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Our journey with tube feeding began like most, with our son, Albie, relying on tube feeds having graduated from IV nutrition as a newborn in ICU. Despite being on a ventilator for over three [...]

Written by Jenna O’Brien – Speech Pathologist & Tracie Thornton – Occupational Therapist Did you know that using visuals can enhance communication and support a young [...]

We know from research that young children’s understanding of the world is embedded within their relationships with family members, including siblings and their role within the family unit. [...]

When Rosie’s son Noah received his first Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) device (Liberator Rugged 7 with LAMP Words for Life software) in early 2020, they were somewhat reluctant to [...]

Throughout 2020 Kids Plus have been running the incredible Hanen Program – It Takes Two To Talk – a program for parents of children (birth to 5) with language delays. The Hanen Program was [...]

Lachie was 4 months of age when he started coming to Kids Plus. We spoke to Lachie’s mum, Kylie, about how Kids Plus and Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) has changed their [...]

My son Jesse is a delightful little 6 year old boy. He makes up our happy family of four, including his doting big sister who is 8 and not including our old cat who is a ratbag with a mind of his [...]

When George and his family – who includes mum and dad Jacqui and Todd, and siblings Sara, William and Lachlan – started coming to Kids Plus many years ago, little did George know that he [...]

By Speech Pathologists Jenna and Mikayla. In a previous article, we talked about the importance of reading books for building literacy skills, improving language and for social interaction. In [...]

  By Jenna O’Brien (Senior Speech Pathologist – Kids Plus Foundation) and Eleanor Francis (Speech Pathologist, Therapy Consultant – Liberator). It seems hard to quantify just how [...]