PAHS Articles

Is your child coming home from the new school year complaining about how they hate everything about school? Has your little one started school for the first time and is acting out, crying, or throwing fits over going to school? Transitions are tough on the whole...

"I completed my Bachelor of Speech Pathology at the University of Newcastle and then headed straight over to Pearson Allied Health Services to begin my career. I have always enjoyed working with children and consider myself very lucky to be able to improve the lives...

At Pearson Allied Health Services our Behaviour Support Team is a dedicated group of professionals who are passionate about supporting individuals, their families and their service providers to manage challenging behaviours and improve people’s quality of life. One of...

Christmas is always a hectic time of year with lots of gifts to buy, so we thought we would lend a hand. We have scoured the internet and found the best toys to encourage your child to be active and engaged, as well as teach them some important life lessons. Some...

Hello everyone, my name is Arron, and I am in the last semester of a Bachelor of Disability and Developmental Education at Flinders University. This means that I will be a qualified Developmental Educator when I finish. Over my years of study, placement and working as...

For people who are non-verbal or minimally verbal, meaning they are unable to communicate through talking, Augmentative and Alternative Communication or AAC is an option.   What is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)? Augmentative and Alternative...

We are deep in school holidays and there’s one thing parents hate hearing – “I’m BORED!” It seems that no matter how many toys, video games, outside entertainment…some children just seem to revert to the thinking that there is zero exciting activity for them....

We all know that most people don’t like change, but it can be particularly stressful when one of the characteristics of ASD is you don’t handle change at all. So, when a therapist or mentor changes it can be a big deal for everyone. In a busy practice, we often have...

Cooking is a wonderful activity for children for so many reasons! It helps teach them a key life skill, they begin to understand the basics of good nutrition and it also helps learn important physical and mental skills. You can begin cooking with your children from a...

As part of Speech Pathology Week 2019, we held a Children’s Afternoon Tea at our offices. We had about half a dozen children attend, with parents or caregivers, plus a few that sort of came in and out around their appointments. It was a fun event and it was...

Karen Pearson is the passionate and dedicated Director behind the team at Pearson Allied Health Services (PAHS). We thought we would have a little one -on-one time with Karen and give you insight into the woman who started PAHS. We’re sure you will find this little...

Regular Occupational Therapy sessions are vitally important, but you can easily, and inexpensively, magnify the benefit by incorporating easy and fun activities into your family routine, and your children will just think they are ‘playing’. These four OT activities...