Flourish Allied Health Services

29/11/2025

23/11/2025

📸from Jayra Deming

This is an amazing photo of how to teach your child to use symbols/pics to communicate! It’s SO functional and exactly something I would do with a nonspeaking child. This can transition to an AAC device easily!!

23/08/2023

Speech Pathology Week seeks to promote the speech pathology profession and the work done by speech pathologist with the more than 1.1 million Australians who have a communication or swallowing disorder that impacts on their daily life. Communication

01/04/2023

Today we remembered and celebrated the wonderful life of Amy Brown.

Amy inspired everyone she met. She brought so much joy, love, compassion and encouragement to the clinic. Her enthusiasm for life and love of her children was always on display. She supported other mothers in our Flourish community and rallied behind them when they needed a little lift. I feel honoured that she trusted me and my team with her children and we will continue to support them as needed. Amy was so immensely proud of her boys. We all miss you so much. You have left a lasting impression that I will carry proudly with me and I know I am a better clinician for having met you.

All our love to our friend, Amy her husband Anthony and their beautiful sons ###

03/03/2023

Medicare rebates are now available for children and young adults with FASD.

This is a very welcomed change!

Some wonderful news!

There have been recent changes to the Medicare Benefits Scheme, which as of 1st March, see FASD confirmed as an eligible disability.

Benefits are now available under multiple item numbers (including allied health) for a range of services and the eligible age has been increased from those under 13 years of age, to those under 25 years of age.

For more details about these most welcome changes see:
http://www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.nsf/Content/Factsheet-CND+Eligible-disability-MBS-changes

27/02/2023

Thank you to Aliesha for cofacilitating a wonderful workshop about how we can simplify the use of visuals to make them more accessible and easier to implement across the day.

And also a BIG thank you to our first group of participants. You were a great audience.

The team at Flourish Allied Health Services look forward to presenting more information nights in the future.

Following on from a topic suggestion received tonight our March topic will be on neurodiversity. We will consider how brains may process information differently and discuss ways we can support all children by changing the way we (as adults) act and how different environments can facilitate or inhibit participation.

Neurodiversity is another way to look at the abilities of autistic people, as well as other neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD, ODD, Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia. Helping to build a society that is accessible for neurodiverse people is not only beneficial for everyone, but fair.

I anticipate the workshop will run one evening during the last week in March (date to be confirmed). Please register your interest with Jaz by emailing admin@flourishahs.com.au.

Liz 🌸

15/02/2023

Would you like to learn more about visual supports and how they can be used to support language development and participation at home and in educational environments?

Aleisha and Liz will be facilitating an 1 hour information session in our Maclean clinic on Monday the 27th of February. The session will start at 5:30pm with light snacks provided (because Liz loves a cheese plate).

Parents and Educators are welcome to attend the information session.

If there is enough interest, we will hold an additional session to provide a space to make visuals (picture: gathering around a table to make visuals while sharing stories and ideas).

As a practice we would like to host regular information nights covering a variety of topics. Some future topics may include: Establishing routines, mealtimes and supporting children to develop emotional regulation skills.

If you are interested in attending this information session, or would like to receive information about future sessions, please email Jaz at admin@flourishahs.com.au

We are looking forward to FLOURISHING together in 2023

23/11/2022

Supporting teenagers requires a new parenting skill set!

Supporting teenagers as they navigate major life transitions might feel daunting at times.

Here is a link to some free support, mentoring and training.

20/08/2022

Using our hearts and minds to navigate ‘difficult moments’ with kids. A masterclass with Maggie Dent and Dr Mona Delahooke

22/04/2022

Erica, our amazing & thoughtful speechie, has created a fabulous resource for children affected by floods. I'll let her tell you about it:

"I was born and bred in the Northern Rivers, and am a Speechie practicing across the Clarence Valley.

I spend a lot of my time trying to help kids understand the world around them. During the floods, I kept thinking about the impact this disaster was having, and would continue to have, on the kids in our communities. So I did some research, reached out to some mates, and together we compiled a resource to help us support our children through this traumatic experience.

These images are a condensed version of the full resource. Please see link below for access to our downloadable PDF.

This learning resource is designed for parents, guardians, teachers, siblings, baby-sitters - basically anyone who interacts with kids - that should help facilitate constructive, healthy conversations about the floods. There are also some contacts, links to helpful resources and even a community story-telling project.

Please feel free to share this downloadable PDF resource far and wide. Print it off and hang it in your staffroom, forward it to friends and colleagues, reference it when talking to your own children - use it in anyway that is helpful to you.

And don't hesitate to reach out!"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-S83UwCO5g9tNCszChGGNGzHnT9yRXv3/view

27/11/2021

Online toilet training support group facilitated by an OT in Brisbane- starts Monday 29/11/21

4-week, online support group for parents as they guide their child towards using the toilet independently.