Jade (far right) Mario Karting in Tokyo, Japan – her favourite country in the world! My name is Jade, and I am so excited to have come on board the DWSP team as an occupational therapist. From the get-go it is clear that DWSP prides itself on team culture and continued professional learning and development,…
Materials: Measuring spoons Measuring cup 1 tbs Sugar ½ cup milk or heavy whipping cream ¼ tsp Vanilla extract ½ cup Salt. Different types of salts, such as table salt or rock salt, will all work, but may give slightly different results. Ice cubes (enough to fill the…
My name is Nataly and I am so excited to be joining the DWSP team. I am amazed at just how much I have learnt in such a short time from the amazing individuals on the team. Everyone brings new knowledge, culture and ‘spice’ to the group, which I am hoping to absorb. I’m originally…
Senior Speech Pathologist, Tamsin, discusses what dysphagia is and how we can help Dysphagia – pronounced dis-fay-juh. It means – “Difficulty or discomfort in swallowing” Did you know around 1 million Australians have dysphagia? That is around 1 in 17 people who will experience some form of dysphagia in their lifetime. We swallow, on average around 700…
Our newest speech therapist, Amelia, was invited to spend the day with Dr. Jeffrey Kestenberg from Coburg Dental Group. Dr Kesteberg is a dentist who specialises in laser frenectomies, that is, the removal of lip, tongue and cheek ties by laser. The Coburg Dental Group on Moreland Rd is really close to our new Coburg clinic,…
We’ve been really lucky to fill our maternity leave therapy spaces with some super new clinicians. In May we have Diana joining us at the Eltham, Coburg and Thornbury clinics. Here she is in her own words! “My name is Diana and I am very excited to have joined the team at DWSP. I’m particularly eager…
We don’t often bring on new graduates to the DWSP team, due to the demanding nature of our work – with families and clients providing feedback that they prefer working with more senior clinicians. However, when we met Carolyn we were really excited to have her to begin her career with us. She’s dynamic, passionate…
A warm hello to the DWSP community! My name is Laura and I joined the team here at DWSP back in December 2018. I met Dee and some of the team several years previously and I am thrilled to have finally joined them. I have always held a passion for supporting children and their families,…
What are motor skills? Motor Skills are split into fine motor skills (little movements, e.g. cutting, writing) and gross motor skills (e.g. jumping, balancing). Children gradually develop their ability to use different groups of muscles across the first 8 years of life, starting with basic gross motor skills, e.g rolling, walking and crawling, and gradually…
“What did you do in speech therapy today?” his teacher asked. “Played Bop It!” said the student. Yes! Mission accomplished! I thought, as I looked at the teacher and laughed out loud. Since we use so many games and activities to work on our goals – our students often don’t realise they’re learning new…