At Everyday Independence, we offer early childhood intervention services in West Gosford that include speech pathology, occupational therapy, and support through our key worker model. Our dedicated team helps children develop essential skills, focusing on personalised strategies that promote independence and well-being.
NDIS Early Childhood Intervention Services in West Gosford
Our key workers, therapists and practitioners in West Gosford work as a team to support your child and family to make positive life changes.
The Key Worker Model: Supporting Your Child’s Development
Your key worker plans and oversees your child’s services. As your main therapist and day-to-day contact, they:
- Deliver most of your child’s therapy in the places your child spends their time, like home, daycare, school or in the community
- Coordinate services from speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, behaviour support practitioners and habit coaches
- Link you with community services to support your child’s development.
Our child and family team provide services to families in West Gosford and surrounding areas from our team based on the Central Coast.
Tailored Support for Your Child and Family
Whether it’s enhancing social skills, getting ready for school, toileting, improving sleep, speech or mobility, our early childhood intervention services help improve your child’s and family’s well-being and quality of life. When you choose us for early childhood supports in West Gosford, you can expect that we will:
- Look at your child’s needs across all areas, rather than focusing solely on specific aspects of your child’s development
- Provide services and support in your home and local community
- Suggest ideas and approaches that consider the unique needs of your family to help develop your child’s skills
- Help you adapt everyday routines so your child maximises their opportunities to learn new skills
Get Started With Early Childhood Intervention Services in Tuggerah
Your first step to getting started with early childhood supports is to meet with a key worker, in your home. They get to know you, your family and child and other members of your support team to understand the outcomes you all want.
Is your child not yet a NDIS participant? Visit our NDIS page for information on getting your plan funded.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is early childhood intervention services?
Early childhood intervention (or early childhood services) aims to help children with developmental delay and/or disabilities and their families access support to promote their child’s wellbeing, community participation and development.
As children’s brains grow most during their early years, the earlier they receive early intervention services, the better the outcome will likely be.
Early childhood intervention promotes:
- optimal chances of physical development
- improved social and emotional outcomes
- ability to participate in everyday activities
- positive behaviours and ability to engage in learning
- confidence, resilience and independence
Who do you provide early childhood supports to?
We provide early childhood supports to all children with a NDIS plan, younger than nine years with developmental delay or disabilities and their families.
We use the key worker approach because it is widely recognised as the best practice approach for children with developmental delays and disabilities.
How will the key worker model benefit my child and family?
There are many benefits of the key worker model, including:
- families have access to a team of practitioners with different skills and knowledge through one practitioner
- reduces the number of practitioners that a child and family need to get to know, making it easier to build a trusting relationship
- working with one practitioner who understands the family’s needs and goals enables consistent delivery of services to meet the child’s developmental needs
- reduces the stress of juggling appointments and services from multiple practitioners
- the needs of the whole family are considered, which better equips them to build on their strengths and make the positive changes needed to support the child’s development needs
This model is widely considered best practice in supporting a child’s developmental needs because it leads to better long-term outcomes for the child and family.
Are key workers qualified to deliver therapy if they aren’t an occupational therapist, speech pathologist or physiotherapist?
As degree-qualified teachers, our key workers use their specialised training in child development and learning to design and implement strategies across developmental areas which include social, emotional, physical, cognitive and language. They do this in a way that engages your family and other important people in your child’s life such as their teacher.
There are some specialised areas that only a speech pathologist, physiotherapist or occupational therapist can assess and provide advice on. The key worker will link in these team members where this support is required.
I only need occupational therapy or speech therapy for my child, can a key worker help with this?
As degree-qualified teachers, our key workers use their specialised training in child development and learning to design and implement strategies to support your child’s development. This includes activities to improve their fine motor skills, language development or strategies to help with their sensory processing issues. These strategies can also be used by other members of your child’s team, such as speech pathologists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.
Key workers can deliver more than an individual registered occupational therapist, speech pathologist or physiotherapist as they can implement their own strategies and activities as well as those designed by the team of therapists.
Are key workers qualified to deliver therapy if they aren’t an occupational therapist, speech pathologist or physiotherapist?
As degree-qualified teachers, our key workers use their specialised training in child development and learning to design and implement strategies across developmental areas which include social, emotional, physical, cognitive and language. They do this in a way that engages your family and other important people in your child’s life such as their teacher.
There are some specialised areas that only a speech pathologist, physiotherapist or occupational therapist can assess and provide advice on. The key worker will link in these team members where this support is required.
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Matthew’s Journey to Independence
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Sarah’s Big Sleep Success
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