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25.01.2022 Do you have a picky or problem eater? Sarah will be conducting a 2 hour online workshop on Thursday 3rd September 7-9pm for parents, to address picky and problem feeding in children and what you can do at home to help. Tickets are $66 and available on our website www.playsenseot.com.au

24.01.2022 Happy father's day!! Also thinking of those who have lost fathers, who have strained relationships, who never met their father and single parents doing it all. Wishing everyone a lovely day and start to spring.

22.01.2022 Hi everyone, I hope you all had a lovely break! For those of you under the NDIS scheme, I thought it was important you are aware of the proposed changes were raised by the NDIA board 1 week before Christmas. These are under consideration at this time. Some of these proposed changes are positive, however some are concerning regarding the impact they will have on families. One of the proposed changes (this one was raised in August last year) is that an "independent assessment..." (IA) will be completed on entry to the scheme and at yearly reviews. Unfortunately the IA will not be always carried out by a health professional and there are prescribed assessments only that can be used during the the process. OT Australia has raised concerns at the lack of allied health involvement in the assessment process and the experience of those administering the assessments. The other issue that OT Australia has raised is that the prescribed assessments are not valid in reflecting functional capacity. As you know a person may have function in an area that isn't shown on a standardised test due to the wording, presentation, comfort with the assessor and many other factors. This can also be the reverse- they may gain a high score however when there are other factors involved in daily life their performance may not be the same. At this stage unregistered OTs can still see self and plan managed clients however this is proposed to change as part of the changes raised at Christmas time. At this stage this has been raised to be reviewed and no decision has been made. We will be keeping a close eye and updating you as we find out more and we will be supporting OT Australia to advocate for our profession. Emma

20.01.2022 Hi everyone, we are offering at weekly home activity packs for preschoolers. Each pack has 5 activities to keep your children occupied and learning at home as well as other games, information and activities. Each pack is $33 inc GST and sent out to you digitally. Please email us at [email protected] and we will send you the link to purchase.

20.01.2022 Via @the psychologist's child

19.01.2022 For those who have "picky eaters"... this explains a lot. (From a sensory avoider and picky eater. ) #sensorystories #sensoryavoiders #sensoryprocessingdisorde...r #spdawareness #pickyeaters #sensoryprocessingdisorderparentsupport #sensoryprocessingdisorderawareness #autismacceptance #autismawareness #autismsupport #positiveparenting #momssupportingmoms #parentingtip #mymomlife #positiveparentingtips #positiveparentingstrategies See more

19.01.2022 Children are so beautiful and they see life through a different lens. When we apply our adult lens to the way they see the world, we don't do justice to the innocence that is childhood.

16.01.2022 Luxury boat complete with on board blankets and water slide #occupationaltherapy #paediatrics #kids #littlelearnersstudio #play #autism #autismawareness #adhd #ot #goals #grossmotorskills #finemotorskills #handwriting #teachersofinstagram #fun #socialskills #activitiesforkids #learn #learning #paedsot #playsenseot #occupationaltherapist #sensoryplay #sydney #fun #playsenseot #playsenseoccupationaltherapy

11.01.2022 This is such a lovely paragraph in the face of; "he/she needs to toughen up", "you are going to make him/her soft", "you are spoiling him/her", "a child x age shouldn't still be doing x", "he/she is going to do that more if you give he/she attention for it"

11.01.2022 Something in a book (Alison Gopnik- The gardener and the carpenter) I read recently has stuck, it compares intervention that is like a pocket knife versus a hand. The pocket knife analogy is that we teach children what to do in a situation, kind of like a tool for each situation they are in. The hand analogy is that we instead encourage the child to respond in a flexible way to any situation. A hand is one tool that can do many things and is adaptive to the situation it’s i...n. The more I think about the future the more I realise all of us are unqualified to teach pocket knife skills for future jobs. However relationships, emotions, flexibility, problem solving, joy, engagement and communication will still be relevant. These skills are in the interaction and relationship itself rather than something we do to get rewarded for.

08.01.2022 100%! Thanks to WeAreTeachers for this message and to my friend, Lisa Sunbury, Regarding Baby for posting.

06.01.2022 Our lovely Sarah is getting married, we are so lucky to be able to have a celebration for her!!

06.01.2022 Hi everyone, we are running our "managing challenging behaviour" workshop for parents this coming Thursday evening online (8th October). We will be covering evidence based ways to foster long term social and emotional health through parent child interactions. Tickets are $66 and available on our website www.playsenseot.com.au

