| Our comprehensive services include Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Clinical Psychology to children aged from birth to 13 years of age. Programs and service are provided in a range of settings including our Bateman Centre, home, school and day care. Our brand new Mobile Therapy Service travels to Rockingham, Aubin Grove, Bunbury and Australind to provide services in the local community. |
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| Kids Are Kids! Therapy and Education Centre is a Family Centred Practice.
This approach recognises the expertise of the family in best knowing the needs of the child. Families and therapy professionals’ work together to set goals based on the families objectives.With the aide of therapists,the families’ goals for the child are broken down into smaller achievable steps and a plan for achieving these steps is developed.
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Early Intervention Program
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| In 2000 Kids Are Kids! successfully applied to the Disability Services Commission to become a provider of comprehensive early childhood intervention therapy services. This offered families an alternative to other government funded early intervention therapy service providers.
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| Our group programs provide children with the opportunity to learn important independence and participation life skills.
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How to Access our Services
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| Families can contact Kids Are Kids! directly to access most of our therapy services. A referral from a doctor or other allied health professional is not required.
Paediatricians can refer to Kids Are Kids! via phone or letter at which time the family will be contacted to offer services.
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Government Funded Programs
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| Kids Are Kids! provides a range of government funded programs including Better Start for Children With Disability, Helping Children with Autism, Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plan services and Child Development Service Speech Pathology services.
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| Kids Are Kids! provides a range of individual and group services to children and their families.
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Children with Acquired Brain Injury
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| Often when a child has a head injury it is a time of great stress for the family. Immediately post-accident the family will spend most of their time in the hospital receiving all therapy and medical services until their child is in a medically stable condition. Once the condition has been stabilised the child may be discharged into the care of their parents or guardians. It is at this point the family can choose whether to remain as an outpatient and continue to receive hospital based therapy services, or may choose to receive community based therapy services which may occur in a range of settings.
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| Kids Are Kids! can offer an range of workshops to
- parent groups
- childcare facilities
- kindergartens
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- schools
- other community agencies.
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The workshops can be tailor made to suit the needs of the particular group and this can be determined upon initial contact by the group seeking professional development.
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