MICAH

19/12/2025

Merry Christmas to:
🎄All the children we have the privilege to work with.
🌟The amazing families that trust us and support us.
🎅The teachers, EAs and educators who welcomed us into their settings and collaborated with us.
🦌The Allied Health Professionals, Support Coordinators, Plan Managers and other professionals who have been part of our year.

What a year it has been!! Stay safe and we will see you next year.

Our office is currently closed and will reopen on Monday 5th January.

19/12/2025

18/12/2025

✨ Key Word Sign Short Courses – January 2026 ✨

We’re excited to be offering Key Word Sign Australia Short Courses this January.

These practical, face-to-face sessions are designed for parents, educators, support workers, and allied health professionals who want to strengthen communication and inclusion across everyday environments.

📍 Location: 21 Stirling Street, Bunbury
⏰ Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm
💲 Cost: $125 per person

🗓 Course dates:
• General Short Course – Friday 16th January 2026
• School Age Short Course – Friday 23rd January 2026

🔹 In these course, you’ll learn:
• Up to 30 commonly used Key Word Signs
• What Key Word Sign is and who it supports
• How Key Word Sign enhances communication
• How to use Key Word Sign alongside other communication systems
• The difference between Key Word Sign and Auslan
• Where to access trusted Key Word Sign resources

Places are limited.
👉 Register via the QR code or click the link below.

https://forms.gle/tjtDsYD3zWEvPjGz8

Supporting communication. Building connection. Creating inclusive environments. 💜

13/12/2025

If you are at the Manjimup Cherry Festival pop down to see our friends from Ethyn Extra-Ordinary Art.

03/12/2025

03/12/2025

Well deserved acknowledgment of our amazing Emily on the International Day of People with Disability.

Tomorrow is International Day of People with Disability, a moment to recognise and celebrate the people and organisations across our state who are championing access, inclusion and community belonging.

The Department of Communities has announced this year’s Champions of Inclusion, and the list is full of incredible Western Australians who are creating real change.

We are especially excited to see our very own South West local, Emily Halphon, recognised for her commitment to building a community where everyone can communicate, participate and feel welcome. Emily’s leadership on the Bunbury Co-Design Panel, the Access and Inclusion Committee, and her work installing communication boards across the region has made a meaningful difference for so many people.

Take a moment to explore the full list of nominees and celebrate the people making inclusion a reality every single day.

You can read the stories here:
https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-communities/international-day-of-people-disability-champions-of-inclusion

Let’s keep building a community where everyone belongs.

02/12/2025

19/11/2025

✅✅ Mark in your diary ✅✅
South West Autism Network (SWAN) Information session
@ College Row School on Monday 24th November 12.30 - 2.30pm. Presentation and Q&A with light refreshments available.
RSVP 9724 3050.😊😊

07/11/2025

Call out to our families and supports! Help us advocate to the NDIS the importance of Behaviour Analysts and what we do and help us be recognised officially. Add your voice to the Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia - ABAA statement.

Thank you to everyone who has already signed our joint statement calling for the recognition of Certified Behaviour Analysts and Certified Behaviour Analysts - Undergraduates under the NDIS Practice Standards Qualification and Professional Associations Guide.

If you haven’t had a chance to add your name yet, there’s still time. We’re encouraging all providers, families/carers, and supporters of behaviour analytic services to join us in ensuring that NDIS participants continue to have access to safe, evidence-based support.

Sign the statement here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrp_QBhooE1UZzpEoMhU8vfeZ_beliAIhKdFzx4nEkayWMAQ/viewform?usp=pp_url

Read the full letter: https://auaba.com.au/ndis-practice-standards-recognition

Deadline for signatures:11 November 2025, and your support will help strengthen our collective voice when we present this to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission and the NDIA.

Together, we can make sure the work of behaviour analysts and the outcomes we help participants achieve are recognised and protected.

31/10/2025

31/10/2025

🎃 Friday fun done right!
A little bit of spooky, a lot of laughter, and one amazing MICAH team.

30/10/2025

Help us secure recognition for Behaviour Analysts under the NDIS.

Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia - ABAA has released a national joint statement calling on the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to recognise Certified Behaviour Analysts (CBAs) & Certified Behaviour Analysts Undergraduate (CBAs) and the discipline of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) in the NDIS Practice Standards Qualification and Professional Associations Guide (October 2025).

The current omission of Behaviour Analysts creates uncertainty for providers and threatens participant access to essential, evidence-based supports.🖊️

Add your organisation’s name to the statement here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrp_QBhooE1UZzpEoMhU8vfeZ_beliAIhKdFzx4nEkayWMAQ/viewform?usp=pp_url

📄 Read the full statement: https://auaba.com.au/ndis-practice-standards-recognition

Let’s work together to ensure behaviour analytic practice continues to be recognised, regulated, and accessible for NDIS participants across Australia.