03.01.2022 Plan Renewal, Rollover, or Extension ARGH!!!! What do they all mean? WORTH SAVING and SHARING: End of plan reviews 4 types and what you need to know when y...our plan is about to finish! Firstly, a plan rollover can mean *any* of the types on new plans I’ve explained below in this post, so we are just not gonna use that word (rollover) anymore, and instead we’ll use the more official NDIS terms for the different types. This post is about the options for when your plan dates are ending. This post does not cover when you ask for a review because you are unhappy with your fairly new plan (review of a reviewable decision) or when you are requesting a change of circumstances review. 1. Plan Auto-Extension A genuine plan extension is the default option and what happens when your plan is set to expire and no one at the NDIA or the LAC has done anything to get you a new plan. When you get a Plan Extension, it is usually automatic for one year (though it can sometimes be one month or anything in between). A plan extension does does give you a new plan, and in fact, the pdf plan you can download on the NDIS MyPlace portal doesn’t change one little bit. But, you’ll notice in the other parts of your portal, that the end date has changed, and a pro-rata amount of funding has been added. Plan extensions usually happen when there hasn’t been any other human intervention, or sometimes when a planner is working on your new plan but it’s not quite finished yet, so they add a month or two to your old plan to give them time to do their work. If you have a Plan Extension, the money left in your plan remains, and extra money is put in as pro rata. An example: If you have an old $12,000 plan which expires today, and you still have $2,000 left that you didn’t use: if your plan is extended by a year, there should now be a new plan end date of 14th August 2021, and there should be around $14,000 in that plan (and the start date won't change from your old plan!). And yes, you can still claim for stuff dated anytime between August 14 2019 and August 14 2021. (before you ask, I’m not you if the extra funds take into account the July price increases or not, sorry!) Often the Agency uses these Extension Plans as a stop-gap, until they get your new plan all sorted and approved. Under the NDIS Act (the law!) an NDIS plan never ends until it is replaced with a new one, or the participant exits the scheme, and that’s why we have Plan Auto-Extensions to be rid of those awful plan gaps we used to see, which were always against the law. Grrr... 2. Plan Renewal A Plan Renewal is when you get a whole new plan (usually one or two years long) which is basically a repeat of your current, about to expire old plan. This generally needs you, the participant, to approve it. This can be a great option for people who are happy with their old plan, and don’t want to be assed going through a full plan review. These Renewal Plans *are* a whole new plan, so *none* of the leftover funds from your old plan are available for supports and services dated during the new plan dates. The new plan usually starts when the old plan was set to end, but sometimes planners bring this forward a bit sooner, which can be frustrating if you’ve been saving your funds to get something at the end of your old plan. So if you’re talking to an LAC or planner and are keen for a Renewal Plan, make sure to ask them to wait until you’ve been able to purchase that larger end of plan thing. And if you’re not confident about them holding off, then jump in and get that service/support sorted as soon as you can! When this Renewal Plan starts, you will still be able to makes claims for things you bought during the dates of the old plan from the old plan (before the new plan start date) for up to 90 days on the portal (for self managers), and Plan Managers should be able to do the same. You should also get a whole new pdf plan to download in the NDIS MyPlace portal with a new start and new end date. 3. Light Touch Plan Renewal This one is pretty much the same as the full Renewal Plan (#2 above), except a planner or an LAC might have a chat with you, often on the phone or sometimes even via email, in what feels like a review-lite meeting. The planner or LAC will just check in if there are any relatively easy changes that need to be made. You might find that your plan funds increase due to this chat, but you might also find you lose some funding an example might be someone who has already had SLES funding for two years, so it is left off of the Light Touch Plan Renewal. One typical change for a Light Touch Plan Renewal, is the recent change to where ADE (Supported Employment) funds go in your Plan: they are now put in your more flexible Core funds bucket, and are no longer put in your Capacity Building buckets. Another more obvious example is that equipment that you’ve already received during the current plan isn’t going to be repeated and funded again in the new Renewal Plan. 4. Full Plan Review This is the regular full plan review meeting on phone or in person where you go through *all* the stuff with an LAC, ECEI partner or planner, and they build you a whole new plan. For these reviews, you’ll generally want/need to provide therapist reports and other evidence of your support needs, your carer statement and all that stuff. Generally, young children will nearly always get a full plan review, and no Renewal Plan options, as little tackers’ needs are pretty changeable through early intervention. This also often applies where a participant has a plan the Agency thinks was well funded for a specific time-limited purpose (or therapy program, for example), and for folks in this boat, you’re also unlikely to be offered a Renewal Plan. So, how do you get the type of review you want? Have a think about which of the above options will work for you. Once you’ve decided, and you’re maybe two or so months out from the end of your current plan, call your local LAC, or call (1800 800 110) or email the NDIS on [email protected] and let them know what you’d like. There are no guarantees that you will get your choice, of course, but there’s probably no harm in giving it a crack. And don't forget, if your new Plan doesn't give you what you need, you can always ask for a Review of a Reviewable Decision (also known as a RORD or S100 Review) for all new Plan, except where there is an extension plan (in which case you could potentially ask for a Change of Circumstances review) Wishing you all the best! Sorry this is so messy, and long. This post is copyright of The Growing Space 2020, and we’re thrilled for you to share it, with credit and no edits, here on Facebook. if you want to share it anywhere else, we request that you ask us for permission. We really appreciate our work being shared, but we’re a bit fussy about it being reproduced in whole, so there aren’t any misunderstandings, which makes us cranky when it goes pear shaped. Thanks heaps. pic description: an image that puts the above information into a table

03.01.2022 What a great book! Are we carpenters or gardeners when it comes to our children? An interesting analogy

02.01.2022 We are running our teen imagine, create, belong social skills group this week. It’s been such a pleasure to spend time with these amazing children and witness their creativity first hand. These are some of the characters they’ve created.