The Sensibly Speaking Approach
Wholistic Assessment, Planning & Service
Individualised services in everyday environments
Wholistic Assessment, Planning & Service
At Sensibly Speaking it is all about YOU. During the initial assessment and planning phase, I take the time to explore your skills and needs in every activity, routine, relationship, social commitment, educational environment and workplace setting. It is about identifying what you need and which supports to access to be able to partici
At Sensibly Speaking it is all about YOU. During the initial assessment and planning phase, I take the time to explore your skills and needs in every activity, routine, relationship, social commitment, educational environment and workplace setting. It is about identifying what you need and which supports to access to be able to participate as independently as possible in your daily life and personal choices.
Quality of Life Focus
Individualised services in everyday environments
Wholistic Assessment, Planning & Service
At Sensibly Speaking I value each individual as unique. I respect each person's right to choose the life they would like to live. This makes me passionate about building skills, implementing strategies and linking people into appropriate supports and community opportunities that would allow them to live the life they choose.
Individualised services in everyday environments
Individualised services in everyday environments
Individualised services in everyday environments
This means I come to where you are - I provide a mobile service! My focus is always to affect change in natural environments, daily routines and activities. I work alongside my clients and the important people in their lives, to build competence and confidence in every aspect and environment they participate in on a daily basis. I can
This means I come to where you are - I provide a mobile service! My focus is always to affect change in natural environments, daily routines and activities. I work alongside my clients and the important people in their lives, to build competence and confidence in every aspect and environment they participate in on a daily basis. I can work with you at home, at school, at work or in any other setting you would need support in.
Sensibly Speaking Services
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
Positive Behaviour Support services include various services such as initial planning, Functional Behaviour Assessment, PBS plan development, risk assessments and safeguarding planning, implementation of strategies to meet individual needs, training/coaching of all support persons as well as referral to any other services or medical practitioners that might be required.
I aim to develop individual client skills as well as support the development of capable environments that will allow my clients to flourish and grow.
I assess, plan and work within natural environments and aim to include my clients and their significant others in every step along the way.
Contact me today for your initial visit and planning session.
Mealtime Management
Mealtime Management services are all about making mealtimes safe and enjoyable!
I aim to support people of all ages who have complex feeding and mealtime management needs.
This service includes initial assessment, the development of a mealtime management plan (MMP), training/coaching of all support persons as well as referral to any other medical or allied health professionals, when required.
Mealtime management reviews are conducted on a regular basis to ensure close monitoring and safety for my clients.
Contact me today to schedule your initial visit and assessment.
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)
At Sensibly Speaking I am passionate about access to communication. Supporting my clients to express their thoughts and feelings as well as supporting them to understand their environment and the people in it.
Effective communication allows for purposeful engagement, authentic decision-making, planning for the future, making friends and sharing ideas.
I aim to identify each client's communication strengths and needs and to develop a communication system that would support their unique needs and environment.
I adhere to a total communication approach which implements various low-tech (natural gestures, key word sign, picture communication and social stories) and high tech (iPad and communication devices) options.
Contact me today to schedule your initial visit.
Community Training & Groups
At Sensibly Speaking I am passionate about developing not only the skills of the family unit BUT ALSO that of the greater community e.g. schools, medical practices, law enforcement agencies and business owners.
I am a certified SibWorks facilitator. This means that I can provide uniquely structured supports for siblings of people with disabilities ensuring the development of their skills, knowledge and resources for any future changes and challenges.
Supporting the development of skills, knowledge and understanding in the greater community, supports the creation of inclusive environments where people feel capable and confident to engage with people who have diverse and unique needs.
Training workshops are uniquely structured to suit the training environment. Workshops are interactive and engaging to allow for real-life application and reflective thinking.
Contact me today about training options in Positive Behaviour Support, Mealtime Management and Communication (AAC) to suit your specific training needs.
Sensibly Speaking Groups
Social Skills Through Film
SibWorks Peer Support Program
SibWorks Peer Support Program
This groups is structured to use popular films to teach social thinking and social understanding.
Suitable for primary and high school aged children. Offered during school holidays within a group setting at a community location. Groups will be structured based on needs of interested clients. Please contact me for more information.
SibWorks Peer Support Program
SibWorks Peer Support Program
SibWorks Peer Support Program
Being a young sibling of a person with a disability has its own unique set of opportunities and challenges.
SibWorks peer support program aim to create a space for young siblings, aged 8-12years to come share and explore their unique strengths, capabilities and challenges within a supportive environment. Please contact me for more information.
Community Connect Groups
SibWorks Peer Support Program
Community Connect Groups
Community Connect groups aim to bring together carers in the community, whether you are a parent, a support worker, a teacher or family friend, caring for a person with a disability.
These groups will be held once every term and will be facilitated in collaboration with Spectrum Creative Healing - an Integrated Creative Arts Therapy provider. The group will be aimed at exploring the unique challenges of your role as well as share encouragement and informal training to support professional skills and mental health. Please contact me for me information.
About Me
My name is Maryke Hansen. I am a wife to my darling husband and a proud Mum of two teen girls. I am also a woman on the Autism Spectrum which makes me passionate about neurodiverse affirming care and the importance of holding space for people's lived experience.
I am a Speech Therapist/Positive Behaviour Support Specialist by background and have been working in the disability sector for 18years. I have a special interest in Autism (PDA-profile), Mealtime Management and Alternative and Augmentative Communication.
I have experience across all ages and have been working alongside clients and families, in their homes and communities to support positive interaction, quality of life and purposeful engagement in activities of their choosing and interest, for many years.
I am passionate about creating positive environments as well as learning/exploring spaces for children, adults and their support systems, tailored to their unique needs and capabilities. I am also a passionate family capacity builder who believes in empowering parents and other support persons to be coaches/teachers/models in their loved one's natural environments.
I believe that parents are the experts where their children are concerned (even if they don’t feel it every day), but sometimes just need a little support to look at their child’s needs through a different lens to help them thrive and grow.
When I am not at work I enjoy hiking, reading, baking, playing and listening to music and spending time with my family.
I look forward to meeting you!