EduCare Specialist Services

EduCare Specialist Services A multidisciplinary alliedโ€‘health service supporting kids, teens & adults with developmental, behavioural & communication needs.

We provide diagnostic assessments & therapy across psychology, speech pathology, OT, behaviour support and psychiatry.

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ! ๐ŸŽ‰As we reach the end of Speech Pathology Week, we want to recognise our amazing Speech Path...
28/08/2026

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ! ๐ŸŽ‰

As we reach the end of Speech Pathology Week, we want to recognise our amazing Speech Pathologists at EduCare.

They support children and teens with speech and language delays, literacy and learning, social communication, early language development and confidence in everyday communication.

Weโ€™re grateful for the work they do every day to help young people communicate, connect and thrive.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚, ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€! ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธโœจ

๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜† - ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ! ๐ŸŽ‰This year's theme ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป - ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ - ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† highlights how communication b...
27/08/2026

๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜† - ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ! ๐ŸŽ‰

This year's theme ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป - ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ - ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† highlights how communication begins in tiny, everyday moments. One of the earliest tools children use is ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†, pronounced /heษช/.

Hey gets attention, opens an interaction, softens a request, shows hesitation, marks friendliness, or helps repair misunderstandings. Itโ€™s a ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น used constantly across home, school and community life.

Other languages have their own versions: ๐—ผ๐—ถ, ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ฒฬ, ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ, ๅ–‚, ใญใ‡, ์•ผ. Auslan uses visual attentionโ€‘getters like a wave, hand raise, or light tap.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ! ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰

20/08/2026

๐Ÿ”Ž ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป??? ๐Ÿ‘€

Our managing director, Bruce, kindly treated the EduCare, Mindโ€‘Care Psychology, Psychiatry & Neurology and Thrive Feeding Clinic teams to a game and lunch at Strike Bowling Bar Charlestown today ๐ŸŽณ

Lots of laughs, lots of โ€œI promise Iโ€™m usually better than this,โ€ and quite a few surprises...

Follow along for the full post (including the all-exciting score sheets!) drop tomorrow.

Itโ€™s ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐ŸคฑFeeding is a huge part of early development. Breastfeeding, bottle feeding, mixed feeding...
01/08/2026

Itโ€™s ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐Ÿคฑ

Feeding is a huge part of early development. Breastfeeding, bottle feeding, mixed feeding and sensory feeding all shape how babies learn to feed safely.

And if you didnโ€™t know, we also run ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, our specialised feeding & swallowing clinic ๐Ÿงก

Thrive will be sharing ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ + ๐—บ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ all week โ€” evidenceโ€‘based, practical, and genuinely helpful.

If you want clear, noโ€‘guilt breastfeeding info throughout World Breastfeeding Week, follow Thrive Feeding Clinic for the full series.

๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ โœจEduCare is proud to announce our new ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ, Thrive Feeding Clinic โ€” supporting...
01/08/2026

๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ โœจ

EduCare is proud to announce our new ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ, Thrive Feeding Clinic โ€” supporting babies, children and families with feeding skills, swallowing safety and mealtime development.

From ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ and ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—นโ€‘๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ โ€” Thrive provides clear, practical support when feeding becomes stressful or uncertain.

If your child needs help with feeding or swallowing, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ is here. ๐Ÿ’›

Today is ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†, a reminder that children need safety, connection, and compassion โ€” not press...
02/06/2026

Today is ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†, a reminder that children need safety, connection, and compassion โ€” not pressure.

Supportive conversations and calm environments help young people feel understood as they navigate body image, stress, and identity.

Our team provides developmentally informed support for families.

๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€. Predictability = safety for kids.
01/06/2026

๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€. Predictability = safety for kids.

Yesterday we marked ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, honouring the steady, unseen work parents do every day.Children thrive when t...
01/06/2026

Yesterday we marked ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, honouring the steady, unseen work parents do every day.

Children thrive when the adults around them feel supported, informed, and connected.

If youโ€™re seeking guidance for your childโ€™s learning, communication, or development, our team is here.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.Children learn and grow best when they feel safe, understood and close to you.
31/05/2026

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Children learn and grow best when they feel safe, understood and close to you.

Today is World MS Day, recognising people living with ๐— ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ and the families who walk alongside them.At Edu...
30/05/2026

Today is World MS Day, recognising people living with ๐— ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ and the families who walk alongside them.

At EduCare, we support childrenโ€™s ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ and ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, including when a parent or caregiver is living with MS.

If your family is navigating MS and youโ€™d like support for your child, our team is here when you need us.

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