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✨ Introduction Caring for someone you love can be deeply rewarding, but it can also be exhausting. For many parents, life becomes a constant juggle of appointments, routines, and responsibilities, often leaving little time to recharge. This Carers Week, we’re...

Better outcomes happen when we work together At Back to Basics Health Group, we believe therapy works best when it’s a team effort. People’s needs are rarely one-dimensional - they often include physical, communication, behavioural, and emotional factors. That’s why...

What happens in the hours between therapy sessions? That’s where the magic really happens. The small moments at home, the support at school, the encouragement in the community - this is where therapy strategies take root and progress comes to life. At Back to Basics...

For many people, the trickiest part of everyday life isn’t schoolwork, the commute, or the shopping, it’s the social stuff: joining a chat, asking for help, making friends, speaking up in a group, or feeling comfortable saying what you mean. That’s where speech...

For many families, carers, and support workers, the idea of behaviour support can feel a little overwhelming at first. You might picture behaviour being “managed” or “controlled”, but modern behaviour support is very different. Today, we talk...

When you hear the words occupational therapy, what comes to mind? For many people, it’s rehab after an injury or maybe hand therapy. While those are parts of the profession, OT is much broader, and it’s likely more relevant to your everyday life than you realise....

For many families, the word therapy brings to mind a clinic room filled with toys, equipment, or charts. While clinic-based support can be valuable, research and real-life experience increasingly show that therapy is most powerful when it happens in the places where...