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The Lizard Centre provides a range of services for the treatment of children with developmental delays using Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).
Lizard's Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) Clinic is recognised as one of Australia's leading providers of effective evidenced based intervention for young children with autism and related disorders.
ABA is a scientifically validated method which has been used for over 40 years to establish lasting improvements in all areas of a child's development, including communication, cognition, social interaction, play, motor skills and independent living skills.
For more information about our programs, contact us for an Information Package.
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The Speech Pathology Clinic at Lizard is a paediatric clinic providing services to children up to 18 years of age. The clinic is currently staffed by Speech Pathologists Elizabeth Watson, Tiffany Erler and Lucy Cummins.
Our Speech Pathologists diagnose and treat children with a variety of problems, including:-
- Delayed or disordered development of language.
- Phonological and articulation disorders
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech (Dyspraxia)
- Listening and attention disorders
- Communication disorders secondary to a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Social skills problems
- Eating & oral motor problems
- Alternative communication - PECS
The length of the child's session and the intensity of sessions will be determined based upon the needs of the child and in consultation with parents.
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Lizard Children’s Centre offers specialist diagnostic and psychometric assessment services. These services may be accessed by families for a range of purposes including:
1. Full and comprehensive assessment by a psychologist for the purpose of obtaining definitive diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders using the ADOS and the ADI-R
2. Psychometric Assessment of intellect and academic skills. A report can be written for parents and/or school. Where appropriate an academic remedial program can be developed (Educational Solutions).
3. Consultation and assessment for the purpose of developing an Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) program
4. Speech and Language assessments
Psychological services are available to families requiring the following:
- Assessment for the purpose of obtaining a definitive diagnosis
- Assessment to provide an updated diagnosis for school placement
- Assessment to provide a report for funding applications or applications to access other services.
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Educational Solutions provides remediation for children who are experiencing difficulties with any key learning group areas of the NSW K – 6 curriculum. Children attend the Centre at least twice a week for instruction in reading, (comprehension and/or decoding), spelling, mathematics, writing or handwriting.
Lizard uses the effective research based techniques of Precision Teaching (PT) first formulated in the 1960s by Ogden Lindsley at Harvard".
- Precision Teaching is characterised by a philosophy in which the teacher takes responsibility for finding a way for the child to learn rather than blaming the child.
- The measurement system allows the teacher to carefully monitor a child's progress through the sequenced curriculum. Prior to proceeding to the next level, a child is required to demonstrate mastery of their current skill level rather than just being moved forward with the rest of the class as frequently happens in school.
- One of the key features of Precision Teaching is the concept that a student has not mastered a skill until it is performed at a near automatic level. This means it is well enough developed to support the next set of skills to be taught. We measure both accuracy and speed, rather than the usual method of relying on accuracy alone. This method known as Behavioural Fluency is recognised as a superior measure of skill mastery as long term retention of accomplished skills is much greater, and the child is more able to cope with distractions.
- Research shows best results occur when 70% of learning time is spent in practice – one of the deficiencies of today's classroom is the lack of opportunity for practice. Educational Solutions addresses this deficiency.
The Educational Solutions program is designed to assist children to develop their foundation academic skills. Sometimes, working at the level of the classroom may not be as effective or beneficial to the child's learning, as remediating the child's core problems. It is essential for any student that these basic skills underpinning any learning area are thoroughly and comprehensively mastered for new learning to take place. Working at the level of the classroom is coaching rather than remediation.
Prior to commencing tuition, performance in areas of concern will be assessed. These findings will form the basis for designing an individualised program around your child's strengths and needs. Progress is monitored continuously within each session allowing the program to be modified as soon as the child stops progressing at the expected rate. Our program is designed to be delivered intensively (a minimum of two sessions per week) to enable children to make significant gains.
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The Lizard Behaviour Clinic provides training to parents and professionals in the management of difficult or challenging behaviour. Each program is designed and managed by a Behaviour Analyst and may include:
- parental consultations
- pre-school / school observations
- intensive in-home intervention
- behavioural coaching
- staff training
The Behaviour Clinic specialises in a wide range of behavioural difficulties from everyday issues such as sleeping, eating and toileting to severely challenging conduct disorders.
Our programs are based on ‘Positive Parenting’ techniques which research show to be the most effective way to establish appropriate behaviours which lead to happier children, happier families and provide a sound basis for a child’s ongoing development.
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The Lizard centre provides a diverse range of services for children, families and organisations including our positive parenting program, designed to assist parents to manage difficult or challenging behaviours in their children so that family life becomes enriched and enjoyable.
Based on the principles of positive parenting, the program provides parents with practical strategies and training to manage problem behaviours effectively now and in the future. The program covers areas such as:
- Sleeping
- Eating
- Tantrums
- Toilet Training
- Outings
There are many pressures on parents which can lead to feelings of inadequacy, exhaustion and isolation. Parents may feel overwhelmed by the demands placed upon them from all facets of their lives or defeated by the difficult behaviours of their children.
The Lizard Centre aims to enable parents to take back control in an effective way that assist the building of positive family relationships, self-esteem and makes day to day family life more enjoyable.
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The Lizard Training Centre provides training courses for ABA therapists, school and preschool teachers, health, allied health and educational professionals - in short any individual working with children experiencing difficulties. Lizard also runs training workshops for families who have a child with special needs. Courses include behaviour management, shadowing children in educational settings as well as our ABA Therapist training workshops .
The Training Centre designs workshops to meet the needs of any group needing to develop expertise in the field of autism treatment and management.
An Introduction to Autism
ABA Introduction Training - Level 1
Lizard New Family Workshop
Lizard Workshops
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