Specialist Children’s Supports

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What is Specialist Children’s Supports? 2Support for young children 3Support for school-aged children 4Working with families 4How we can help 5Specialist support 6Contact 8

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What is Specialist

Children’s Supports?

Yooralla’s Specialist Children’s Supports

can help children with disability with

daily tasks

learning skills

moving around

and

doing things for themselves.

This help can be

at home

at school

and

in the community.

Specialist Children’s Supports can help

children from birth to the end of high school.

This means from ages 0 to 18.

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Support for young

children

It is important to support the needs of young

children as early as possible.

This is called early intervention. It may

include setting goals for your child like

moving on their own

interacting with other children

learning how to eat on their own

using equipment

building strength

managing their feelings and emotions.

Each child’s goals will be different.

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Support for school-

aged children

Children may still need help when they

reach school-age.

Their goals may

remain the same

or

change.

Support will be based on the child’s goals.

Our service can help children and their

teachers at:

primary school

and

high school.

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Working with families

Specialist Children’s Supports

works with families to help children reach

their goals.

Families are part of all planning and can

make decisions that are right for them.

How we can help

Specialist Children’s Supports can help your

child’s

independence

learning

and

health.

We can help to prepare your child for

kindergarten

or

school.

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We can also help with

equipment

things to do

and

camps.

Specialist support

Our team of specialists can provide therapy

for your child.

Specialists are staff who have:

training

experience

and

qualifications.

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Occupational therapy can

help you to change the space

around your child to make life

easier.

Occupational therapists can make sure your

child has

the right equipment

and

knows how to use it.

Physiotherapy can help your child to move

more easily.

Your child may need physiotherapy to

get stronger

and

be healthier.

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Speech pathology can help

your child with

communication

eating

and

drinking.

Psychology is the way a person thinks,

feels and behaves. They can help your child

manage difficult

thoughts

feelings

and

behaviours.

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Contact Specialist

Children’s Supports

To learn more about our service

please contact us by

Phone 03 9666 4500

Email yooralla@yooralla.com.au

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was written by Yooralla. October 2016.

www.yooralla.com.au

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