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in the process. The Private Practitioner’s Network in Victoria
welcomes new attendees and meets several times a year with
lively discussions and experienced practitioners willing to share
their stories.
“I have never regretted the hard work of running my own
business and experience joy with every new client and every
gain each client makes. It has been a privilege to see many
clients progress from 5-year-olds to 25-year-olds, including a
3-year-old boy with childhood apraxia of speech, mild intellectual
disability and autism who was recently voted school captain of
his secondary school. But we know it’s not all “fuzzy wuzzy”. As
one 8-year-old student said, with a scowl on his face when he
stormed out of a session and plonked himself down in the waiting
room folding his arms defiantly in front of him: ‘I’m over Robyn!’,
and my receptionist chimed in ‘So am I!’”
For those working with
children with autistic spectrum
disorders , communication &
learning difficulties, regulatory
disorders & developmental
delays.
This training offers a unique opportunity to
experience an integrated approach to the
child’s sensory processing capacities, emotional
development & developmental language acquisition.
“The DIR model provided me with a whole new
way of working with children and families. Kathy
and Mari have an enormous amount of experience
and generate such positive energy and warmth as
they take you through the components of the DIR
model and the Floortime approach.” past training
participant.
Ph 08 9382 8538
THE ACTION IS IN THE INTERACTION!
DIR / FLOORTIME
Melbourne & Sydney: July & August, 2017
Presented by: Kathy Walmsley, Occupational
Therapist & Mari Caulfield, Speech and Language
Therapist.
This 2-day workshop provides a practical opportunity for participants
to interact with a sensory integrative occupational therapist and
a developmental optometrist as they collaborate on the goal of facilitating
optimum performance in children with movement and vision issues.
Many children have unidentified visual and vestibular challenges which
interfere with the development of physical, emotional and cognitive skills
including receptive and expressive language, reading and writing.
Speakers will reveal and clarify some of the mysteries of previously
ambiguous performance issues in childhood. Participants will develop
a broader net for capturing the subtleties of visual-vestibular behaviour
by gaining insight into underlying causes.
What They’re Saying
“I very much appreciate the experience and knowledge base
that the presenters brought to the workshop.
Excellent workshop. Very valuable to my practice.”
Register now at
Melbourne 4 & 5 August
Adelaide 6 & 7 August
Brisbane 9 & 10 August
Sydney 12 & 13 August
Who Should Attend
• Occupational Therapists
• Physical Therapists
• Speech Pathologists
• Psychologists
• Developmental
Optometrists
• Special Educators
• Interested Others
“I have never regretted
the hard work of running
my own business and
experience joy with every
new client and every gain
each client makes.”
Robyn Stephen is congratulated by her team on the 20-year anniversary
of being in private practice.
For the last 6 years, Robyn Stephen was a director on
the Association’s Board. In that time, Robyn was Vice-
President Operations, and Vice-President Communications
and participated on numerous committees. Robyn’s tireless
commitment to the future of the speech pathology profession,
and its Association, has been inspiring. Robyn has listened,
urged and mentored many members in her role on the Board –
and while Rob says that she has gained much more than she
gave this means she must have gained an enormous amount,
because she has given generously of her time and energy.
With thanks...
Gaenor Dixon
National President