Tasmania – North West
About Us
Early Start Australia | Tas | North West (formerly MouthWorks Therapy Centre) has been a satellite location providing therapy services for Tasmanians across the North West and regional areas since 2020.
We provide services for all ages for Speech Language Pathology and Occupational Therapy which can be arranged at home or school, or at our satellite locations in Burnie and Devonport.
We can also provide any of our services statewide via telehealth.
Beginning 2021, we can provide all of our services except for Music Therapy for Tasmanians living on King Island.
Our satellite clinics and locally based Allied Health Assistant team help our rural clients to connect with our entire team of health professionals through assisted therapy.
Services we deliver
Our team works together with you, our local therapists and Allied Health Assistants to support you to access all of our services – no matter where they are based across the state. At this centre, the following services are based at this clinic:
- Speech and Language Pathology
- Occupational Therapy
- Dietetics
- Provisional Psychology
- Allied Health Assistance
We can also provide any of our services statewide via telehealth.
Programs we deliver
For children:
- Assistive technology and equipment prescription
- School readiness programs
- LEGO groups
- Messy Play groups
- Early Intervention Assessment and Treatment
- Home exercise programs
- Art therapy groups
- Cooking groups
- Nutrition advice and support
- Weight management support
- Social skills groups for preschool, school aged and adolescents
- School holiday intensive camps
- Early Intervention intensive therapy group programs
- Food therapy for all ages
- Literacy programs
- Early language programs
- Handwriting therapy
- School programs
- Toilet training
- Sensory assessment and regulation therapy
- Stuttering treatment
- Voice therapy
- Oral Myology
For adults:
- Nutrition advice and support
- Practical cooking and nutrition skills groups
- Literacy programs
- Oncology (cancer) support
- Rehabilitation services
- Aged Care assessments
- Chronic Diseases therapy
- Palliative Care services
- Mealtime Management services (swallowing assessment, treatment, and management)
- Seating Clinic
- Music and movement programs
- Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT) for voice difficulties with Parkinsons Disease
- Voice therapy
- Alternative Augmentative Communication
- Assistive Technology Equipment Prescription
- Powered mobility assessment
- Music Therapy for anxiety reduction, self-expression, pain management and mental health
Meet Our Principal
Holly Puckering is a Certified Speech Language Pathologist who has worked across early intervention, school, hospital and community settings with both children and adults for the past 17 years. Holly founded MouthWorks Therapy Centre in 2010 and grew the practice with a large multi-disciplinary team to cover all of Tasmania - both in metropolitan and rural areas spanning from Dover to King Island.
Holly has a passion for providing excellent communication and swallowing therapy for every person, of any age, and has worked extensively with children and adults with swallowing problems or eating difficulties - regardless of their medical condition or diagnosis. With an emphasis on strength in diversity and holistic care, Holly enjoys working with person centred care at the centre of practice and within a network of supportive health professionals around each client.
As such, MouthWorks was well regarded for innovative multi-disciplinary care and incorporates Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Psychology, Counselling and Early Childhood Teaching professionals, supported by a large network of Allied Health Assistants and support staff. MouthWorks joined the Early Start Australia network in 2021 and continues to provide multi-disciplinary rural, regional and metro services for all Tasmanians, from infants and early childhood care through to caring for older persons and for adults living with disability in our community.
Meet Our Team
Please call us on 1300 326 172 if you would like further information.
Tasmania – North West
24 Wiseman Street,
Shorewell Park Burnie Tas 7320
Paranaple Arts Centre,
145 Rooke Street,
Devonport Tas 7310
23 George Street,
Currie King Island Tas 7256
