Allied Health Boost Service
Early Start Australia
- Service type:
- Allied Health Support
- AHP type:
- Occupational therapy
- Speech pathology
- Psychology
- Physiotherapy
- Behaviour therapy
- Support category:
- educator upskilling
- group child support
- family and parenting support
- Primary AEDC domain:
- social competence
- Secondary AEDC domains:
- emotional maturity
- language and cognitive skills
- Delivery location:
- all areas of South Australia
- Delivery mode:
- online live
- in-person
- hybrid
- Program delivery:
- By supplier staff to groups of children, families or educators
- Tiered intervention:
- tier 1 universal whole service
- tier 2 Targeted for specific cohorts or small groups
- Cost:
- low (<$200 per person/item/hour)
- variable
Description
Allied Health Boost Services provides services that are highly targeted, effective and flexibly delivered by qualified allied health professionals (occupational therapist, speech language pathologist, psychologist, physiotherapist or behaviour therapist). Therapists will select intervention strategies for inclusion in tailored programs from well-known, evidence-based programs that support key developmental domains and align with all AEDC domains. Expected outcomes for this support are:
- Educator upskilling - through engaging and informative learning opportunities, building educator competency and confidence with supporting children with a range of differing needs in target domains.
- Group child support - using a developmental behavioural approach and play-based group therapy programs to achieve outcomes in the domains of social competence and emotional maturity in preschool children.
- Families: empowering parents and caregivers to support their child's social competence and emotional maturity through evidence-informed parent education approaches.
How this is delivered
You can select from the below package components to customise your support based on your centre's needs and budget:
- In-service training (in-person or online) over 90-minutes (includes 45-60-minute presentation with an additional 30-minutes for questions)
- Group therapy delivered in-person over 4 x 1-hour sessions
- Incidental coaching, consultancy and building competence over 1 x half day in-person plus 2-hours of follow up/feedback online. in-person training is available throughout South Australia in consultation with the team
Cost
The support is delivered for $195 per hour. Pricing may vary based on the number of hours of service. Early Start Australia will scope and provide a separate quotation for each engagement with a Service. If travel is required, this will be charged at $195 per hour.
Contact the provider
Contact name: Emma Gillespie
Contact email: emma.gillespie@earlystartaustralia.com.au
Contact phone: 0403173421
Contact website: https://www.earlystartaustralia.com.au/
About the organisation
Early Start Australia, based in Goodwood, Hindmarsh and Christies Beach SA, provides early childhood intervention services and support for young children and families. They have 3 locations in SA, and 47 nationally. Their workforce comprises 320+ degree-qualified allied health professionals. Since establishment in 2018, Early Start Australia have supported over 3,000 children in SA, and 55,000 nationally. For more information, visit: Early Childhood Intervention Services - Early Start Australia