and 11.00 - 12.30.
Cost: $300.00
Please call our office to make a reservation on 47214766
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🌟🌟🌟NEWSFLASH!! 🌟🌟🌟
We are taking bookings for our October school holidays “Being Social” social skills group!🌟🌟🌟
Our fun speechies and OTs constantly continue to search for innovative ways to further improve our Social Skills groups, and have prepared an💥amazing💥 “Social Thinking” program to help your children:
... 🔸become flexible in their behaviour and thinking 🔸become flexible thinkers in different social situations 🔸develop an understanding of hidden rules in social situations 🔸work as a team when creating games and activities 🔸learn that problems come in different sizes and our reactions should match the size of the problem (small problem = small reaction)! 🔸learn about the zones of regulation and expected/unexpected behaviours. 🔸learn about emotions and how to regulate these emotions using tools in their box of calm 🔸develop a shared imagination with others by imagining what the other person is thinking, feeling or pretending.
And we guarantee that whilst your kids are learning these skills, they will be having a lot of fun and making new friends!
Please see the brochure attached for more information about the groups.
💥💥💥Contact our office as soon as possible as numbers are limited!! We love being social, and want your children to be as well! :)💥💥💥
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