At Youthrive, we are passionate about children’s development and assisting children to reach their full potential. Youthrive provides an integrated therapy service, including psychology, speech pathology and occupational therapy, at four convenient locations across South-East Queensland. Our evidence-based interventions equip kids and young people with the skills they need to thrive. Youthrive offers clinical … Continued
Is my child developing social and communication skills appropriately? Imagine not having the necessary skills to communicate and interact with your friends, family, co-workers, or the cashier at the supermarket. How would it impact on your ability to achieve your daily or weekly tasks? We often underestimate the importance of our social and communication skills, … Continued
Although the magnitude of exams vary from year to year, the pressure of performing well can often cause unwanted stress and anxiety, at any age. What is anxiety? In order for you to provide effective support for your children, it is important that you understand anxiety. Regardless of the source of the anxiety, whether it … Continued
Q-Interactive Now Available Youthrive now offers the latest digital system that makes your child’s assessment process more efficient, flexible and convenient for you and your child. Q-Interactive offers a range of oral language and cognitive assessments for your child, using the efficiency of iPads to analyse and administer scores. For your convenience, this technology is … Continued
It’s only natural that we want to make sure our children arrive safely at school. While it’s never easy saying goodbye to routine school drop-offs, is it time to give your children extra freedom and responsibility and allow them to walk to school? Fostering the development of your child’s independence is important. Unfortunately, we can’t … Continued
Understanding your Child and their Development “When should I approach childhood specialists for help?” If you’ve ever had concerns about your child’s development, you’re not alone! Whether you’re worried about school readiness, behaviour, speech sounds, or another area of development, many parents, at some point, have had concerns about their child’s wellbeing. It is a … Continued
Youthrive has expanded into the Northern Gold Coast with a new clinic opening in Helensvale. This follows the ongoing success of the integrated therapy services model at the Robina and North Lakes clinics. The new clinic will provide much-needed services for families on the Northern Gold Coast. Youthrive is unique in its approach and provides … Continued
Congratulations to Youthrive’s Brisbane clinic which is celebrating their second birthday this month! Youthrive opened its doors in Brisbane at its North Lakes clinic on 16 March 2015, following the ongoing success of its integrated therapy services model combining psychology, speech pathology and occupational therapy within the one clinic on the Gold Coast. This multi-disciplinary approach … Continued
Youthrive is celebrating four years since it launched its unique integrated therapy services clinic on the Gold Coast, which conveniently provides psychology, speech pathology and occupational therapy practitioners in the one location. This multi-disciplinary approach allows therapists to work together to conduct an assessment of key developmental social, emotional, speech, language, problem solving and motor-functioning … Continued
If your child is on the Autism Spectrum, you may have heard the term ‘ABA therapy’ being used. However, there are very limited resources available that actually explain what ABA therapy is, and what its uses are. ABA stands for Applied Behavioural Analysis. It is an evidenced-based, intensive education therapy that is most commonly used … Continued