What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is “a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.” Why is it important to incorporate Mindfulness into our day? Mindfulness improves attention, memory processing and decision making Mindfulness increases our… Continue Reading»
The Northern Kids Hub is the collective Hub of services located at 27B, 797 Plenty Road, South Morang. The three services operating from the Northern Kids Hub are Time to Shine Therapy (Psychology Services), Sound it Out Speech Pathology and Building Blocks Therapy (Occupational Therapy). These services have partnered up to provide families a multidisciplinary… Continue Reading»
WHAT ARE PRE-WRITING SKILLS AND HOW CAN YOU HELP TO DEVELOP THEM AT HOME? You may have heard your Occupational Therapist refer to pre-writing skills before but what exactly are pre-writing skills and how can you help to develop this important set of skills at home? Pre-writing skills are the fundamental skills that children need… Continue Reading»
