Allied Health Services for Children with Disability in Kellyville
Allied health services can help children with disability reach their full potential by improving their cognitive, physical, emotional and social development. They can also help identify any potential issues early on, and develop interventions to prevent problems down the track.
Home Caring Kellyville helps children with disability access quality Allied Health services to help them thrive in life.
As a NDIS registered provider, we can help families access occupational therapy, speech therapy, and physiotherapy in the local community, at a time that suits them. We can also help ensure any therapy undertaken is integrated into the participant’s overall NDIS plan, and enables the child to reach their goals.
Speech therapy for children with disability
Children with disability may experience communication difficulties, such as delays in speech and language development, difficulty with articulation, and challenges in social communication.
Speech therapy can be highly beneficial by helping address these issues, and providing a range of interventions based on each child’s individual needs. By improving a child’s communication skills, speech therapy can enhance their ability to socialise with others and participate in everyday life. This can lead to increased confidence, and better quality of life for the child and their family.
A speech therapist can help children with disability in the following areas:
- Language delays and disorders – both receptive (how you understand speech) and expressive (how you express yourself with speech)
- Social skills related to language, such as making eye contact
- Interacting with friends, family and the community
- Speech delays and disorders
- Basic literacy skills, such as reading and writing
- Stuttering, hesitation and improving fluency
- Developing language skills
- Improving oral-motor skills
- Swallowing and difficulties with eating and drinking
- Improving overall communication abilities
Physiotherapy for children with disability
Physiotherapy can help children with disability address and overcome physical challenges, such as difficulty with movement, balance, coordination, and lack of muscle tone. This can enhance the child’s ability to participate in everyday activities, such as playing with friends, attending school, and completing self-care tasks independently.
Some ways a physiotherapist can help children with disability are:
- Suggesting physical exercises to help them reach their goals
- Assisting in learning new motor skills
- Improving posture and body alignment
- Help with managing pain
- Maintaining and improving existing motor skills
- Improving coordination and balance
- Help with seating, movement and mobility
- Recommendations for mobility aids and independent living equipment
- Help with strengthening muscles and tone
- Support to take part in sport, physical exercise and other hobbies
Occupational therapy for children with disability
Children with disability can often struggle with things like self-care, playing with others, learning at school, and participating in everyday activities. Occupational therapy can help them address these challenges, providing a range of interventions that help them be more independent. This can help children improve their participation in the community, independence in daily living, and their overall quality of life.
Some of the things an occupational therapist can help children with include:
- Sensory processing and integration
- Help with personal care tasks
- Fine motor and gross motor coordination
- Creative problem solving to make daily life tasks easier
- Body awareness and self awareness
- Learning social skills, such as turn-taking and communication
- Developing skills to help them transition into adulthood
- Provide adaptations to support them at school
- Visual perception skills and visual motor integration
- Help with learning and participating at school
- Help with participating in sports, hobbies and other activities
- Guidance on making home modifications
- Assistance with purchasing mobility equipment, assistive technology, and independent living aids
About our team
Home Caring’s team of health care professionals and support workers in Kellyville are highly experienced at providing care for children with complex needs. We follow a holistic approach to care, working with your child’s medical team, support network and family members. Our tailored approach is based on each family’s individual needs, as we believe no two families are the same.
We are a NDIS registered provider, and have experience providing support for children with a range of different chronic and complex care needs and syndromes, including but not limited to cerebral palsy, developmental delay, Trisomy 21, SMA, Spina bifida and mitochondrial disorders. We also provide quality care for children who are non-verbal or non-mobile in Sydney’s north-west.