Services
Nurtured Paediatrics provide services in home, education and community settings. This enables us to work collaboratively with caregivers, educators and other therapists to achieve the best possible outcomes.
We provide both assessment and therapy options.
We currently provide Occupational Therapy (OT), Speech Pathology and Orientation and Mobility services.
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Our experienced Occupational Therapists work with children and their families to enhance development in the following areas:
• Fine motor skills (e.g. prewriting, handwriting, grasping, using utensils)
• Gross motor skills (e.g. coordination, strength, balance, running, climbing, ball skills)
• Mealtimes (e.g. restricted or fussy eating, self-feeding, posture and positioning)
• Self care (e.g. toileting, sleep, dressing, bathing, tooth brushing)
• Sensory processing and social emotional regulation skills (e.g. engaging in daily activities and environments in a calm-alert state)
• Play and social skills (e.g. interacting with peers, pretend play)
• Learning (e.g. planning and memory, organisation and participation in daily routines)
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Our experienced Speech Pathologists work with children and their families in the following areas:
Communication development (e.g. learning to use gestures and words to communicate)
Pre-verbal and complex communication (e.g. communication skills prior to using words)
Language disorders (e.g. Developmental Language Disorder- DLD, difficulty understanding or expressive language)
Play skills (e.g. learning to use language to engage in play, friendships, play skill development)
Social communication (e.g. greetings, following rules, understanding tone, using social language, listening to others)
Mealtimes, feeding and swallowing (e.g. fussy eating, difficulties with texture progression, choking/gagging, limited variety of foods, delayed oral motor skills, mealtime and feeding assessments)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (e.g. aided and unaided communication that helps a child speak- key word sign, PECS, PODD, LAMP)
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Our Orientation and Mobility Specialist supports children who have low vision or blindness in the following areas:
• Developing skills and strategies that support them to travel safely and independently in their home, community and educational environments
• Prescription and training to use equipment (e.g. a long cane)
• Understanding their functional vision and how this impacts participation in relevant settings
• Environmental assessments and supporting transitions to childcare, kindergarten and school
• Tracking development using assessments and resources designed specifically for children who have a vision impairment
• Working with families and relevant caregivers to ensure access to quality play, social and educational opportunities
You do not need a referral to access services. Please contact us directly to enquire.
At Nurtured Paediatrics, we appreciate that a nurturing connection between children and the key people in their lives is the foundation to growth and development.
Our therapy is based on the National Disability Insurance Agency’s endorsed national guidelines on best practice in early childhood intervention. The guidelines drive us to provide services which involve:
Working in partnership with your family, valuing family as the expert in their child’s life.
Goals are set with your family and together we will build knowledge and skills with the important people around the child.
Working in a strengths-based approach, enhancing the skills of your child and family.
Individual services which are catered to your cultural and social values and beliefs.
Services are delivered in a child’s natural environments as this is where they are learning everyday and we will look to maximise their learning in every day routines.
