Jessica Kennedy is a Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist who has worked in a range of settings across Australia and Ireland. She is an award winning Occupational Therapist who has been published on the Huffington Post & The Journal of Occupational Therapy Science. Jess is the creator of My OT & Me, a site dedicated to […]

We currently have two (2) speech and language therapists who work in our Castletroy clinic. We also run an outreach clinic in Newcastle West. We offer a service to children and adults of any age with Down syndrome. Our approach to therapy is linked to the client and family needs.  Fortnightly or monthly therapy sessions […]

Just a brief outline of what LATCH ON is about. Firstly it is an adult literacy course devised in Australia.  It is a Queensland University project and has been running there since 1998. Ireland was the first country outside of Australia to offer the Latch On Programme to adults with Down syndrome. The licence was […]

We know that when a new parent or expectant parent receives a diagnosis of Down Syndrome it can be difficult to take in such unexpected news and if you are like most parents you will have little idea of what Down Syndrome will mean to your child and family. We also understand that the feelings […]