Lifestart Northern Beaches is holding an information evening for parents whose children are soon to attend primary school.  There will be a panel of parents who have transitioned their children into a variety of school settings, who will give the benefit of their experience in dealing with the challenges they faced. Steve Jones from the Lifestart School Link Program will also talk about the transitional support this program can provide and how parents can apply to receive the service. details of the evening are

Date: Wednesday 27th August - Time: 7:00pm - Venue: Lifestart Northern Beaches, 5 Aquatic Drive, Frenchs Forest

If you would like to attend please RSVP by Wednesday 20th August to Pam Macleod on 9451 9564

Makaton is a new program being piloted at Lifestart Eastwood. The program is designed to provide opportunities for parents, carers and children to learn and use Makaton key word signing in everyday play situations. Parents and carers attend weekly small group sessions and there are also opportunities for these families to attend a Makaton Basic signing workshop and have one-to-one support to use signing in daily activities at home, childcare and pre-school settings. The program is running this term and being taken by Speech Pathologist and Makaton specialist Michelle Hughes supported by Lifestart staff. The Makaton program will also run at other Lifestart centres - contact your local centre for more detail.

Lifestart Eastwood would like to thank Dank’s Trust for their generous financial support in making this program possible.