Where do we go?
​LAB Learning Clinic offers therapy sessions at one of our offices or at your child's school. Please contact our friendly staff for further information.​

• Newcastle
• Maitland
• ​Online

Office Locations:
- Suite 12/ 10 Bradford Close Kotara ( Inside OTP House)
​- 16/121 Lawes Street East Maitland
​-Suite 2/ 22 John Street Warners Bay

What sessions do we offer?

• MSL / OG One-on One Private sessions. Reading and spelling skills taught through a direct, explicit, multisensory approach with one of our specialist MSL/ OG educators.

   

• Small Group Sessions  MSL / OG Group sessions of ​  2-4 students matched with students of similar ability. 

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• Maths Sessions. Private therapy sessions. Number  skills taught through a direct, explicit, multisensory approach with our specialist MSL/ OG educators.

• Zoom  Online  sessions MSL / OG one-on-one delivered via skype and therefore suitable for distance learners.

Now Available:
Social & Emotional skills development

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What assessments do we offer?
 Assessments completed provide a diagnostic understanding of a students strengths and challenges. 

Assessments include gaining information on phonological awareness, fluency, decoding, comprehension, word recognition and vocabulary. All students are assessed prior to therapy sessions. Parents receive a copy of the results. LAB Learning Clinic does not diagnose Dyslexia or other learning disabilities. Please see your qualified Psychologist for more information.

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​Contact us today for more information

 Services - 
Face-to Face sessions in Hunter Region 
Skype Sessions available throughout Australia.

At LAB Learning Clinic we provide research and evidence based sessions for students struggling with Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Mathematics and functional communication skills. 

Beginning with thorough assessment, our specialist trained professionals tailor programs to specifically meet the individual needs of each student. 

Sessions are available in one- to -one sessions.
Specialising in: 

• Learning difficulties/ disabilities
• Reading and Spelling difficulties
• Comprehension
• Mathematics
• Dyslexia
• Autism, sensory processing, ADHD and other learning difficulties/disabilities
• Functional Communication difficulties

Learn more about our services

What is MSL/ Orton Gillingham

Originally developed by Dr Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham in the 1920's, the Orton- Gillingham approach (OG) remains the most effective therapy for the remediation of language based learning difficulties. Also referred to as Multisensory Structured Language (MSL), OG is heralded as "the gold standard for the treatment and remediation of dyslexia" by the Australian Dyslexia Association.
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Multisensory learning involves visual (seeing), Auditory (hearing) and tactile/kinesthetic (movement) to support learning in dynamic and engaging therapy session.

​Read more about Multisensory learning

Learning Difficulties

Learning difficulties are usually neurological in nature meaning they are caused by parts of the brain functioning differently to other learners. 

Learning difficulties often run in families with other members of the extended family experiencing some form of difficulty as well. However, this is not always the case.

Learning difficulties are:

• not related to low intelligence
•  present in all ethnic, socio-economic and cultural groups
• not related to the amount of effort or support provided to the child

Learning difficulties often coexist (have a co morbidity) with other learning disorders.

Read more about learning difficulties 

Workshops/ Professional Development

At LAB Learning Clinic we specialise in a range of areas for professional learning. Sarah Barnes, one of our Directors has experience and expertise in educational leadership and consultancy. Sarah's strengths lie in the reading process, dyslexia and other  language based difficulties, the development of quality literacy intervention programs, and RTI procedures. 
We encourage you to contact us to discuss your needs and tailor Professional Development to suit your individual  requirements. 

Read more about our workshops and PD

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Social & Emotional skills development

Sessions are designed to help children who may be experiencing difficulties interacting with peers and friends.We aim to help develop their skills and confidence, while having fun and interacting socially.
Goals include:
 Turn taking, inhibition, asking and answering questions, identifying emotions, coping with winning and losing, conversation skills, emotion skills, social problem solving, cooperative play and team works.

Read more about our Social and Emotional Skills programs

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LAB Learning Clinic

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​Natalie:  0421796100

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