About us
About our
Developmental Educator
We have Sophie, our Developmental Educator, who strongly believes that everyone has the right to participate fully in society and be equal within society. She believes everyone should have access to equal choices. Sophie strives to provide choices, opportunities and the skills and knowledge to live independently in the community. Sophie has lived experience as a parent of a young man living with autism and does regular professional development to increase her skills and uphold high standards. Sophie holds a Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences with honours in anatomy and physiology from Adelaide University and a Master's of Disability, Policy and Practice from Flinders University to become a Developmental Educator. She is also an Acupuncturist and is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) and a Naturopath and has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare profession. She embodies a multi-disciplinary approach that blends all her expertise together to best aid the client.
Our values
At Empowered Community Choices we have a mission. To nurture the individual's strengths and abilities. To support inclusivity, personal growth and aspirations. We utilise a set of practices to try and adhere to our mission.
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Diversity & Respect
Respecting and valuing the diversity of clients and employees by treating everyone with equality to be neuroaffirming. Respecting a person for being themselves enables them to reach their full potential.
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Empowerment
We assist our clients to overcome their challenges with confidence by supporting their choices, self-determination and autonomy.
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Integrity & Honesty
Upholding integrity in our services and interactions is important to us. Therefore, our interactions are honest and our communications are transparent with all that are involved.
Services
To cater for most people we come to you where you live, work and learn in most suburbs of Adelaide, as this is the most effective way to improve your skills and shift the community's attitude that may be hindering your progress. We also offer Telehealth appointments.
Acupuncture treatments are provided at Torrensville only.
We would like to acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of this land where we live, work, learn and grow.
We wish to acknowledge and show our respect for their Elders, past and present, for their continuing culture
and the contributions they make to the life of our community, both now and in the past.