Parents: Don’t Forget to Look After Yourselves
Throughout the pregnancy, you’ll have constant support, advice and guidance as parents-to-be from a whole host of people. From your doctor and midwife, antenatal classes, books and resources, family members and friends. Getting through pregnancy can feel like a breeze...
The Father’s Role in Supporting Children’s Behavioural Development
As a parent, it’s important to understand how your presence in your child’s life has a lasting impact on their early and ongoing development and behaviour. Unfortunately, the role of the father is still consistently under-represented in various health and...
Ten tips for getting ‘back to school’ ready!
Ten tips for getting ‘back to school’ ready! With the 2018 school year just a few weeks away, it’s essential to start getting back into routines that will assist our children with the transition from the holidays to school. Getting back to school can be as tricky for...
Baby Development Workshops for Parents – Baby Ready, Baby Steady, Baby GO!
Baby Development Workshops for Parents – Baby Ready, Baby Steady, Baby GO! Dr Nisha Brown: Neonatal & Paediatric Occupational Therapist Information for parents has never been more readily available than it is today, courtesy of the World Wide Web. But so much...
Screen Time & Your Child: What you need to know
Screen Time & Your Child: What you need to know We’re living in a digital age and there are many benefits to that, but there’s a rising concern about the amount of time we spend in front of screens. It’s one thing to spend your day in front of a computer for work,...
Screen Time
by Ivan Mathieson It is difficult to find a parent who doesn’t have something to say about the challenges of managing screen time with their children. As such, it is not surprising that Dr Anthea Rhodes and a team of researchers at the Royal children’s Hospital, has...
Anxiety Management Drills
Making Anxiety Management Part of Your Everyday Routine When I speak to parents about managing anxiety they often report that their children don’t use the strategies when they are highly anxious or emotionally and behaviourally dysregulated. When someone is already...
Welcome Amber
We would like to welcome Amber to our team. She will be working as a receptionist and joins Melinda and Gail in the administration team. Amber will be working on Tuesdays and will at times take on the role on other days of the week. Amber has previously worked in a...