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What is Speech Pathology?
This video explores the six general areas that speech pathologists in Australia work and specialise in. Read More
Good Food in Aged Care Facilities
Since the launch of the Maggie Beer Foundation (MBF), a plethora of correspondence has been received from various individuals and organisations with offers of help, comments on the quality of food in residential aged care and suggestions on how to improve residents’ dining experiences. Read More
The Importance of Play
Jill Vialet believes that playing is essential to human development, and addresses significant education reform issues by encouraging greater creativity and problem-solving skills. This approach, she says, creates learning environments where kids feel safer, more engaged and more connected. Jill launched Playworks in 1996 in Berkeley, California. In 2012, Playworks will be bringing play and […]
Autism and Parental Interaction
Can parental training improve the course of autism? A new study tests a controversial idea: that the everyday interactions between caregiver and child can change the way autism develops Read More
Gen Y Dads
Where is fatherhood going, and how far has it really come? A. One in five Australians are dads. There are about 4.6 million fathers in Australia, and an estimated 2.2 million of them have children aged under 18. The median age of a first-time dad today is 31, so today’s emerging generation of dads are […]
Discipline
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep, and keep your promises whether it’s in your favour to do so or not.” One mum looks back on how she raised her three sons. My husband is a primary-school teacher who uses a piano accordion (“A creature lives and breathes in a big grey box, can you guess […]
Seniors Getting Connected
A new program is giving a group of Victorian aged care residents greater independence and choice through access to the digital world. Since the beginning of February, five residents aged between 77 and 98 years at Villa Maria Bundoora aged care residence have been taking part in weekly iPad training sessions, learning the ‘ins and […]
How Do You Let Your Children Make Mistakes?
How do you balance the desire to protect your child with the need to let them figure things out themselves and learn by making mistakes? A. All parents struggle with this question to greater or lesser degrees, but here’s the thing: Our job isn’t to protect them from life, it’s to prepare them for life… […]
Some Spelling Tips for Older Children ‘able’ Versus ‘ible’
How to choose -ible or -able at the end of a word. Read More
Aspergers Syndrome in Adult Life
Mark, 36, and Leanne Hogan, 48, married in 2005 and have two children, Ben, 8, and Claire, 5. Ben was diagnosed with autism at age two. A short time later, Mark was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. Read More
7 Critical Warning Signs of Speech & Learning Disorders!
Early Intervention and School Readiness
Speech Clarity
Language – understanding and expression
Stuttering
Trouble Reading
Spelling 
Early Intervention and School Readiness
Speech Clarity
Language – understanding and expression’ 
Stuttering
Trouble Reading
