Christies Beach
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Early Start Australia Christies Beach
At Early Start Australia Christies Beach, we provide supportive, family-centred therapy services that help children, adolescents, parents, carers, and families thrive.
Our Christies Beach clinic offers expert speech therapy, occupational therapy, psychology, and physiotherapy, tailored to each person’s needs.
Whether you’re seeking early intervention, developmental support, or specialised care, our team is here to help.
We can provide your child with support for neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism, ADHD, learning difficulties, global developmental delay, and speech and language delays.
For more information or to book an appointment contact us on 1300 372 439 or make an enquiry today.
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Clinic contact details
75 Beach Road
Christies Beach SA 5165
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Therapy services to help you thrive
Early Start Australia Christies Beach has a long history of supporting children and families in Adelaide’s southern suburbs since 2007.
We offer a range of therapy and assessment services tailored to support children, adolescents, parents, carers, and families.
We take an evidence-informed approach to ensure your family’s unique needs are met with care and expertise.
Our services include:
- Psychological assessments and tailored therapy
- Support for learning and development
- Help with managing behaviours, emotions, and thoughts
- Strategies for improving and maintaining mental health
Easy to find
Our clinic in Christies Beach is easily accessible with convenient public transport options and plenty of onsite and street parking.
We are close to local supermarkets and support agencies, as well as beautiful parks and cafes.
Get directionsSupport from 0 to 17 years, for all needs and abilities
Our multidisciplinary team of occupational therapists, speech pathologists and physiotherapists support children, adolescents, and families with a range of conditions.
We also have psychology and social work support from our surrounding clinics in Westbourne Park and Hindmarsh.
Our team work with your child and your family to find the best way forward together, with therapy plans designed for your unique needs.
We support children and families with complex neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism, ADHD, learning difficulties and disorders, global developmental delay, speech and language delays and more.
Our team is experienced in strategies to support fine and gross motor skill development, handwriting, social skill development, emotional regulation, and sensory processing profiles.
And we offer a range of screeners and assessments, including for autism, to help understand your child’s strengths and areas for development.
We also offer physiotherapy and hydrotherapy to address the different needs of children and adolescents as they develop their movement skills.
Successful movement is important to cognitive and physical development, and can help with learning and growing.
We can support your child in developing their independence and daily life skills to help them participate in their community.
We are a family-centred and neurodiversity affirming practice and are passionate about empowering families to recognise their strengths and support them to solve challenges that may arise.
How we can help your child
From early intervention support to therapy services, we offer tailored plans that support your child’s development.
What you can expect at Early Start Australia Christies Beach
- Early intervention: We offer a strong early intervention program for children up to nine years old.
- Strength-based approach: We take a strength-based approach to foster independence and resilience in school-aged children.
- Flexible service delivery: Our services can be delivered in our clinic at Christies Beach, or via telehealth if that suits you better. We also offer mobile services around the southern suburbs of Adelaide in the home, at early learning centres, schools, and in community settings based on your personalised therapy plan.
- Allied health assistants: AHA therapy programs offer a valuable opportunity to access support, either as a standalone service or as a complement to the therapy your child is already receiving through Early Start Australia.
- Supporting early learning: We can support early learning centres and schools to best support their students.
- Multidisciplinary team: Get the support you need in one location with our team of occupational therapists, speech pathologists and physiotherapists who work together to help your child reach their goals. We offer psychology and social work in collaboration with our Westbourne Park and Hindmarsh clinics.
- Funding models: We work with some funding/rebate models. As a NDIS registered provider, we work with agency-managed, self-managed, and plan-managed participants. Private Health Insurance policyholders may be eligible for a rebate depending on the policy. We also work with Enhanced Primary Care plans for occupational therapy and speech pathology.
Programs
Your therapist may recommend specific therapy programs or groups as part of your therapy journey.
All programs are facilitated by occupational therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists, therapy assistants, or a combination.
In some cases, NDIS funding can be used to fund group program participation, you can discuss this option when making a booking.
- Augmented and Alternative Communication
- Hanen programs
- Parent coaching
- Handwriting therapy
- Toilet training
Serving families across Adelaide’s southern suburbs
Our clinic attracts clients from a wide range of locations, including:
- Aberfoyle Park
- Aldinga
- Blewitt Springs
- Christie Downs
- Christies Beach
- Hackham
- Hallett Cove
- Happy Valley
- Huntfield Heights
- Marion
- Maslin Beach
- McLaren Vale
- Moana
- Morphett Vale
- Noarlunga Downs
- O’Halloran Hill
- O’Sullivan Beach
- Onkaparinga Hills
- Port Noarlunga
- Renella
- Lonsdale
- Seaford
- Seaford Meadows
- Tatachilla
- Willunga
Frequently asked questions
Here are some frequently asked questions about therapy services at Early Start Australia Christies Beach.
Meet our principal at Christies Beach
Temika Harvey
Practice Principal
Temika graduated from The University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy with First Degree Honours). Temika’s holds her clinical experience within the areas of disability and paediatrics.
Temika is passionate about using coaching techniques within her practice, empowering families to recognise their strengths and support them to problem solve challenges which arise.
Where possible, Temika likes to use resources naturally found in a child’s environment to promote ongoing practice of skills outside of their therapy sessions.
Temika’s motivation, enthusiasm and innovation drives her to be continually challenging the status quo and explore the possibilities which exist for all of us.
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Early Start Australia is part of the APM Group, a global human services provider now enabling better lives for more than 1 million people each year. To view all current opportunities to join our team visit the APM Careers website by clicking the button below.
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75 Beach Road
Christies Beach SA 5165
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Opening hours
Monday : 9am - 5pm
Tuesday : 9am - 5pm
Wednesday : 9am - 5pm
Thursday : 9am - 5pm
Friday : 9am - 5pm
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