Hello friends and families,

A very warm and enthusiastic happy new year to all of you! We hope you have had a wonderful start to the year and like us here at Early Start Australia, are excited about the possibilities, adventures and milestones that lay ahead.

We are also excited to see old and new faces, and have been busy preparing to provide you with the best possible start to the year. We are now taking appointment bookings for as early as next week for occupational therapy, speech therapy and psychology assessments and initial consults. If you are helping a little one prepare for a new start, like kindy, prep, a new school, or even a move to a new place, we can help.

Welcome to our newest Early Starters

Speaking of starts, we have some new team members to introduce you to this year. We are very lucky to have therapists with a wide range of skills and experiences joining our teams across all Brisbane clinics.

Please join us in welcoming ...

Milena - Provisional Psychologist, Wendy - Senior Speech Pathologist, Samantha - Allied Health Assistant, and Maleesha - Occupational Therapist at Springfield

Naeve - Occupational Therapist at Carina and Strathpine

Julia - Provisional Psychologist at Carina

Jessica - Speech Pathologist at Upper Mt Gravatt

Emily - Speech Pathologist at Murarrie

Elsie - Speech Pathologist at Toowong

We would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Michelle (Carina/ Strathpine) and Rae (Carina) who have both achieved their full registration as Psychologists in the past few months!

New Services

We are always looking for opportunities to improve our service and responding where we can to your suggestions. We are pleased to advise that we are now able to offer a non-verbal cognitive assessment at Springfield. This assessment can be used to support specific diagnoses of intellectual impairment and development delays.

Take care and wishing you a great week ahead x

Liselle, Christine, Carissa, Fanoula & Kimberlee

(ESA Brisbane Practice Principals)

DATES TO REMEMBER

Australia Day Holiday - Thursday 27th January 2023 (clinics closed)

Can't make an appointment?

We will use the time we have set aside for you to work on other therapy activities as discussed with you at the beginning of your therapy journey with us. The most successful, effective therapy programs, incorporate more than just weekly or fortnightly therapy appointments.

It's important and necessary that your therapist:

collaborates with your child's other health care professionals, educators and other care givers
clearly documents progress and reviews your treatment plan regularly
provides feedback, education and support to parents
creates therapy resources, therapy aids and other tailored materials to support therapy at home

We will always aim to optimise your funding, work within your budget, and continue to work conscientiously towards your child's therapy goals by providing these additional services. These services are invoiced as 'non face to face ' time and we will always convert your cancelled appointment to time dedicated to your child where it is clinically appropriate. Please talk to our client services team or your therapist if you have any questions about your child's therapy program.

New to ESA? Here's a bit more about us.....

At Early Start Australia (ESA) our therapists provide therapy to children and young adults with developmental delays including autism spectrum disorder. Our therapists focus on all important life skills such as language development, and development of motor, cognitive, social, play and emotional skills. We also offer assessment services to assist with NDIS access and reviews, and diagnosis of ASD, ADHD, learning disorders, speech/ language disorders, intellectual disability, and other diagnosable conditions.

We are a registered NDIS provider.

ESA now has six clinics in the Greater Brisbane region - all offering both in-clinic, mobile and telehealth services including Psychology, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology.

Click the links below for services available at each clinic.

Upper Mount Gravatt (formerly Boost)

Carina (formerly Child Aware)

Toowong (formerly Synchrony)

Murarrie (formerly Gateway Therapies)

Strathpine

Springfield

We also have clinics located in the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, and all Australian states and territories if you need services further afield.

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Therapy Showcase - Specialised Programs and Groups

We still have a few spots free for groups and programs in January. Contact each clinic to book or find out more.