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Kids Biz Therapy Centre caters specifically for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. Children with ASD often have difficulties in fine motor skills, gross motor skills, language, behavior and social skills.

As part of our service we offer a comprehensive treatment approach to address the various needs of children with ASD.

1. Autism Assessment and Diagnosis

2. DIR® Floortime

3. Services

4. Funding

Autism Assessment and Diagnosis

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Our speech pathologist and clinical psychology as part of our service can conduct autism assessment and diagnosis in conjunction with the pediatrician of the family’s choice.

DIR® Floortime

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DIR® Floortime aims to enhance a child’s ability to relate, communicate and respond to social interactions. It uses a play based model to draw the child into a relationship with the therapist to enable the child to learn how engage and relate. The therapist then challenges the child to enhance their emotional development and abilities.

Click on the following to read our disposition on DIR® Floortime model and how it relates to Autism.

Position paper on Autism and DIR® Floortime Approach

The Developmental, Individual Difference, and Relationship Based (DIR® ) Model: Theory and Application with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

At Kids Biz therapy centre we also use a variety of treatment approaches to ensure that the needs of each child with ASD is met. Such treatment approaches include traditional speech pathology, occupational therapy and clinical psychology interventions. This guarantees that we get the best fit between each child and family to our therapy.

Services

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1. Speech Pathology works on developing:

· Social interaction— use of language to engage with others

· Speech sound production skills—articulation

· Language comprehension—understanding and responding to verbal instructions.

· Pre- literacy skills

· Alternative verbal communication approaches e.g. visual prompts, gestures and signing

(Makaton), Picture Exchange System, Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets

(P.R.O.M.P.T.)

2. Clinical Psychology work on developing

· Ability to relate and engage

· Parent coaching and training to down regulate and co-regulate their child

· Support and empowerment the family

· Increase coping mechanisms and support for child and family

· Engage in problem solving and communicating

· Improve social enjoyment and participation

· Manage arousal and emotions

· Interventions and parenting for problematic behaviours

3. Occupational Therapy work on developing:

· Independent living skills: toileting, eating, dressing, cooking, shopping

· Visual perceptual skills

· Play

· Fine motor development: hand skills such as cutting, drawing and writing

· Sensory processing issues: hypersensitivities or hyposensitivity to touch, noise, vision, movement,

smell and body awareness

· Community living skills

Funding

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We are now an approved provider of early intervention (0-6 years) therapy services under the Federal FaHSCIA funding so that families can assess us using their government funding.

Phone: (+618) 9445 1238

Fax: (+618) 9204 3807

E-mail: marlene.h@kids-biz.net

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