08 Jan 2024

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We’re back from holidays!

Our office is now open!

Hoping that everyone had a safe and happy festive season. Just to let you know the team is back from their holiday. 

School holidays are a great time to review the good work from the previous year and start focusing on new therapy goals for the year ahead. 

Please give our office a call if you would like to book an appointment with your therapist on 9274 7062.

01 Dec 2023

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Appointments in January 2024

January is a quiet time of the year at the Centre with many of our families on holiday or just enjoying being out of the daily school routine.

This creates a space for new or returning clients wanting to get started with therapy or needing assessments completed.

For January we can offer appointments for our occupational therapy, psychology and speech pathology teams. This includes NDIS functional capacity, ADHD, autism and specific learning disability assessments.

Our team will be returning from holidays from the 8th January 2024 and we currently have appointment slots open.

That sounds like a long time away however by then we will all be on the big countdown to the start of the school term 🙂

Please call our Client Services Coordinator on 9274 7062 if you’d like to get started with therapy and assessments a little earlier next year.  

01 Dec 2023

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School Holiday Office Hours

The end of school term (and Christmas!) are drawing near. We’re all looking forward to the holidays.

Our offices in Midland and Bayswater will be open until Saturday 23 December (morning only). We then close for two weeks and will be back on board on Monday 08 January 2024.

Please note – phones, emails and text messages will not be monitored during this period.

Please have a chat with your individual consultants about their availability over the January period. Most will be available however a few will be taking extended leave.

Can’t wait until you see your consultant? Please feel free to chat to Reception on 9274 7062.

20 Jun 2023

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School Holiday – Therapy and Group Programs

School Holidays are a fantastic time for children to wind down after a busy term and have some family time.

We will still be providing regular therapy during the school holidays. Your therapists will be talking to you about their availability over the next few weeks. Therapy doesn’t have to stop because of the school holidays.

Our ABACAS team will be running a school holiday Dance and Movement program as an alternative to our regular one on one therapy.

School Holiday Dance and Movement Program

In this program, the children will learn to perform movements using their bodies, explore a range of music genres and brainstorm creative ways to express themselves. These sessions will involve various activities involving skills that each child would have been taught or able to learn. A few of which include:

·       Gross motor movements

·       Learning through modelling

·       Following instructions

·       Sequencing

·       Building social skills

Being in a safe and controlled environment, children will be allowed to express themselves appropriately through song and dance. This will also be an opportunity for each of them to build friendships while taking part in an activity they enjoy together.

Who is this program suitable for?

This program is intended for primary school aged children (mixed ages and ability levels) and will be facilitated by two staff members (Rachel and Lynette).

Program times and dates and fees

The program will be run on Wednesdays during school holidays from 10.30am-12pm at our Midland office in Stafford Street.

Sessions will cost $94 per session (NDIS funding can be used towards fees)

For further information please contact the Centre on 9274 7062.

23 Jun 2022

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Friendship Club – Group Social Skills Programs, Term 3

Our Friendship Club group social skills (Amazing Amigos and Best Buddies) are back on for Term Three!

Sessions will be run by Kate Hyde and Natalie Nguyen, Provisional Psychologists this term.  Both will be working hard to make sessions fun and motivating while teaching the important skills needed to make and keep friends.

In each group, the team employs a four-part training approach using modelling, role-playing, performance feedback, and generalisation to teach essential pro-social skills to children.  Programs are tailored to meet the needs of the children participating in groups.

Amazing Amigos

Our Amazing Amigos program provides an opportunity for young ones to learn important social skills, such as: listening to others; greeting; asking for help; joining in; taking turns; and sharing.

Who is suited:     Children aged 4-6 years of age who need help with making or keeping friends.

Where:                 Child Wellbeing Centre, 5 Brockman Road, Midland
When:                  Monday afternoons 4.00pm -5.00pm during Term Three.

Cost:                    $66.81 per session

Best Buddies

Our “Best Buddies” program will help to build confidence in your child for making and keeping friends. We will be using modelling, and role-playing to build on current skills and learn new ones. Some of the skills focused on include: how to introduce yourself; starting (and joining in) conversations; being a good winner and loser; and working in groups.

Who is suited:     Children aged 7-9 years of age who need help with making or keeping friends.
Where:                 Venue (Midland) to be confirmed
When:                  Tuesday afternoons 4.00pm -5.00pm during Term Three.

Cost:                    $66.81 per session

How to enrol in our group social skills program?

Please call our Client Services Coordinator on 9274 7062 for more information and to register your interest. Email: csc@childwellbeingcentre.net.au

Kate or Natalie will then be in touch to schedule an initial appointment with you to find out more about your child and their needs.

15 Mar 2022

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Cancellation Policy

Working with children, we know that families can have many reasons where they need to cancel their appointments with our consultants. This year, particularly with COVID restrictions, we are seeing more clients and their families having to isolate, and therefore cancel their appointments, than in past few years.

In the past, we’ve certainly tried to be flexible with our Cancellation Policy. We often haven’t applied a cancellation fee when a child has been genuinely unwell.

However, we will now be enforcing the policy for all cancellations that are within 48 hours of an appointment. Please read the information to further understand why we have to use a Cancellation Policy and enforce a Cancellation Fee.

What’s in our Cancellation Policy?

Every new client coming into the Centre is asked to read and sign the Cancellation Policy. Our Cancellation Policy asks that you let us know within 48 hours of your appointment that you are unable to attend.

