Every educator knows too well that there are high numbers of students with additional needs in classrooms– regardless of whether they are diagnosed or not.
NDIS funding has been beneficial for some, but only where the information and strategies is making its way to the educating team around the child/young adult. Under NDIS funding, the parents have control over whether the information flows to the educators or not.
As a result, educators can be left managing time and resource hungry students without sufficient time, resources and in many cases knowledge. Educator understanding and ‘know how’ is crucial to set both the child, their peers and themselves up for success in the classroom environment.
No matter what their classroom environment, educators need support themselves so they in turn are well placed to support their students and coordinate the teaching team around additional needs students
With over 20 years experience supporting educators, the Kid Sense team are committed to understanding and supporting educators daily challenges in supporting students with additional needs. From our experience, the most value-add benefit lies in supporting the educators through group education (presentations and workshops), and in school Speech and Occupational Therapy services that are designed to meet the educators needs, rather than just the individual student’s needs.
*Individual students can also be consulted on a 1:1 basis (funded by their parents) as requested.
Education is the key to the educators success from which their students success is determined.
Kid Sense provides a range of presentations and interactive workshops which are educational setting specific for child care, preschool and school. These can be delivered to educators and/or parents.
These value-add presentations and workshops are delivered by our passionate senior (experienced) staff at your facility, and can be tailored to the groups experience, age groups and needs.
Does your education team need on site Speech and Occupational Therapy support for educators, not just students?
Our In Education Service provides educational settings with access to; therapy support they need; in the amount that they want; and the timing of when they want it. Most importantly, it is educator focused rather than individual child focused, and places the control over what the therapists can do on site ranging from: group professional development presentations and interactive workshops, classroom management strategies around specific children (or groups of), child specific hands-on treatment and management strategy development, attending parent/teacher meetings of children with additional needs, curriculum advice for ‘out of the box’ students and more.
Knowing your students developmental abilities can support curriculum planning and funding applications.
Our experienced allied health therapists can screen your chosen cohort for age based skills In a range of learning and developmental areas.
Use this information to adjust curriculum planning, determine individualised learning programs/One Plan and all support funding applications.
We acknowledge the land on which we operate as the traditional lands of the Kaurna people, and pay our respects to the spiritual relationship with country that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples hold.
Kid Sense is founded on inclusion and the belief that everyone is welcome. All diversity is celebrated, encouraged, represented and supported in our staff, our clients, and our community. You are welcome here.
