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Light Bulb Therapy

Mobile Therapy Service for the Waikato, New Zealand

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Funding options

Enabling Good Lives – Waikato Demonstration extended until June 2019

Work And Income NZ (WINZ) – Disability Allowance or Special Needs Grant

Certain NZ private health insurances

Testimonials

Made a huge difference

I really enjoyed working with Maria and so did C, Maria has made a huge difference in my son’s behaviour.

Mother of 10 year old with Autism and ADHD

Wonderful help to us

Maria has been a wonderful help to us, she is patient and listen very well to our concerns, very thorough also! Thank you for all the wonderful ideas and support you have offered.

Family of 10 year old with Autism and Intellectual Disability

Great understanding

Thank you so much for all the help and ideas you have given me with O. I feel I have a better understanding of him and some tips you have given me have worked really well. Maria has a great understanding of the difficulties we have with O. She explained them well.

Mother of 9 year old with high functioning Autism

Awesome learning experience

I found this service to be helpful for us as a whanau, helped me to understand new approaches in regards to his diet. Helped us to overcome what we thought to be a strict food diet which now is eating a lot more varieties of foods. Thanks to all the different approaches of new foods, gave us a range of ideas of how to introduce these new food groups into his diet. Am very happy with the overall service that Maria has given. I know we have a long way to go yet, but we have had an awesome learning experience overall and will continue to set goals so we can overcome R’s strict diet.

Mother of 5 year old with Autism

Warm and inviting

What a beautiful personality. So warm and inviting – answered questions with sensitivity and informative.

Really enjoyed the presenter’s manner and humour

Support workers who attended a social stories workshop presented by Maria

Thank you!

Thank you so Maria they [L’s PODD book] look great I really appreciate you making them for us I know how busy you are. Your dedication to us never goes unnoticed. So a BIG thank you… L loves her PODD book and it’s because of your hard work to get this book up and running we have had so much success. You’re a superstar.

Foster Mum of 5 year old with Autism and Epilepsy

A special light

Thank you very much for your intuitive and creative insight into building the backbone of S’s communication tools. This will positively impact on all aspects of her and our futures. We appreciate so much all of your hard work and dedication to help S and our family. You’re a very special light in S’s life and she has enjoyed every session with you.’

Family of 6 year old with Retts Syndrome

Excellent job

We have really benefited from our time with Maria and enjoyed her time with the family. She has done an excellent job in helping our son and the rest of the family interact in a positive way.

Mother of 14 year old with high functioning Autism

Fully recommend Maria’s services

We have had a great time working with Maria, M has benefited so much from the information Maria has provided and our family has come out of this experience with such a positive outlook and attitude and we feel really prepared for the future. We full recommend Maria’s services.

Mother of 8 year old with High Functioning Autism

Noticing a real difference

I just wanted to say that I am noticing a real difference with K on several levels… He is also appearing more confident about the language/literary tasks in general and seems to have better understanding of some of the concepts … Thank you for the work you are doing with K. I believe it is making a difference and thank you for keeping me up to date… I want to thank you once again Maria, for your skills and knowledge. I know I have learnt a lot from what you have done with K and I know it is helping him understand his world slightly more clearly.

Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCO) of a primary school with a 12 year old with high functioning Autism

Practical and helpful

The service is very good with an excellent specialist Ms Maria Man. The service was well planned, organised and focused from the beginning, and gradually achieved the set targets afterwards. The specialist Maria worked with my son and our family very well, and she with her good knowledge has provided professional advice which are often practical, helpful and to the point. We are impressed by Maria Man’s service.

Father of 13 year old with high functioning Autism

Great to see teachers signing to him

Wow so many keen teachers that is wonderful. Thanks so much for taking time out to run a signing workshop just for N at his school!

[After the workshop] N is doing really well and it was great to see the teachers signing to him. I think signing should be taught at all schools as an option to another language.

Mother of 5 year old with Down Syndrome who started attending his local school

Took the journey with us

It was great that Maria was prepared to shelve strategies that didn’t work or apply and move on to looking at alternatives. She took the journey with us to try to resolve our issues rather than having a ‘top-down’ approach. Autism is much more complicated than that and she recognises this.

