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Healthy Kids @ Practical Parenting

Leonardo Rocker — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:37:45 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien, our principal child psychologist, discussed the ‘Golden rules for healthy kids – with reporter Fran Molloy from Practical Parenting Magazine . Other very useful recommendations where presented by doctors ad health experts. You can find useful, practical and informative advice about parenting by visiting our resources page, – or discussing it on our forum.

According to Kimberley, parents should:

Try to make sure that ‘free time’ is family time, not screen time. Figure out some activities the whole family can do, such as cooking together, playing board games or backyard cricket

A regular family meal at a table, with no TV and everyone talking together is also really important. This can be breakfast if you have a baby or infant.

Help your child express her feelings. When she has a tantrum or gets really emotional, talk her through the event and untangle all the feelings she had and why she might have felt that way.

Help to reduce your child’s anxiety about an event by explaining what is going to happen beforehand.

Read the story at PP website.

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Sex Education @ Today Show

Leonardo Rocker — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:05:01 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien, our principal child psychologist, discussed the sex education with Today Show presenters on Channel 9 . You can find useful, practical and informative advice about parenting by visiting our resources page, – or discussing it on our forum.

Watch the segment below or visit Channel 9 website as well as Mother and Baby website

Tween role models @ Channel 10

Leonardo Rocker — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:16:12 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien, our principal child psychologist, discussed the influence of role models on tween girls with Channel 10 Presenter Angela Bishop. You can find useful, practical and informative advice about parenting by visiting our resources page, including a factsheet on Tweens – or discussing it on our forum.

Watch the segment below or visit Channel 10 website:

Children and Fame @ SMH

Leonardo Rocker — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:56:29 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien, our principal child psychologist, discussed Children and Fame’ with the SMH reporter, Tim Elliot, this Saturday . You can find more information on Media, Raising Health and Happy children by visiting our resources page or discussing it on our forum.

If you have a story and would like to discuss it with us, please contact us to schedule a time. Kimberley O’Brien enjoys sharing the best of her therapeutic moments with the media. View our media appearances to-date.

Politically Incorrect Parenting @ News.com.au

Leonardo Rocker — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:49:28 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien, our principal child psychologist, discussed the new Channel 9 Tv show, ‘The Politically Incorrect Parenting ’ with the News.com.au reporter , Robert Burton-Bradley . You can find useful, practical and informative advice about parenting by visiting our resources page or discussing it on our forum.

Healthy Kids @ Practical Parenting

Leonardo Rocker — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:43:20 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien, our principal child psychologist, discussed the ‘Golden rules of healthy kids’ with the Practical Parenting Magazine reporter, Fran Molloy, for the June edition of the magazine . You can find more information on how creating health children child by visiting our resources page or discussing it on our forum.

A Doctor, a Heath & Fitness expert, a dentist, Sleep Expert and Kimberley all contributed to the article.

Growing Up Too Fast @ The Morning Show

Leonardo Rocker — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:05:09 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien, our principal child psychologist, discussed the dangers of letting children grow up too fast with the presenters of The Morning Show on Channel 7. You can find more information on the “Suri Cruise Effect”, and the consequences of letting your children dress older than they are, by visiting our resources page or discussing it on our forum.

The Just Like When Cards

Leonardo Rocker — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:54:38 +0000

We are proud to announce the publication of our first therapeutic resource: The Just Like When cards.This is a limited first edition featuring 18 illustrations on tactile cards with a “Make Your Own” JLW card kit and instruction manual for parents, teachers and therapists. Resources are available now from our online shop!

See some examples below:

The Just Like When Cards (JLW) are one our favourite innovations. Developed over 15 years and based on countless experiences as told to us by our young clients, the JLW Cards depict personal and sensitive topics which have been designed to help young people explore their own experiences and emotions.

We love therapeutic resources and go to great lengths to personally develop and produce our hand-packed kits. We are committed to providing parents and professionals around the world with creative and effective therapeutic tools that are tried, tested and loved in classrooms, clinics and lounge rooms around the globe.

We are constantly inspired by the young clients who visit us at Quirky Kid HQ and draw on their influences when developing our products. Similarly, we would love to hear about your experiences with our materials.

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Infant Assessment @ Westmead Children’s Hospital

Leonardo Rocker — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:51 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien and Jacqui Olsson attended a training workshop on the assessment of infant and toddler development using the Bayley Scales on Monday, 8th March at Westmead Children’s Hospital.

The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) are recognised as one of the most comprehensive tools to assess children as young as one month old, to approximately three and a half years old. The assessment covers five key areas of cognition, language, social-emotional functioning, motor and adaptive behaviour.

The workshop was facilitated by Betty Hutchon, one of the world’s leading occupational therapists. She has been the national trainer for the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II since 1994 and has provided training, advice and consultation to many research and clinical groups.

If you believe your infant or toddler may require a developmental assessment, please contact us to arrange an appointment.

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Bullying @ Channel 10

Leonardo Rocker — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:11:49 +0000

Kimberley O’Brien, our principal child psychologist, discussed bullying with the presenters of the ‘7 pm project’ on Channel 10. You can find more information on bullying including practical strategies for parents by visiting our resources page or discussing it on our forum.

You can watch the segment below. Please wait until the end of the segment. The video contains advertising and some strong images.

The Quirky Kid clinic runs a great program called ‘The Best of Friends’™ that playfully address social issues within the school setting