Early Childhood Intervention Pakenham

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.

Our key workers are mainly teachers with a degree in education and specialist training in child development and learning. They will be your main therapist and day-to-day contact for all your early intervention services.  They support your child and family as part of a broader team that may include speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, behaviour support practitioners, and habit coaches.

Read our blog for on the Benefits of the Key Worker Model.

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.

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.

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. 

If you’re searching for early childhood specialist, early childhood supports near me, or early childhood services Pakenham our local team can help.

Access paediatric occupational therapy, child speech pathology, physiotherapy, positive behaviour support and habit coaches, through a key worker model, to support your child develop everyday skills.

Our early childhood supports can help your child develop a range of new skills including language and communication skills, social skills, independence in personal care, motor skills, behavior management, and coping with transitions such as starting school or moving homes.

We use the key worker approach because it is the NDIA’s preferred, evidence-based approach to helping children with developmental delays and disabilities.

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.

We believe that the best early intervention programs in Pakenham are those that take a personalised, family-centered approach to support your child’s development across all areas of life, using a team approach. At Everyday Independence, our early intervention program is designed to help children aged 0–8 build the skills they need to thrive at home, in education, and in the community.

Our programs are based on the key worker model, which is recognised as best practice and is the NDIA’s preferred approach for supporting young children under the NDIS. This means one trusted professional, your key worker, delivers most of your child’s therapy, in the places they spend their time, while coordinating input from a team of therapists including speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and behaviour support practitioners.

The best early intervention programs:

• Support the whole child, including communication, motor skills, play, self-care, and emotional development
• Empower families by providing strategies that can be used in everyday routines
• Focus on real-world outcomes, helping your child take part in everyday life more confidently
• Provide flexible support in places that matter most, at home, in childcare, at school, or in the community

Whether your child needs help with speech, mobility, behaviour, or preparing for school, we tailor the program to their individual needs and your family’s goals.