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CliniKids clinicians rise to the COVID-19 challenge

The CliniKids team has reimagined how allied health services for children with autism spectrum disorder or developmental delays are delivered.

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Marie Rodatz

Clinical Lead, Occupational Therapy

Early Start Denver Model

The ESDM aims to promote a child’s development across all domains, including language, joint attention, imitation, cognition, play and social skills, and fine and gross motor skills.

Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement and Regulation

At CliniKids, the JASPER approach is for preschool and school-aged children who have differences in play and social communication skills.

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Communicate your way

To kick off Speech Pathology Week 2024, we asked our clients, their families and the community to share the different ways they communicate. Senior Speech Pathologist Sally Grauaug compiled their ideas and feedback into this blog.

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Learning to brush teeth independently

In this blog, Curtin University Occupational Therapy student Emily Mower shares some tips to help your child successfully brush their teeth. 

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Making the most of nappy changes

In this blog, Speech Pathology Clinical Lead Aria May and Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead Marie Rodatz share their top tips for making the most of nappy changes to help create more opportunities for connection.

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What is neurodiversity?

In this blog, Speech Pathologist Emma Corry explores what neurodiversity is, and what it means in the context of supporting autistic children.     Many people may have heard the term “neurodiversity” but what does this term actually mean? In this blog, we are going to dive into the foundations of neurodiversity. 

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Let's play!

This is the start of our CliniKids blog series about play. In this blog, Speech Pathology Clinical Lead Aria May, explains why play is so important for autistic children.

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Five tips to help autistic kids communicate

Speech Pathologist and Research Development Manager Sarah Pillar shares her strategies for supporting autistic children to communicate.