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Developmental Educator in FNQ
Jo is also a qualified Special Education and Early Childhood teacher and can provide Early Intervention and Early Childhood support services. (Also offering services to Adults)
Developmental Directions offers holistic and person-centered services to improve the lives of people with disabilities. We believe in empowering individuals with disabilities to achieve their full potential and understand that every person is unique and requires an individualised approach to their support.
Our Services:
Developmental Education
Early Childhood Services
Functional Capacity Assessments (excluding mobility or equipment)
Support for Parents and Carers
Capacity building groups, eg Cooking and music based
Consultant and Mentor
I can support Plan-Managed and self-managed participants or self-funded clients and deliver supports under Capacity Building as either a Developmental Educator (adults, children and early intervention) and/or as an Early Childhood Professional.
Please browse through my website for a full range of services and therapies.
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WELCOME ~ Regina is an experienced and caring independent support worker and yoga teacher based in the northern beaches in Cairns.
Here are some details about Regina and her services:
🌿 Cairns resident since 2008.
🌿 Worked in the Disability Sector for 12+ years (part thereof with ARC Disability in respite care, the Hub, SIL and 1:1 supports).
🌿 Since July 2020 fully independent Support Worker/Yoga Teacher with all current and required credentials for such engagements.
🌿 Certificate IV & 500-hour Yoga Alliance accredited Yoga Teacher, specialised in 1:1 yoga therapy sessions for people of all abilities in the comfort of their home.
🌿 Specialised in active supports: Yoga, gym sessions, walking/hiking, bike riding (car with bike rack), hydrotherapy exercises, swimming, snorkelling…
🌿 Other supports offered: community access and engagement, art, cooking and goal related activities (i.e. supported employment, transport training etc.).
🌿 Extensive experience with people with autism and down syndrome as well as with people experiencing chronic pain and mental health or emotional challenges.
🌿 In her early 50s, Regina brings a sense of calm, genuine care and light-heartedness to her supports.
These are the values and interests Regina brings to her work:
🌿 She is a loyal, punctual and reliable person.
🌿 She knows that dependability and mutual respect are paramount.
🌿 As a positive and outgoing person, she wishes to motivate, inspire and assist people to achieve their personal goals while having fun.
🌿 It is her aim to facilitate creative, memorable and life-enhancing experiences with and for her clients.
🌿 Her joy comes from working with people that like being active and are looking to increase their mental and physical wellbeing, or individuals wishing to engage with the community, those keen to learn a new skill and who enjoy trying new activities and experiences.
🌿 She believes that a satisfying support is about a great connection, creating a stimulating and positive environment, safety and about having fun!
🌿 Personally, Regina leads an active and outdoors-focused lifestyle. She is an avid animal lover, reads and writes books and enjoys creative activities such as painting, drawing, cooking. She also likes to have a good laugh. 😊
If this sounds like a good match for you, please get in touch and ask for a complimentary ‘meet and greet’ so we can get to know each other.
email - connect@heartspace.au
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Holistic Early Intervention & Wellbeing Clinic
Early childhood and Therapeutic Supports ( Life coaching) Innovative community participation (Other Professional) for private and NDIS self and plan managed participants.
ASD/ ADHD /anxiety specific. (Both lived and professional experience)
🌸 Holistic Early Childhood Supports
Supporting infants, toddlers, children with a disability, autism spectrum condition, ADHD / ADD / anxiety (0-9 years) and their parents towards optimum outcomes.
🌸 Holistic life & wellbeing coaching
Supporting children and adults with ASD, ADHD, ADD or anxiety to reach their goals and optimise outcomes for a healthy, happy life.
🌸 Personalised supports and strategies for all ages according to goals, age and ability may include:-
Developmental, learning and life skills, awareness of self and others, growth mindset, social and communication skills, emotions and self regulation, Sensory room. Self esteem and Empowerment, Gross and Fine Motor skills. Executive functioning and personal well-being.
