A minimum of twelve months’ experience in working with children who have one or more of the eligible disabilities. Provisional provider Appropriate professional qualifications and registration and less than twelve months’ experience. or Providers who are completing qualifications in an eligible field (as outlined in 2.2). Examples include occupational therapy and speech pathology students completing clinical coursework in their student placements or provisional psychologists completing postgraduate qualifications. Provisional providers are required to operate with professional supervision and mentoring from a fully qualified panel member. In these cases the conditions of services must be made clear to families. In cases where a student is providing their services at no cost, organisations must not charge families for services delivered. Complementary provider An eligible complementary provider (as listed in 2.2) who has been specifically trained in working with children with one or more of the eligible disabilities included and has the knowledge and skills required for their special needs. Professional relationship with a fully qualified panel member.
Appropriate licensure, certification, or registration in the area in which they are providing services. Therapy aides Therapy aides do not require any specific qualifications, however as is the case with any staff member, they must have completed the appropriate child safety checks (e.g. police checks). Therapy aides are required to operate with professional supervision from a fully qualified or complementary panel member operating in the relevant discipline (e.g. a therapy aide delivering speech pathology must receive professional supervision from a speech pathologist). In these cases the conditions of services must be made clear to families. Eligible providers Providers eligible to become a ‘fully qualified’ panel member HCWA Better Occupational Therapists Psychologists Speech Pathologists Board Certified Behaviour Analysts (BCBA) Occupational Therapists Psychologists Speech Pathologists Audiologists Orthoptists Physiotherapists Optometrists Teachers of the Deaf Specialist Teachers (Vision Impaired) Providers eligible to become a ‘complementary’ panel member HCWA Better Start Teachers Therapists Behavioural Therapists Orientation and mobility instructors Specialist Teachers (Vision
attendance at workshops or conferences In scope training for parents on specific techniques that support the ongoing delivery of an intervention at home (note - if the training is delivered in workshops there can be no more than 12 families per workshop). Better Start only - If deemed suitable by the child’s Better Start service provider, parents may use some of their child’s resource funding to pay for Auslan courses (refer to section 5.1 for more information). School/ Preschool support to comments Out of scope Visits for observation or discussion with teachers. In scope Consultancy or visits to day-care/ kindergarten/ preschool to assist teaching to support a specific intervention. Assessments and written reports (including psychometric and cognitive assessments) Refer to comments Out of scope General comprehensive assessments and written reports. In scope Assessments and written reports provided at the request of the parent and for a particular purpose. E.g. there may be a need for a brief written report when a child is about to transition to a new setting such as school or a new service provider. In these cases, the report should be provided for a particular purpose e.g. in the form of advice to the school/preschool etc. (See section 6.4 for more information). Academic and other educational based Refer to comments Out of