Allied Health

Speech therapists spend their lives saying “model, model, model”.

But what does that mean?

People learn to communicate by watching, copying, and exploring, so modelling Augmentative and Alternative Communication is extremely valuable in encouraging verbal communication in children. 

It’s Therapy Thursday and today we want to explore psychology. 

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted many by exposing them to prolonged stress and bouts of seclusion. This has heightened anxiety, depression, and fear for many Australians.

Now, more than ever, it is important to understand and strengthen your mental health.

This week is Occupational Therapy (OT) Week and what better way to celebrate our OT team than by exploring one of the helpful services they can provide their clients.

If you’re not sure what an OT does, don’t worry – many people don’t.

To help, we thought we could detail how they complete a wheelchair assessment, just one of the services that they can provide.

This week is National Nutrition Week and this year’s focus is making the most of your vegetables.

The purpose of this day is to acknowledge the essential services that Allied Health Professionals provide to the community. Here at HenderCare, we have a skilful and passionate Allied Health team; and we are proud to celebrate their contributions.  

Since it’s School Holidays, we thought this Therapy Thursday could focus on the importance of supporting gross motor skills within child development and share some activities you can complete with the kids at home!

Gross motor skills are the coordination of large body parts and assist in controlling strength and movement.

Run by experienced allied health therapists, Registered NDIS provider, HenderCare, is offering two new, limited-time school holiday programs; Social Butterflies and Social Builders. Limited places are available, register your interest today!

Echolalia is repeating words, phrases, or sentences heard from others. Echolalia commonly occurs in individuals with autism and is especially noticeable as these individuals develop their language skills.