Sandringham

Early Start Australia | Vic | Sandringham (formerly Best Start Clinic) has been leading the way for paediatric allied health and for young children with Autism in Melbourne since 2009. We were the first to bring the ground-breaking Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) program to Australian families and proudly offer the rigorous ESDM training that is required for professionals.

We provide Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Pathology services to children (0-five years) in the Sandringham area and believe in the enormous potential that lies within every child and young person.

The Sandringham Therapy Centre is passionate about providing interventions and supports and is the home of the unique Little Oaks program.

Little Oaks is for children under five years of age, particularly toddlers, with known developmental delays, Autism or disabilities. The Little Oaks program not only supports children; it supports parents and caregivers as well, and is the perfect environment to prepare children for kindergarten.

Little Oaks provides a developmental model that is:

• child-led
• naturalistic
• relationship-focussed

Little Oaks integrates the practices of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and is delivered by highly trained professionals including Psychologists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Teachers, Early Childhood Educators and Behaviour Analysts. The most important component is that ESDM works in strong partnership with the family.

COVID-19 has created opportunities for us to deliver our program via Telehealth which means we can help even more families, no matter where you are located.

Assessments
Early Start Denver Model
Occupational Therapy
Psychology
Speech and Language Pathology
Telehealth 

Applied Behavious Analysis
Alternative Augmentative Communication
Caregiver Training for Young Children with Austism
Lidcombe Program (for Stuttering)
PROMPT
Working with Schools