Support for schools
Strengthening outcomes for people with disability through enhanced choice and control.
Yooralla provides specialist services to schools in providing flexible and tailored supports for children with additional needs.
Our three key school services are:
· Specialist support for individual students or groups. This includes occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and specialist teaching.
· Education and training workshops for school staff to enhance the participation and inclusion of all students in schools
· Education Support Officers (ESOs)
Our staff are trained allied health and education specialists, providing a holistic approach to supporting the needs of every student.
We provide support at a ‘whole of school’ level, from tailored support for individual students and groups, to the professional development and mentoring of teaching staff. This enables your school to better meet the needs of children with additional learning needs and foster a culture of inclusion and respect.
Yooralla currently provides services to children in government and independent primary and secondary schools across
Why Yooralla is a better solution for increasing inclusion and skill development at your school
Yooralla offers a flexible and holistic approach to meeting your school’s needs. Our therapists, teachers and education support officers are highly skilled in working with children with additional needs and the people who support them.
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This includes:
· promoting inclusion - providing advice on how to include students, modify curriculum and include strategies into the daily routines in the classrooms
· identifying goals - individual needs and aspirations of students are identified in consultation with the student, family and school staff
· assessment and planning - consultation and advice to school staff and parents to support achievement of individual goals.
We can provide skilled staff to support your school with strategies to enhance participation and engagement of all students across the curriculum. Yooralla staff are experienced, well-trained and supported by a structured professional development program.
Therapy
Yooralla can provide occupational, physical and speech therapists to support individual students to achieve their goals.
Occupational therapists can support students with:
· handwriting, visual processing and development of fine motor skills
· developing independence to complete daily tasks such as self care and toileting
· education, support and practical strategies to enhance participation if sensory processing difficulties are impacting on tasks and engagement
· attention and concentration in the classroom
· groups to develop social skills, fine motor skills and sensory motor skills
· accessibility through environment modifications, equipment prescription and assistive technology advice
· transition assistance between grades, schools and post-school options.
Physiotherapists can support students with:
· equipment prescription (e.g. seating, wheelchairs)
· access to the school environment and physical education
· developing independent mobility and gross motor skills
· manual handling.
Speech pathologists can support students with:
· literacy
· speech and language development
· fluency and voice disorders
· social skills
· prescription of high and low tech communication systems/devices
· mealtime support (e.g. swallowing difficulties eating and drinking skills, specialised equipment, saliva control)
· developing .Augmentative and Assistive Communication systems
· support for functional communication in the classroom.
Education specialists
Specialist teachers can support:
· positive behavior approaches
· transition support between year levels
· additional strategies to engage children in classroom learning activities
· developing social skills.
Education Support Officers can provide additional support to teachers in the classroom and personal support to students.
Costs of services
Various rates apply and daily, termly or annual rates can be negotiated depending on your school’s requirements. Please contact us for a detailed quote.
Workshops and programs for schools
Yooralla provides group workshops, mentoring and coaching to staff in schools. All workshops are delivered by professionally trained Yooralla staff and are available in modified formats for both primary and secondary schools. Yooralla also facilitates a range of learning circles and local networks to provide additional and ongoing support.
· Disability awareness: understanding disability and how to include students with additional needs.
· Communication strategies: supporting staff working with children with communication difficulties.
· Personal care: including mealtime assistance, dressing and toilet support.
· Accessibility: ensuring an accessible environment, understanding technology and equipment to support the inclusion of children with disability and additional needs.
· Manual handling: designed for staff working with children with physical disability.
· Sensory processing: providing explanation for why some children do not easily engage in learning and strategies to meet the sensory needs of students so they can effectively engage in the classroom and curriculum.
· Behaviour support: positive strategies for engaging students in learning and interactions.
· Effective transition: supporting children with additional needs to transition, eg kinder to school, moving through primary school and on to secondary school.
· Child aware: supporting staff to identify and respond to risk factors and signs of child abuse, neglect and deprivation of liberty in children with disability.
· Parent sessions: tailored to build family capacity to support their child’s schooling, eg early literacy, sleep well-learn well.
Contact us
For further information or to organise a meeting to discuss how we can support your child, please contact us at or call 03 9831 5632.
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