Early Intervention and therapy services support your child’s development, growth and wellbeing.
These individualised support services are for children who need support to reach key developmental milestones or have additional needs.
Your child may be eligible to access Early Intervention and Therapy services under the NDIS if they:
To receive Early Intervention and therapy services you first need to be on a registered waitlist. You can register by contacting the NDIA or your Local Area Coordinator (LAC).
You will also need an NDIS plan.
Our Local Area Coordinators (LACs) have been appointed by the NDIA to assist you through the NDIS planning process.
Our LACs are:
If your child is 12 years and under, you’ll be given a main point of contact when you receive early intervention and therapies from us. We call this person a key worker. Your keyworker will use our team’s combined expertise and resources to provide you with the services and advice that you need.
They will work closely with you and your child to get to know you and support you to identify and achieve your goals.
Our Early Childhood Intervention services include:
Utilising the Key Worker model, our specialist Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) team can support your child to reach their full potential.
Helps your child better communicate and to overcome issues concerning speech, language, swallowing and feeding.
Can assists your child to build the skills necessary to learn, play and participate in every day activities.
Our support coordinators teach you how to access your NDIS services so you can coordinate them on your own.
Our Physios can support your child to develop the skills they need to use their muscles properly and overcome difficulties with their movements
Our Psychologists support your child’s emotional and psychological needs, for improved mental health and wellbeing.
For children six years and over. Exercise Physiology can help your child maximise and maintain strength, muscle function and physical skills.
A supported playgroup where activities are designed specifically to accommodate all abilities in a welcoming environment. Little Rays is a wonderful opportunity to have some play time with your child and chat with other parents.
Plan management or financial intermediary
Our NDIS services for people aged 13 to 65 years old support you or the person you care for to to grow, learn and reach their full potential. We work closely with you tolisten to and understand your needs. Our specialist team then supports you to reach your goals and gain the best outcomes from your NDIS plan.
NDIS disability and development services for people aged 13-65 years are:
Our support coordinators teach you how to access your NDIS services so you can coordinate them on your own.
Plan Management or Financial Intermediary is a way of managing your NDIS Plan through a Plan Manager, who takes on most of the sometimes confusing and time consuming administration and paperwork for you.
Our Physiotherapists can support your or someone you care for to move better and access the assistive equipment most suited to your needs.
Helps you or someone you care for to maximise and maintain strength, muscle function and physical skills.
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Boonwurrung Country
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Phone: 1300 946 337
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Email: info@windermere.org.au
Windermere is committed to equity & equality for consumers and employees, this by building diverse and inclusive services and work environments, where all peoples from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander, Culturally & Linguistically Diverse, LGBTIQ+ Communities and those living with disability will know and feel accepted, affirmed, safe and celebrated. Windermere is delivering this through the continued development and implementation of our Welcoming and Inclusion Strategy 2021-2024. All forms of discrimination, including that based on race, culture, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, will not be tolerated. All employees, consumers and visitors are expected to behave in non-discriminatory ways.
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