How to help your child to achieve their goals during the COVID-19 pandemic Written by Emily Hayles - Physiotherapist and Owner, and author of 'Braver than you think: How to help your child with a disability live their best life' Well, hasn’t a lot changed in just one week! The rapid spread of the [...]
R is for ‘Recognising your child’s needs’ Welcome to our post covering the second part of the BRAVE model? To recap: The BRAVE model is a model I developed for parents to help them to understand their child’s needs, and how they can support their child to live their best life. I am writing [...]
B is for ‘Being Aware’ (and getting help early) A few weeks ago, I introduced to you the BRAVE model – a model I developed for parents to help them to understand their child’s needs, and how they can support their child to live their best life (you can find that blog post here). [...]
Written by Emily Hayles - Physiotherapist and Owner, and author of 'Braver than you think: How to help your child with a disability live their best life' With one of our biannual Paediatric Rehab outreach clinics coming up just next week, we thought it would be timely to share some information about the ins [...]
In case you are reading our blog for the first time, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Emily Hayles, and I am a physiotherapist and the founder of Move and Play Paediatric Therapy, a children’s therapy service based in Mackay, Queensland. We help children with developmental delays and disabilities learn to [...]
Written by Emily Hayles - Physiotherapist and Owner, and author of 'Braver than you think: How to help your child with a disability live their best life' When a child is not meeting their motor milestones like their peers, is slow in their development, or has been diagnosed with a disability – amongst other [...]
Written by Emily Hayles - Physiotherapist and Owner, and author of 'Braver than you think: How to help your child with a disability live their best life' There has been some exciting news about funding for intensive therapy this week! Although I have not yet seen anything official government or NDIA announcement, fellow therapists [...]
This is our final post in our series about Early Childhood Intervention. Today I want to share with you: How to know if your child is doing what they are supposed to be doing, and What to do if you are concerned about your child’s development As parents, I am sure we have all [...]
This week we are writing a number of posts to raise awareness of Early Childhood Intervention for children with developmental delays and disabilities. This post discusses the benefits of Early Childhood Intervention. So, what’s all the fuss about Early Childhood Intervention? Why is it important? And what are the benefits? Early Childhood Intervention has benefits [...]
It's Early Childhood Intervention Awareness week, and we are doing a series of posts to share information about Early Childhood Intervention. This is our second post in the series. In this post, we are talking about the two sides of your child receiving an early diagnosis. The grief of your child receiving a diagnosis... Many [...]