Mother of 6 year old with Autism and ADHD

Signing workshop feedback from a primary school

Excellent pacing of lesson and getting group involvement. Interesting activities. It was very well presented; clear and practical. Very well paced.
Enjoyed practical exercises and splitting into smaller groups. Very informative. Great fun.
You did a great job! Last session of last day of pupil free days – we were all still engaged (principal)
Great presentation. Good background info. Thank you.
Compact, informative, good basic background. Enjoyable practical session.
Excellent. Kept us interested and very informative. Thank you so much!
Thank you for a very useful PD.

School staff at a 2-hr customised signing workshop

Very helpful

This has been very helpful for both me and my son. The hard part is always trying to put it into practice in the heat/busyness of the moment. Very helpful, easy to remember strategies that we have both been able to grasp and see in the situation.

Mother of 13 year old with high functioning Autism

Amazing support

[The service] has been an amazing support for our family and enable our family to go on and live our best lives.

Family of 5 year old with Autism and Anxiety

Made such a difference

We have appreciated you being there with us all these years. You have made such a difference to A and he wouldn’t be where he is today without your help.

Family of 5 year old with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome

Finally clicked!

Thank you so much for your efforts and supporting us for almost 3 years. All the time and effort you put in… and it’s finally clicked for her [on how to swallow].

Mother of 4 year old with Global Developmental Delay and tube fed since birth

Lots of different options for communicating

B now has lots of different options for communicating his needs and wants – verbalising, key word signing, PODD. His ability to communicate has improved when he is well, but he also has so much more to say, so this goal will be ongoing. He has had significant health challenges over this period. It has been reassuring to have support in identifying the next steps for B in working towards our goals for him. The education regarding strategies and how to implement them has been wonderful. One of our main life goals for B is for him to remain confident and happy and for him to believe he has a lot to contribute – the play based style of therapy does this so well – THANK YOU!

Family of 4 year old with Dravet Syndrome

A customised communication training session for year 1 class

We received the DVD in the mail yesterday. I was watching it and cried. Wow. You did an AMAZING job!! All the teacher aides, the teacher and her support worker had said how fantastic it was and I’m so glad I got to see it. I’ll show my husband tonight. Thank you very very much. S was so chuffed – you can plainly see in the video that she was very excited to have the children know what to do in having a conversation with her. This is perfect and will help everyone going forward. You put in a heap of effort and it turned out perfectly. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

[Phone call a week later from Mum] Kids have changed the way they treat S – much more opening and welcome. ‘Hi S, how you’re going? Would you like me to help you get out of the chair S?’ and waiting for her to respond. It’s been life changing for S. Her life at school wouldn’t be the same as now.

Mother of 6 year old with Retts Syndrome

Approachable, calm & friendly

Love the visuals and how relevant these were to the goals we were working on. Great resource and time spent making these. Maria was very flexible to meet at times that suited and was very approachable, calm and friendly to my son T and others. Thanks for all your help and support.

Mother of 9 year old with high functioning Autism

Thanks for all that you are doing

Thanks for all that you are doing for C. He really seems to appreciate the emotions page of the PODD and it has certainly been a great tool in diverting and redirecting C when he has been at risk of having a frustrating moment!

Mother of 4 year old with VACTERL association

Full of helpful ideas

We have had a great experience with Maria. She was full of helpful ideas and games that have helped not only J but the family too. J has come on such a journey and has come out so much more relaxed and even more of a joy to be around. Thank you for all your help.

Mother of 12 year old with high functioning Autism

Communication

Communication is much more than just being able to speak. It includes being able to understand what others are saying and expressing yourself in a way that makes sense to others… with or without speech.

Mealtimes

Mealtimes can be stressful but even more so when your child is not eating well or enough. Surprisingly, it is possible to make this time a fun learning experience as your child learns how to be a confident and capable eater.

Behaviour

How your child thinks or acts can have a great impact on family, friends and the community. It can also affect how they see themselves. You play a crucial role in helping to shape your child’s behaviour and self esteem.

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