Stacey's - Independent Learning

24/08/2026

Could your kindergarten or early learning service benefit from an evidence-based social skills program delivered onsite? 🐘

Get in touch withStacey's - Independent Learning explore how PALS – Playing and Learning to Socialise – can support the children and educators in your service.

PALS provides young children with structured opportunities to learn, practise and strengthen the social and emotional skills they need for everyday participation, including:

* Turn-taking and sharing
* Listening and communicating
* Recognising and talking about feelings
* Joining in and participating with peers
* Cooperation and friendship skills
* Problem-solving in social situations
* Building confidence for kindergarten and school

At Stacey’s Independent Learning (S.I.L.), we don’t simply tell children to “make good choices”.

We teach, model and practise the skills that help children understand what those choices can look like.

Delivered by an experienced Early Childhood Educator, Allied Health Assistant and Occupational Therapist, with a focus on practical skills that can transfer into the child’s everyday kindergarten, home and community environments.

Ready to explore whether PALS is the right fit for your service?

Contact Staceys lndependent Learning today to arrange a conversation about bringing PALS to your kindergarten or early learning community.

Stacey’s Independent Learning
INSPIRE • ENGAGE • EXPLORE

23/08/2026

SMALL HABITS. REAL-LIFE SKILLS. GREATER INDEPENDENCE.

For more than 12 years, Stacey's - Independent Learning (S.I.L.) has supported children, young people and adults throughout the Logan community to build practical skills for everyday life.

Our Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) sometimes known as Habit Coaches work under the delegation and supervision of an allied health professional.

They help participants practise agreed therapy strategies between clinical appointments and within the environments where those skills are genuinely needed.

This may include:

• Personal care and healthy daily routines
• Dressing, grooming and meal preparation
• Communication and emotional regulation
• Planning, organisation and time management
• School, employment and community participation
• Learning to use public transport safely
• Building confidence with everyday responsibilities

At S.I.L., support is guided by the participant’s goals, preferences, strengths and right to choice and control.

The participant is actively involved in deciding:

✓ What skills are meaningful to them
✓ Where and how practice takes place
✓ Who is involved in their support
✓ The pace at which new skills are introduced
✓ When strategies need to be reviewed or changed

Our AHAs do not replace an occupational therapist or other treating clinician. Their role is to provide consistent, functional practice so that therapeutic strategies can become useful, sustainable everyday routines.

The goal is never to simply complete a task for someone. It is to work alongside them—building skills, confidence and independence while respecting their voice, dignity and individual choices.

S.I.L. proudly supports self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants, as well as private families.

📍 Supporting Logan and surrounding communities for 12+ years
📧 [email protected]
📞 0402 302 036

INSPIRE • ENGAGE • EXPLORE

22/08/2026

💙 YOU DON’T HAVE TO WALK INTO STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ALONE 💙

Every child and all young people deserve more than simply being present.

They deserve to be understood, included and supported to work towards meaningful goals that reflect their individual strengths, needs and circumstances.

In Australia, the Disability Standards for Education support the right of children and students with disability to access and participate in education on the same basis as their peers. This includes consultation with the child or student and their family, and consideration of reasonable adjustments.

At Stacey's - Independent Learning we believe support should be:

🐘 Individualised—not based on assumptions
🐘 Evidence-informed and connected to functional needs
🐘 Meaningful, measurable and appropriately ambitious
🐘 Developed collaboratively with families and key stakeholders
🐘 Centred on the voice, wellbeing and potential of the child or young person

With your consent and where appropriate, S.I.L. is happy to attend and support you in stakeholder meetings involving schools, early learning services, therapists, support coordinators and other members of your allied health and support team.

We can help you:

• prepare for the meeting and identify your priorities
• communicate your child’s strengths, needs and functional challenges
• explain relevant observations and evidence-based recommendations
• ask respectful but important questions
• advocate for reasonable adjustments and meaningful participation
• keep the conversation focused on practical goals and agreed actions
• work collaboratively with everyone around the table

Advocacy does not have to be confrontational. It can be calm, respectful, informed and strong.

Our role is not to speak over families or promise a particular outcome. Our role is to stand beside you, help your voice be heard and support the team to remain focused on what will help your child or young person participate, develop and be their best version of themselves.

