No referral is needed to start at EveryKid if your child is an NDIS participant, using private health or paying privately.

EveryKid welcomes our first family in the door at 8am and our final family in the door at 5:30pm, Monday — Friday.

The clinic is closed on public holidays.

We welcome everyone, including:

• NDIS participants (self or plan managed)

• Medicare (Enhanced Primary Care Plans) — see your GP for 5 subsidised sessions

• Private health members

• Privately paying clients

We see the best results with a movement, developmental and research based approach where we disguise hard work as play.

Our initial consultations are designed to:

• Understand your child’s story to date

• Use clinical observation and assessment to ascertain challenges

• Determine family led goals

• Develop rapport

• Provide a plan for ongoing therapy (if needed) or a home program

The first step is to fill out our free screener. Next, be as thorough as possible when you complete our digital intake form. This will assist our team to determine the most suitable therapy for the initial consultation.

Our initial consultations are conducted to triage our families’ needs and guide you with options for therapy.

• Be involved in your child’s therapy in the clinic and implement prescribed strategies in the home environment

• Engaging in intensive therapy

• Connect your child’s current services for a multidisciplinary approach

• Guide your extended family, educators and friends for a consistent approach

We can provide reports for the following:

• NDIS funding

• Assistive Technology

• Paediatricians and GPs

• Daycare / preschool / school

• Mealtime management plans

Our reports service requires an additional fee, charged at an hourly rate of $193.99 per discipline to pay for our therapists’ time. Each report can take between 1-3 hours depending on the type and complexity of each case.

Intensive therapy accelerates progress through a short burst of increased therapy. Intensives are suitable for all ages and varied diagnoses. A child can undertake one or multiple therapies every day over 1, 2 or 3 week blocks working towards a short term goal. Recommendations for frequency and duration of intensive therapy blocks are based on the individual child and family’s needs and can include:

• Individualised program: 1-4 hours per day, 1-3 week blocks

• Combined approach of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech Therapy

• Timed around growth spurts

• Pre and post surgery

If you are eligible we recommend applying for NDIS funding as soon as possible. This involves making a verbal application, completing an access request form and gathering your evidence. We can support you by writing an evidence-based NDIS funding report to give evidence of the need for funding and establish NDIS goals.

See this link to learn more: https://www.ndis.gov.au/applying-access-ndis/how-apply

Yes, we thoughtfully match our kids to offer:

• Social pairings

• Feeding groups

• School readiness groups

• Fine motor and gross motor groups

• Life skills groups

EveryKid is a team of Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists who continually collaborate to ensure they have every aspect of your child’s development in mind.

We believe in continuity of care, so instead of offering fortnightly or monthly sessions, we provide tailored blocks of therapy to work towards your child’s goals.

EveryKid is a clinic-based practice, however we do offer our Online Services for provisional therapy to support:

• Set up of a home therapy space

• Feeding

• Strategies and education for parents

• Liaison with daycare, preschool or school teachers to enhance therapy outcomes

Yes. We welcome family members who enhance the outcome of our sessions, however, from time to time, our therapists may kindly ask for family members to instead use our family lounge and kitchen.

We encourage you to contact our Practice Manager on:

P: 0404 939 490
E: hello@everykid.com.au