Early Intervention Childhood Supports
All children, no matter what their abilities, have a greater chance of reaching their cognitive potential via early intervention supports. Let us help you reach yours. We also have specialist services designed for children 0-7 years old.
Occupational Therapist
Occupational therapists are experts in various fields, such as home modifications , rehabilitation, mental health, pain management and mobility. They can assist in identifying goals and passions, managing daily routines at home and in the community, modifying daily chores to make them easier to do and recommending tasks in which participants can effectively engage.
Occupational therapists work with participants of different ages to offer them a variety of care and support like:
- Home modifications
- Personal life planning
- Coordinating respite care
- Orientation and mobility training
- Assistive technology (aids and equipment)
- Vehicle modifications and driving assessments
- Evaluation of personal support needs (personal care)
- Supported employment evaluation and training services
Psychologist
A psychologist gives the support that participants and their families need when dealing with difficulties. They can offer advice and interventions to participants in order to help them deal with hardships better. They won’t dictate how participants should deal with problems, but would provide guidance and assistance to acknowledge, accept, and work through their behaviours or problematic emotions.
A psychologist’s goal is to help their participants make choices in their own lives by teaching them how to minimise or remove behaviours and habits that are unhelpful or detrimental to their well-being.
Speech Pathologist
Speech pathologists are university-trained allied health professionals who assist participants who can’t speak effectively to improve their communication skills. They work with both children and adults. Speech therapists commonly assist with correct voice use, sound production, fluency, talking and language impairments.
While speech therapists help participants with communication, they also increase their receptive and expressive language skills so they can understand other people better. They do this by assisting them in learning how to say what they want in ways others will comprehend more efficiently, as well as having the ability to transfer thoughts into actions effectively without frustration or confusion.
Behaviour Support practitioner
Behaviour support practitioners are highly skilled allied health professionals who support individuals with complex needs across various services.
- Mental health
- Personality disorders
- Developmental conditions
- People with substance use histories
- Intellectual disabilities and cognitive impairments
- Self-harm or risk taking behaviours
- Dual diagnosis: co−occurring mental health and disability
Support Coordination
Three levels of support coordination are available to help you through the process:
Support connection – This support is to build your ability to connect with informal, community and funded supports enabling you to get the most out of your plan and pursue your goals
Support coordination – coordination of supports: This support will assist you to build the skills you need to understand and use your plan. A support coordinator will work with you to ensure a mix of supports are used to increase your capacity to maintain relationships, manage service delivery tasks, live more independently and be included in your community
- Specialist support coordination – This is a higher level of support coordination. It is for people whose situations are more complex and who need specialist support. A specialist Support Coordinator will assist you to manage challenges in your support environment and ensuring consistent delivery of service
Therapeutic Supports
NDIS therapeutic support can be funded in your plan. There are many different services available and each provider must have the appropriate qualifications to deliver that particular service. The goal of the NDIS is to help participants be independent and participate in daily activities. This includes communicating, moving, taking care of yourself, socialising and living in the community.
These are the common therapeutic supports:
- Psychology
- Personal training
- Speech Pathologist
- Exercise physiology
- Behavioural Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
Funding Options
