Coastal Developmental Paediatrics

21/08/2025

Regretfully we have closed our appointment books to new patient referrals for all Drs now. GP referrals will be returned with the advice to provide referral elsewhere. We will advise when our availability to triage new referrals returns.

11/01/2025

05/01/2025

The Office reopens today for current clients. Our admin team will be working hard to respond to parent enquiries and concerns, with some Drs remaining on annual leave with their families.

18/11/2024

Useful online support for carers, teachers and children with anxiety

Welcome to the team! Welcome to the team! Courage Coaching is a 6-week online course, developed and delivered by trusted Child Psychiatrist Dr Kaylene Henderson for parents of anxious

18/11/2024

"The thing is, when any of us feel anxious, we are SUPPOSED to feel like we’re in danger – that’s one of its clever design features – so that we can ready ourselves to fight, freeze or flee our way to safety. But if we never teach our kids that anxiety is safe, helpful and on our side, then it will remain unfamiliar; and will feel (as it should), frightening and dangerous..."

Here's an article I've written that ties in with one of the important topics I'll be covering at tonight's free webinar for Camp Australia. I'm so grateful for opportunities to come together and share how to best 'upskill' our children when it comes to anxiety. You are their first and most important teachers after all.

https://w9d.c70.myftpupload.com/blog/we-need-to-talk-about-anxiety?doing_wp_cron=1731873770.0138950347900390625000

21/10/2024

05/03/2024

Our appointment books are closed for new Developmental Behavioural referrals for now, still taking GP referrals for Medical, Feeding, sleeping and toileting issues. We have a waitlist for urgent cancellation spots for earlier appts for those booked later this year - please return Patient registration form asap to be placed on this. Thanks 🤩

16/12/2023

Tips and tricks for staying safe and having fun on holiday as an autistic individual or an autism family.

06/12/2021

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01/09/2021

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24/08/2021

Getting your little ones to wash their hands can be tricky at the best times, so we asked parents and carers for their top tips for teaching hand hygiene 👇

🧼 Use a foaming soap so they can see what they're doing
🎵 Get creative and make up a song
🖍️ Draw a little mark with a child-safe marker on their hands to wash off
🎾 Assign a toy to wash while they wash their hands
💪 Lead by example, have them wash their hands while you wash yours

Do you do any of these? Or maybe you have a tip you can share below ⬇️

28/07/2021

Most frequently asked questions
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