For clients who are coming into the Centre on Mondays, we ask for notice by 3pm the previous Saturday if you need to cancel your appointment.

Our Cancellation Fee is the full fee that would have been charged for the session.

To help you avoid a cancellation fee, we SMS all clients with a reminder 48 hours before your appointment. This is a good time to consider if a cancellation might be necessary.

Why do we have this policy?

We have our Cancellation Policy in place for a number of reasons. The primary reason is that this time frame allows our Reception Team enough time to offer the appointment to another family.

All of our services have very long waitlists with families who are very keen for support.  When a space becomes available in a consultant’s diary, it is an opportunity to try and offer it to another family in need. Cancelling your appointment without 48 hours’ notice means that we are unlikely to be able to contact another family who might be able to make arrangements and take your cancelled appointment.

As well as being able to support our families, the Child Wellbeing Centre is also a business. We therefore rely on the income from appointments to pay our staff.

But what if the child is sick or a close contact?

In the past, we have tried to be flexible and waived Cancellation Fees when a child was sick, but this is no longer a possibility. We are currently experiencing many cancellations due to children being COVID close contacts. Unfortunately, high volume restrictions still impact this considerably.

While being in isolation means that your child can’t come into the Centre, you can still proceed in most instances with a Telehealth session. This is when our consultants talk to you and your children online. In fact, many of family’s are doing this very successfully. with great feedback from the kids.

When won’t we be charging a Cancellation Fee?

None of us want to enforce a Cancellation Fee. If we are able to fill your cancelled appointment (even if you’ve given us less than 48 hours’ notice), we won’t charge you a Cancellation Fee. This is in line with our core value of Integrity. We will do our absolute best to find another family to take up the cancelled appointment time.

However, if we do charge a Cancellation Fee (you’ll receive this advice on the day of the appointment), we ask that this is paid before you schedule or attend your next appointment with us.

Please consider going ahead with a Telehealth appointment when you cannot attend the Centre. All you need for this is access to a device (even just a phone) and the internet.

Lastly… we know Cancellation Fees may seem unfair when it’s due to illness or COVID. However we ask that you work with us so we can support all of our children, families and staff during these difficult times.

speech pathology 28 Jan 2022

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Speech Pathology Services at the Child Wellbeing Centre

Speech Pathologists can help children in a myriad of ways:

  • Language (understanding and expression)
  • Speech (articulation, stuttering, motor planning/Childhood Apraxia of Speech)
  • Social Skills (greeting others, conversation skills and making friends)
  • Literacy (phonological awareness, reading, writing and spelling) and
  • Stuttering (a condition that affects the rhythm or flow of speech) 

Within the Child Wellbeing Centre we have five speech pathologists available to work with clients.

  • Leonie Stotzer, Virginia Paradiso and Fang Min Lim work from our Midland offices and
  • Vanessa Mariani and Jessica Clark work from our Bayswater office.

With the team recently growing, we currently have capacity to take on new clients.  Please call Reception on (08) 9274 7062 to find out more about our services.

03 Jan 2022

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We’re back from the holidays and open!

We’re hoping everyone is having a lovely holiday!

Just to let you know that the team are back on board from Tuesday 04 January 2022.

This week, in keeping with instructions from the Health Department, everyone over 12 years of age needs to be wearing a face mask in our Centre. Telehealth consultations may also be an option for clients too.

Feel free to call Reception on (08) 9274 7062 to discuss appointment options.

 

 

14 Dec 2021

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Holiday Office Hours

Dear Families,

After a very busy year, our staff will be taking a well earned break.

Our office will close at 12 noon on Friday 24 December 2021 and we will be re-opening on Tuesday 04 January 2022.

To all of our clients and families we wish you a safe and happy holiday. We look forward to catching up with you again in the New Year!

Best wishes,

The Child Wellbeing Centre

High School Students 03 Aug 2021

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Cool with High School Social Skills Group (Term 3)

About the program

The Cool with High School Social Skills Group is a 14-week program where your child will learn some of the following skills:

  • How enter and exit conversations
  • How to use appropriate conversational skills
  • How to use appropriate humour
  • How to handle rumours and gossip
  • How to find common interests in conversations
  • How to be a good host during get-togethers
  • How to choose appropriate friends
  • How to be a good sport
  • How to handle arguments
  • How to manage online conversations
  • How to handle teasing and bullying

The program that will be used is based on the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS). The PEERS program is an evidence based social skills treatment focusing on children who are having difficulty making or keeping friends. Skills will also be supplemented by the researched based program Skillstreaming, which teaches children prosocial behaviours. We aim to address some of the issues children have with the social transition from primary to high school. We are also flexible and invite you to discuss let us know if there are any other areas of concern.

Details

The program will run weekly from Friday the 13th of August 2021 (Term 1, Week 4).

No sessions are expected to occur during the school holidays.

We anticipate the last session will be on Friday the 3rd of December 2021. However, this is subject to change based on any future COVID-19 restrictions that prevent group sessions from running. We may ask people’s availability for school holiday sessions if this occurs.

Sessions will occur at the Child Wellbeing Centre,  5 Brockman Road, Midland  weekly from 4:00pm until 5:30pm.

Parking is available on the street or opposite the building. Cost is $116.38 per session and can be covered using NDIS funding. It is important that you and your child attend all 14 weeks to get as much as they can from the program. 

PLease call Reception on 9274 7062 to register your interest in the program.

 

 

 

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