Madeleine Yeaman - OT

23/01/2025

From sitting in uni lectures and thinking about what could be to making it happen. Here’s to an exciting 2025! Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy services now available! 🎉

📣 Have you heard the news? We've been keeping a little secret! 🤫 But.... we are delighted to announce that Speech Pathology services will be available from Term 1!

We are now taking enquiries for Speech Pathology assessment and intervention for children under the age of 12. Currently there is no waiting list, but this won't be the case for long!

Allicia comes to the team with 14 years experience working as a Senior Speech Pathologist with a keen interest in Paediatrics and multidisciplinary intervention. We are excited to have her on board in the role of Clinical Lead, Speech Pathology and look forward to seeing goals being achieved!

Enquire now:
e: admin@kidletsah.com.au | m: 0429 104 616 or complete an intake form via the QR code :)

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12/11/2024

⭐️ Presentation Alert! ⭐️

I am thrilled to be presenting to the Occupational Therapy Australia National Animal Assisted Therapy Special Interest Group next Wednesday evening on my Hippotherapy journey.

This is a free meeting for any members of Occupational Therapy Australia. Registration closes on Monday 18th via the link below

https://otaus.com.au/cpds/NAT-OT-AAT-NOV-2024?v=0

So if you’ve ever wanted to know more about Hippotherapy, join us next Wednesday to find out and ask questions!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

National Occupational Therapy in Animal Assisted Services

28/08/2024

A wonderful opportunity last week to present on the topic of supporting swimmers with additional needs at the 2024 Australian Swim Schools Association Conference as a Keynote Speaker.

The audience of 200 delegates included swim school owners and directors as well as teachers and coaches from Australia and overseas. I was humbled by the determination of so many delegates to learn more about their swimmers and to be curious about how better they can support them in their swimming lessons.

Thank you to ASSA for the opportunity to level up our swim teaching cohort and work together to support the needs of swimmers with additional needs.

Training options available - please contact me to discuss your centre’s needs.

e: admin@kidletsah.com.au
m: 0429 104 616

-M 🌟

15/02/2024

I am thrilled to be back in Brisbane for the 2024 Animal Therapies Ltd (ATL) conference.

It’s been a wonderful day connecting with clinicians and educators from around Australia as well as hearing from Dr Rise VanFleet as the keynote speaker.

This sector is growing, there is a lot of exciting research being undertaken and a unified commitment to education across all sectors of the Australian community regarding the implementation of animal assisted therapy interventions and programs and assistance animals.

At the root of course, is the continued commitment to being cognisant and proactive about animal welfare and working ethically with animals in therapy.

Looking forward to Day 2!!

29/12/2023

2023: The year of being brave!

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on what a year it has been. Whilst I started the year knowing I needed to make a change, I have definitely surprised myself!

At dinner with my much more laid back cousin in February he said to me “just do it” which ultimately pushed me to do what I’d always dreamt of and had been very seriously contemplating but was a little scared to actually set the wheels in motion; open my own private practice! Much easier said than done for someone who is much more comfortable taking risks than me!!

But fast forward to December and the year has disappeared! I’ve had the pleasure of working with beautiful families who have challenged me, humoured me and I have revelled in every one of their successes. The books have been 80% full since opening in term 2 and reached 100% capacity at the end of term 3 without any targeted or serious advertising of my services, purely through word of mouth.

It has been incredibly humbling to have had such staunch support from people like my previous employers and physio who operate their own small businesses, family friends, former colleagues and of course my immediate family and friends who have had genuine interest in how the set up and day to day running of the practice is going. Their championing of me has been such a support and so unexpected.

I give thanks to my supervisor Jessica Colmer (Green) who offers incredible support when it comes to all things OT and I look forward to this partnership continuing into the future.

It’s been a wonderful year of diving into Animal Assisted Therapy (amongst many other areas) and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the training I’ve undertaken with Therapy Dogs Australia and The American Hippotherapy Association as well as attending the Animal Therapies Ltd conference in Feb this year. I can’t wait for my journey into AAT to really take off in 2024 after hitting pause momentarily this year! 🤞🏻

It won’t always be smooth sailing but the transition to self-employed has been wonderful so far and I eagerly anticipate 2024 and the future of Kidlets Allied Health!

Cheers to my Grandmother too for the name inspiration and my good friend from High School; Sarah Choo for my logo design! 💕

03/10/2023

The start of my Hippotherapy journey! 🐴

Hippotherapy is the practice of manipulating equine movement to engage sensory, neuro motor and cognitive systems to promote functional outcomes in the fields of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy or Speech Pathology. It is evidence-based practice sitting alongside and within a comprehensive treatment plan.

I’m absolutely thrilled to be attending this course and looking forward to being able to include Hippotherapy as a tool in my Occupational Therapy intervention programs.

A huge thank you to RDA Carine in WA for hosting this professional development course.

12/11/2022

Riding for the Disabled Tall Timbers at Gables is a finalist in the 2022 Australian Disability Service Conference & Awards (ADSCA) and is one of only three finalists across Australia in the Most Outstanding Allied Health category.

Find out more: https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/rda-riding-high/
RDA NSW Tall Timbers Centre

07/07/2022

Fine motor fun!

Working on a longer term project to address our fine motor skills with a nice take home keepsake and lots of learning and skill practice without realising!

First, we had to prepare the wool by cutting it from the balls of wool.

Then, we had to paint our lizard cut out and plan our design.

We had to tie the wool onto the lizard, tie the next colour to the previous, wrap it around the cut out and tie it off at the end. What a whole lot of bilateral coordination and fine motor skill! 🎉

Thanks CleverPatch for this awesome project. The kiddies loved it and it was learning rich!

11/03/2022

Saturday morning CPD

So important to keep on top of evidence based programs to support my little people and know how to implement these programs correctly. Excited to start using Zones with confidence in sessions!

Thanks to Elizabeth for presenting this training from the US at a time that works for us here in Australia!!

26/01/2022

🌟 Congratulations Dylan - a very deserving recipient and an amazing advocate for so many. Looking forward to seeing what more you can achieve this year. 🌟

24/12/2021

29/10/2021