BillyLids Therapy

16/11/2025

🌟 At BillyLids Therapy we are super passionate about continuing professional development for our staff 🧑‍💻🗣️

One of our speech therapists attended the Liberator course:
The course was over two days and focused on the assessment and implementation of high tech AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) devices.
It covered the concepts of:
Identifying different types of AAC and when AAC would be appropriate for an individual
Various considerations for AAC assessment
Importance of the SETT framework and the feature matching process
How to get a device ready for implementation and how to use in-built software features
Therapy activity ideas
How to compare and utilise the descriptive and referential teaching approaches
Identify ways to support communication partners.

12/11/2025

✨ Play is how children learn, grow, and connect - it’s not just fun, it’s foundational. 🧠💛
Discover why play matters and how it supports every stage of development.

Read more on the Billy Lids blog 👉 https://www.billylids.com.au/blogs/news/why-play-matters

09/11/2025

Over the weekend BillyLids's Newmarket, Nerang and newly opened Norman Park teams came together to celebrate a wonderful year at The Pink Flamingo’s Disco Disco show, followed by dinner at Mario’s! 💃✨

2025 has brought growth, new team members, and plenty of opportunities to continue advocating for the children and families we support — all while keeping up with ongoing NDIS changes.

It was a well-earned night to connect, reflect and celebrate the incredible work our teams do every day. 🌟🎅

05/11/2025

UQ Speech Pathology Australia Branch Research Night (October 8th):
Several of the BillyLids Speech Pathologists from the Newmarket and Norman Park offices attended the Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)'s QLD Branch research night, hosted in collaboration with the University of Queensland. Our team enjoyed hearing about the current research projects championed by many of the leading Speech Pathology lecturers and researchers, and networking with other Brisbane-based Speech Pathologists. Ranging from advancing preventative care in paediatric feeding to advancing dysarthria management in motor neurone disease, these research presentations were highly informative and insightful for our team.

30/10/2025

Happy Halloween!

30/10/2025

DLD Awareness Day (October 17th): Our Newmarket Clinic is raising awarness!
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) refers to an impairment of language that affects speaking and/or listening. DLD can impact language form (grammar), content (vocabulary) and/or use (social communication), in both speaking and in writing. DLD is the primary diagnosis of language impairment, whereas language difficulties associated with other conditions (e.g. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, hearing loss) is a secondary diagnosis. DLD Awareness Day is an international event to raise awareness of this condition, which impacts 1 in 14 people. This year's theme 'You Can't See DLD' highlights the hidden nature of this impairment.

https://thedldproject.com/developmental-language-disorder-dld/dld-awareness-day/
https://radld.org/dld-awareness-day/

28/10/2025

12/09/2025

Today we say see you soon to our wonderful Speech Pathologist, Shari, as she heads off on maternity leave. 💕👶

Wishing you and your family lots of love and joy as you prepare to welcome your little cherub into the world. While your team and the families who you support will miss you very much, we are very excited for you and your family too.

We can’t wait to meet your newest and cutest addition soon.

26/08/2025

🌟📚✨ BOOK WEEK FUN at BillyLids Therapy! ✨📚🌟

This year’s theme was ‘Book an Adventure’ and our teams went all out! 🚀💫

📍Newmarket joined the *fluffy flock* from *Where is the Green Sheep?* 🐑💚

📍Nerang brought magic to life with *The Rainbow Fairies* 🧚🌈

📍Norman Park explored BIG feelings with the characters from *Inside Out* 💙💚💛❤️💜

As therapists, we love encouraging a joy in reading because it builds language skills AND imagination — two of our favourite things! 🧠📖💬

We had the best time sharing stories, dressing up, and adventuring through books with our wonderful little clients! 💕👶🧒📘