Engage with our Developmental Educator (DE), Nadia, who provides allied health therapy services for children, youth, and adults with disability.
Nadia has experience with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), anxiety, intellectual disability (ID), various syndromes such as Tourette syndrome (TS), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and learning disorders including dyslexia.
Developmental Educator sessions can be offered as a mobile therapy service or in our therapy space in Conway.
DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATOR
Skills development, including:
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Self-care skills: personal hygiene, health literacy, routines, and more
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Communication skills: respectful/meaningful communication, expressive and receptive language skills, communication/behaviour functional skills, and more
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Social skills: play skills, emotional regulation, self-awareness, interpersonal skills, relationships, executive functioning, social communication, and more
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Daily living and life skills: activities of daily living (shopping, cleaning, preparing meals, budgeting etc.), technology training, social media safety, and more
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Community access skills: risk awareness, road safety, public transport training, and more
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Sensory awareness
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Goal setting
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Planning for life stages and transition
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Disability advocacy: NDIS, education, or other areas of concern
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Access, education and capacity building: NDIS pre-planning, goal setting, reviews
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Staff/parent training and mentoring
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Assessments: sensory, developmental, functional, and behavioural assessments from June 2024