🌸 Naturopathy (not NDIS funded)
Bioindividual nutritional & lifestyle strategies,testing and treatment for optimal health & wellbeing.
**General, Immunity, Nutrigenomics, Autism, ADHD/ ADD, Anxiety, Digestive / gut / microbiome health , MTHFR and Methylation, Allergy / intolerance / food aversions / behaviour and emotions.
In clinic at Palm Cove or by Zoom around Australia and New Zealand.
Call Lorna for a free 15 min intro chat 🦋
Lorna McInnes - Holistic Early Intervention & Wellbeing therapist
Naturopath 2004 Dip- Early Childhood Educator Dip - Education/ Special Education /Inclusion/Transition Supports - ABA Therapist. Certified GAPS and MINDD practitioner.
lornamcinnes@icloud.com
The Date-Ability Program
A 6-week educational program teaching NDIS participants about healthy and safe relationships.
Each week, the program has a different focus-
-Boundaries and consent
-Self-awareness and advocacy
-Interpersonal skills
-Staying safe online & scams
-Sexual health and wellbeing.
Date-Ability is run in a small group setting, by qualified counsellors, psychologists, and sexologists.
If a group setting is not suitable, Date-Ability can be provided 1:1.
The Date-Ability Project is now accepting referrals for the Cairns region and via telehealth.
Referrals to be submitted to our website (link below)
admin@fs-solutions.com.au
I provide client centred, holistic support services and specialise in creating tailored workbooks for participants who desire to achieve their goals and families living with participants who are struggling with the pressures of every day life.
I service Cairns, Port Douglas, Table Lands, Kuranda, Mossman.
I offer Zoom and Telehealth sessions.
All that matters is that you make meaning of your life... even if you only do it for you..
BE THE CHANGE
Is your stinkin' thinkin' getting in the way of positive progress?
How is your life going to change if you don't BE THE CHANGE?
For over 30 years i have been working with people to build their capacity for self-regulation, behavioural change and accountability. Supporting people from across disability, mental heal, sexual assault traumas and abuse as well as working with men, woman and children and families. I will be there to guide you.
So, lets bring your best Self forward!
WHAT IS A TOUGH LOVE COACH?
Velvet is a compassion based, trauma informed life and behavioural coaching specialist for the change you want to make who is a genius at tracking the source of the behaviour and created an action plan to Empower you to make the change!
Contact Velvet Eldred - help@toughlovecoach.com.au
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What’s in your way preventing you from living your best life? Our best life is different for everyone, we are not all the same, this is your journey led by you but sometimes we need some help along the way.
I bring a Holistic approach and Trauma informed lens with variety of therapies, individualised and tailored to support you to identify your barriers and implement appropriate strategies/resources/support/therapies that work for you to think better, feel better, live better.
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT:
🔷 Qualified Psychotherapist/Counsellor; PACFA Reg. Certified Practising
🔷 Mental health support, Grief and loss counselling,
🔷 Child and youth, Trauma work, Capacity building.
DIET AND NUTRITION - Qualified Nutritionist
🔷Nutrition for your Mental and Physical health
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
🔷 IRIS ANALYSIS - Qualified iridologist
🔷 Aromatherapy, Flower essences, Kinesiolgy techniques.
NDIS services : PLAN AND SELF MANAGED
With over 10 years of experience, Gloria Fernandez is a dedicated NDIS Disability Support Worker specializing in:
🔘 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
🔘 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
🔘 High Needs and Challenging Behaviors
🔘 Meal Preparation and Healthy Eating
🔘 Personal Care
Gloria provides a wide range of services, including:
🔘 Daily Personal Care (bathing, dressing, hygiene)
🔘 Life Skills Development
🔘 Community and Social Participation
🔘 Exercise Support
🔘 Respite Care and Emergency On-call Support
🔘 Transport for appointments & shopping
🔘 Travel Companion Services
She also supports clients in outdoor activities like swimming, tennis, biking, and travel, helping individuals stay active and engaged while ensuring their well-being.
