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Welcome Dr Kristy Nicola, Senior Physiotherapist and Practice Principal (Murarrie)
Dr Kristy is a registered physiotherapist and commences as the Practice Principal at Murarrie on 17 July. She has nearly 20 years of clinical experience, and has worked in private practice, at special schools and in outreach. She has delivered individual, group and sport-based therapy programs, and is experienced with assessments. She works with children of all ages with various neurological, musculoskeletal, rare-genetic, and neurodevelopmental disorders. She is viewed as an expert in provision of physiotherapy services to children with autism who also have concurrent language and/or behavioural support needs.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr Kristy is an award-winning senior lecturer, having supervised research and taught in paediatrics, cardiothoracics and musculoskeletal undergraduate/postgraduate physiotherapy at The University of Queensland, Australian Catholic University, Central Queensland University and Bond University. Currently, Dr Kristy is the QLD State Chair and Deputy Chair of the National Paediatric group of the Australian Physiotherapy Associations.
Dr Kristy says that paediatric physiotherapy is inspirational to her as she gets to work with amazing children and their families, while spreading smiles.
Contact our Client Care Team today to make an appointment with Dr Kristy on 1300 372 439 or click the link below to send an enquiry form.
School Holiday Group Success at Toowong
On the second week of the school holidays, ESA Toowong, led by Occupational Therapist Maddie Baldwin, ran a sensory group for younger children (aged 3-5).
This group was developed to support families of children who experience challenges completing self-care tasks, in particular feeding difficulties due to sensory sensitivity.
Across three days, participants explored a range of tactile sensations through messy play as part of a small group. This group provided children with limited verbal communication an opportunity to socialise and collaborate in play, problem solving and exploring various sensations at a safe and comfortable pace. Parents of the group were also able to meet with each other to discuss shared experiences.
By the end of the group, all participants had engaged both with each other, and with a variety of messy play activities. They had an opportunity to touch, mix, squish, pour, throw, explore and model during play with their peers.
Speech Pathology available at Toowong
We are currently accepting new referrals for Speech Pathology at Toowong. Georgie and Elsie are both fully qualified Speech Language Pathologists trained in Hanen, which is an evidence-based program focussing on teaching parents to help their child communicate and connect with the world. It uses a variety of intervention strategies and is viewed as being one of the most widely used parent training programs in the world.
Psychology Assessment Services
