Bright Eyes Therapy

08/01/2025

Bright Eyes Therapy is excited to announce immediate capacity for OT supports in Ballarat and expansion of supports into Geelong, Bellerine, Torquay and Surf Coast!

Submit your referrals online now as spaces won’t last long!
Call 0475 594 328 for more information about Geelong/Surf Coast bookings.

www.brighteyestherapy.com.au/referrals

20/10/2024

Today we had the opportunity to raise awareness for Apraxia of Speech, one voice at a time. 💙✨ Every word counts, and every voice deserves to be heard. At Bright Eyes Therapy it is important to us to support and empower those who face the challenges of apraxia, reminding them that progress is possible and they’re not alone. ”

06/08/2024

Have you seen your Speech Pathologist and/or Occupational Therapist use a visual schedule in your child’s therapeutic session? Here are some reasons why visual schedules can be beneficial for the growth and development of your child and not only successful within therapy sessions but for home use also.

08/07/2024

The faces behind Bright Eyes Therapy wish you a happy Monday ⭐️

28/04/2023

🗣️ Conversation Blocks 🗣️
We have been using this game in a variety of settings to focus on some of the following skills:

🗣️ Speaking and listening skills: this can include non-verbal communicative skills such as using the appropriate body language during conversation.

🗣️ Language skills: such as formulating grammatically correct questions.

🗣️ Conversational skills: building an individual’s skills to partake in reciprocal conversations.

🗣️ Asking and answering /wh/ questions: why, when, where, what

🗣️ Engaging in conversation surrounding non-preferred topics of interest: building and providing support to individuals to increase their flexibility within conversation which can aid in building friendships.

This can also be modified and subsequently used to build rapport with individuals by allowing them to express and speak about topics of their interest.

20/04/2023

✏️ DRAWING SKILLS ✏️

We love using this multi sensory activity to work on developmental drawing skills.

Mat Man works on developmental drawing skills, including form and detail, body awareness, visual perceptual skills, motor planning abilities and fine motor coordination skills.

Check out the before and after pictures ✍️

06/04/2023

📚 Little Blue Truck 📚
⭐️ our Speech Pathologist, Jim’s pick ⭐️

Jim loves using this book throughout his therapeutic sessions to work on a range of speech and language concepts.

Some concepts he has been targeting when reading this book include:
📚 descriptive language (little, big, fast, clean)
📚 speech sounds including /p/ through push, puddle, pig, peep and /r/ blends through truck, green, brown, friendly
📚 action verbs (push, jump, help)
📚 rhyming
📚 semantic skills (labelling, differences, similarities)
📚 prepositional language (in, on, next to, between)

23/03/2023

📚 What The Ladybird Heard On Holiday 📚

⭐️ our Speech Pathologist, Bridget’s pick ⭐️

Bridget loves using this book throughout her therapeutic sessions to work on a range of speech and language concepts.

The themes of a zoo, animals, friendship, and places are explored through this book.

Some concepts she has been targeting when reading this book include:
📚 descriptive language (big, large, little, small, noisy, quiet)
📚 speech sounds including /l/ through lion, ladybird, Lanky Len, little laugh and /th/ through the, then, them, they.
📚 day and night concepts
📚 action verbs (fly, chase, run)
📚 rhyming
📚 semantic skills (labelling, matching)

16/03/2023

📚 The Gruffalo’s Child 📚

⭐️our Speech Pathologist, Izzy’s pick⭐️

Izzy loves using this book throughout her therapeutic sessions to work on a range of speech and language concepts.

Some concepts she has been targeting when reading this book include:

📚 descriptive language (big, little, bright)
📚 speech sounds including /s/ blends (scaly, scared, small, strong) and /r/ blends (trick, tree, gruffalo)
📚 prepositional language (in, under, on)
📚 rhyming
📚 semantic skills (labelling, matching)

06/02/2023

Back to school supports and helpful tips to navigate and scaffold these discussions

‘How was school today?’ is a big question. To get kids talking about school, try asking simple, positive questions. It shows you care about their learning.

23/12/2022

Bright Eyes Therapy would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing you all when we return. Our team will be back from the 9th of January! 🎄

05/04/2022

Big Big news!! Bright Eyes Therapy is growing up! Cant wait to move into our new office space!!