Allied Health

Swallowing is a vital part of life. Humans swallow 500 -700 times a day, but most people don’t think about swallowing or what might go wrong with it.

Mental health is something that affects everyone and can impact our lives in physical and emotional ways.

Young children are already trying to make sense of the world around them, so when they have emotions in response to this, it can be difficult for them to understand.

How much do you know about Social Work?

HenderCare’s Social Work Team provide therapy services to young children with varying needs, including trauma backgrounds and disabilities.

Working 1:1 with a child, our therapists focus on developing the client’s emotional awareness and self-regulation.

Speech therapists spend their lives saying “model, model, model”.

But what does that mean?

People learn to communicate by watching, copying, and exploring, so modelling Augmentative and Alternative Communication is extremely valuable in encouraging verbal communication in children. 

It’s Therapy Thursday and today we want to explore psychology. 

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted many by exposing them to prolonged stress and bouts of seclusion. This has heightened anxiety, depression, and fear for many Australians.

Now, more than ever, it is important to understand and strengthen your mental health.

This week is Occupational Therapy (OT) Week and what better way to celebrate our OT team than by exploring one of the helpful services they can provide their clients.

If you’re not sure what an OT does, don’t worry – many people don’t.

To help, we thought we could detail how they complete a wheelchair assessment, just one of the services that they can provide.

This week is National Nutrition Week and this year’s focus is making the most of your vegetables.

The purpose of this day is to acknowledge the essential services that Allied Health Professionals provide to the community. Here at HenderCare, we have a skilful and passionate Allied Health team; and we are proud to celebrate their contributions.  

Since it’s School Holidays, we thought this Therapy Thursday could focus on the importance of supporting gross motor skills within child development and share some activities you can complete with the kids at home!

Gross motor skills are the coordination of large body parts and assist in controlling strength and movement.