You know your child.
The allied health team brings professional knowledge.
Educators understand the learning environment.

When we listen to one another and work together, we can build stronger and more meaningful support.

You have a voice—and S.I.L. is happy to stand beside you. 💙🐘

📞 0402 302 036
📧 [email protected]
NDIS self-managed and plan-managed participants, and private families.

INSPIRE • ENGAGE • EXPLORE

22/08/2026

We’re all set up and so excited to be joining Grand Kids Early Learning Yarrabilba for their amazing 5th birthday celebrations!

There is so much fun for families to enjoy, including Mix Mix Food Truck, Urban Equity Group, adorable farm animals, and plenty of wonderful community activities. 🐐🐑🐓

Come and visit Stacey’s Independent Learning, meet our Aussie animal friends and join in the fun! 💜🐘

Happy 5th birthday, Grand Kids! We’re thrilled to celebrate this special milestone with you and the Yarrabilba community. 🎈

INSPIRE • ENGAGE • EXPLORE

21/08/2026

21/08/2026

WHY DO SO MANY OF US STRUGGLE WITH MORE THAN ONE INSTRUCTION AT A TIME?

“Put your bag away, place your drink bottle on the table, wash your hands, and then sit on the carpet.”

That may sound simple but for a young person experiencing working-memory or language-processing difficulties, it can feel overwhelming.

Working memory allows us to hold information in our minds while completing a task. When too many instructions are given at once, a young person may:

• complete only the first or last step
• forget what comes next
• watch and copy their peers
• become distracted, frustrated or anxious
• appear not to be listening—even though they are genuinely trying

At Stacey's - Independent Learning, we recognise that behaviour is communication. We look beyond what is happening and consider why it may be happening.

Using evidence-informed strategies, our team can help your young children and young adults by:

• breaking instructions into smaller, achievable steps
• using clear “when–then” language
• teaching concepts such as first, next, before, after, in, on and under
• supporting instructions with pictures, demonstrations, gestures and written prompts
• practising everyday routines within real environments
• allowing additional processing time
• building confidence, independence and self-advocacy

We work collaboratively with families, educators, schools, workplaces, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and other key stakeholders. This helps us create consistent strategies across home, education, work and the community.

Our goal is not simply to help someone “follow instructions.” It is to understand their individual strengths, reduce unnecessary overwhelm and give them the practical tools they need to become the best version of themselves.

INSPIRE • ENGAGE • EXPLORE

Could working-memory or language-processing difficulties be affecting someone you support?

Ask us how Stacey’s Independent Learning can help—and call or message us today.

Phone 0402302036

18/08/2026

With Grand Kids Early Learning Yarrabilba – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉
and we’re looking forward to the celebrations on Saturday

17/08/2026

Building social awareness, one goal at a time. 💜

At Stacey’s Independent Learning, we create engaging opportunities for children and young people to:

✨ Identify and communicate their emotions
✨ Recognise their strengths and challenges
✨ Understand how others may think and feel
✨ Develop self-regulation and problem-solving skills
✨ Work towards meaningful social-awareness goals

Every session is personalised to support confidence, independence, emotional wellbeing and positive relationships.

Individual and small-group support is available. Self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants and private clients are welcome.

🌱 INSPIRE • ENGAGE • EXPLORE

10/08/2026

Such a heart felt story

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09/08/2026

👯‍♀️ **Celebrating the Special Bond of Twins** 👯‍♂️ Twins Research Australia / Twins week first week in AUGUSt

Some people come into this world with a built-in best friend, partner in crime, occasional rival and lifelong connection. 💕

Today I'm celebrating all the wonderful twins in my life — my twin and l, (sharon and stacey) my beautiful friend Julie and her sister, and two of the amazing young people I have the privilege of supporting, Chloe and Elijah.

Different ages, different personalities and completely different journeys — but all sharing that unique connection that comes with being a twin.

✨ “Twice the personalities, twice the stories, twice the adventures — and a bond that began before you even met the rest of the world.” ✨

Here’s to the twins — young, grown-up and everything in between! 👯‍♀️👯‍♂️

**Happy National Twins Day!** 💕