With her trauma-informed approach, Gloria handles challenging behaviors with compassion and patience, building strong relationships with clients of all ages, from birth to 80.
Qualifications & Training: Gloria holds a Certificate III in Individual Support and Certificate IV in Disability. Her training includes:
🔘Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
🔘Cultural Awareness Programs
🔘 Hope and Healing Training
🔘 First Aid/CPR
🔘 Trauma, Attachment, and Mindfulness
She is fully licensed, insured, and committed to ongoing professional development.
Personal Interests: Gloria enjoys outdoor activities, including swimming, hiking, biking, tennis, salsa dancing, and gardening.
Service Areas: Cairns and Tablelands (and available as a travel companion).
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Mind Matters Cairns is a private allied health service based in Manunda specialising in therapies for people of all ages. Interventions include cutting edge brain based treatments alongside more traditional therapy options. Our clinicians are qualified and have specialised training in specific modalities for all manner of mental health needs.
Qualified Clinicians
🔹 Psychologists
🔹 Occupational Therapists
🔹 Counsellors
🔹 Allied Health Assistants
🔹 Positive Psychology Practitioner
Psychology Assessments:
🔹 ADHD
🔹 ASD
🔹 Auditory Processing
🔹 Educational
🔹 Executive Functioning
🔹 Functional Capacity Assessments
🔹 Functional Behavioural Assessments
Occupational Therapy Assessments
🔹 Fine motor
🔹 Gross motor
🔹 Functional Capacity Assessments
THERAPIES
🔹 Counselling
🔹 Psychotherapy
🔹 Occupational Therapy
🔹 Coaching
🔹 Neurofeedback
🔹 Photobiomodulation
🔹 Sound Therapy
🔹 Group Therapies
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Emily Hayward, Occupational Therapist has a passion for helping people reach their potential. She works with both children and adults. Emily is trained in conducting assessments, interactive metronome, auditory processing training and general OT therapy. Mind Matters accept NDIS clients (Self & Plan Managed).
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Hi I am Geraldine Zadkiel, founder of Heart Connection - A Self Empowered Approach to Health. I hold a Diploma in Holistic Kinesiology. I am a facilitator for Empowering Women Workshops and Retreats and Alchemy of Men Workshop and Retreats.
NDIS clients with self managed funds can choose Heart Connection for support services.
For the past 16 years I have been specialising in Anxiety Depression and Childhood Trauma, throughout this time have developed practical tools that empower my clients to combat overthinking, insomnia, anxiety, depression and everyday stress expanding your ability.
manage daily stress and reactions
calm your busy mind from overthinking
understand and manage anger and frustration
deepen your connection to self
improve your relationships
improve your sleep patterns
become self-empowered to release the past
create a new vision for your future
how to prioritise to create balance in all areas of your life
mindfulness and meditation techniques
how to relax and have some fun
become accountable for your life choices
One to one online session work with emotions and healing past trauma on all levels, specifically childhood abuse and trauma. I work directly with subconscious behavioural and emotional patterns to identify original patterns causing disharmony and pain, whether that be physical pain (disease, injury, chronic pain), Emotional Pain (Depression, Anxiety) or Mental Pain (Overthinking, Insomnia).
I believe that happiness starts with the first step towards change and an understanding that healing and growth is a process of the movement of energy. My entire business is structured around "A Self Empowered Approach To Health." This means I want to empower you to heal yourself by giving you the tools to do this, both on a conscious and subconscious level.
Other services for NDIS clients for those who have accommodation budget include attending Empowering Women Retreats or Alchemy of Men Retreats www.alchemyofmen.com.au (All retreats and workshops are tailored to meet personal NDIS goals and outcomes of group interaction, personal sharing and learning and growth. Approval is given through individual accommodation benefits. I highly recommend the Alchemy of Men Retreat for Men who are suffering anxiety and depression who would have access through their plan to attend.
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Cairns Family Therapy is a Northern Beaches based practice working with families to make positive changes.
𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: We are now taking bookings for Psychological Assessments
- Cognitive Assessments
- Academic Assessments
- ADHD (Child, Adolescent & Adult)
- Autism
- Specific Learning Disorders
- Executive Functioning & Adaptive Behaviours
- Other Assessments
Our approach is warm and supportive, non-judgemental and practical. We offer a diverse range of services for individuals and families.
For children and teens, we are active in the local school communities and work with schools, sports clubs and other outdoor activity groups to create a culture of positivity and growth.
Our practitioners are qualified and experienced and include Counsellors, Behaviour Support Practitioners, Early Intervention specialists, Emotion Coaches and also a Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Forensic Registrar servicing the Cairns area - GR Psychology Solutions.
We have a qualified Tuning in to Kids ™ and Tuning in to Teens ™ facilitator available for bookings.
Our services include:
Individuals & Families
Counselling - Individual
Family & Relationship Counselling
Grandparents / Caregivers Counselling
Life Coaching
Emotion Coaching (Parent Support)
Separated or Divorced Parenting
Specific Learning Disorders - Parent Education & Support
Social Skills & Communication
Art & Play Therapy
Kids & Teens
Counselling - Individual
Life Coaching & Career Guidance
Emotion Coaching
Social Skills Training
ADHD | Autism | Anxiety
Behaviour Support
Emotional Regulation
Executive Functioning
Grief & Loss
Sports & Athlete Counselling
Growth Mindset
Education
Specific Learning Difficulties
Classroom Adjustments
ADHD | Autism | Anxiety
School anxiety and refusal
Individual Learning Plans
School Meetings & Advocacy
Social Skills and Friendships
Goal Setting
Time management
Bullying & Cyber-bullying
Self-esteem & Confidence
Delivery:
Face to face / Mobile / Telehealth
We service the following areas:
Servicing North and Far North Queensland
Cairns, Townsville, Ingham, Innisfail, Atherton Tablelands, Port Douglas, Cooktown, Mt Isa, Weipa
Remote Queensland
* NDIS self-managed and plan-managed clients
Specialist education service: Atherton Tablelands, Cairns, rural and remote Queensland and beyond.
About
Kate King BEd (ECE) is an empathetic, patient, experienced and registered Speld QLD specialist teacher. She has a broad range of skills and knowledge to assist all students—from children to adults— to meet their learning goals including those who live with conditions such as cognitive impairment, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, autism and ADHD.
Kate provides culturally responsive, nurturing, engaging, explicit and structured education that is individualised to best support each student's needs and learning styles.
Kate can assist with:
Literacy and numeracy intervention and support.
Early Childhood Intervention Supports.
Language skills and phonological-awareness development.
Literacy and numeracy related life-skills and communication skills.
Students that are home-schooled or need to learn remotely.
The delivery of therapy plans provided by speech therapists.
Contact
Email Kate at kate.king@westnet.com.au or telephone to arrange a free confidential discussion about your family's learning needs and the ways she can help.
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With over 13 years in the employment industry, specialising in aiding Aboriginal communities and individuals with disabilities, I'm deeply passionate about fostering personal and professional development. My focus has always been on empowering others, guiding them from uncertainty to self-assurance, and helping them secure sustainable employment.
Services I provide are:
Psychosocial recovery Coaching
Support in employment
Specialised Supported Employment
SLES (1:1) Individual Social Skills Development
Development of daily living and life skills
Employment Assessment & Counselling
Accessible transport
As an NDIS Psychosocial Recovery coach, my role revolved around nurturing independence and resilience in those facing disability challenges. Despite recent changes prompting me to explore new paths, my core purpose remains unwavering: supporting individuals with disabilities through life's complexities.
I firmly believe in building individual capacity for lasting empowerment rather than offering quick fixes. Witnessing individuals grow in confidence and skills, and ultimately directing their paths to success, is immensely fulfilling to me.
Are of Service: Cairns, Port Douglas, Mossman, Innisfail, Atherton, Kuranda
My service can be flexible, 1:1, and can be at the participant's home address or mobile
My categories will be Capacity Building and Core