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Our team of Allied Health Clinicians help children and young people living with disability by providing them with different types of therapy, all which can be funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Working across several allied health fields, our team of trained and university qualified therapists are here to support you and your child in their therapy journey.

How Xavier can help you access the NDIS

The NDIS funds activities which are deemed reasonable or necessary to help people living with disability live their lives, such as therapy. Xavier’s Ipswich team can help explain what may or may not be fundable for your child, and can even assist you access this funding through assessments and reports. Whether it is your first time applying for the NDIS for your child or you’d like to make changes to the type of therapy your child is currently receiving.

NDIS Fundable Therapies

Xavier provides different forms of therapy for children and young people in the Ipswich area, each of which can be funded through the NDIS for children living disability so long as they are deemed reasonable or necessary. Following are the services we provide and how they can help your child:

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy aids in the development of the skills we all use in our lives, such as fine motor skills for holding and using objects. Children living with disability may need help in this area to complete everyday tasks. Through NDIS funding our Occupational Therapists can help your child in the following ways:

• Helping them learn to use the toilet, get dressed, wash themselves, and similar daily activities
• Develop and improve fine motor skills
• Utilise modern technology for their own convenience
• Improve their self-confidence and feelings of independence
• Improve their social skills and help them make lifelong friends in turn

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy helps children living with disability with bettering their physical development. Common problems can include bone and muscle weakness. Xavier’s Ipswich based Physiotherapists can help your child through:

• Improving their posture, spinal health, and overall stamina
• Increasing your child’s physical fitness and dexterity
• Improving your child’s balance to reduce falls
• Creating a genuine interest in group activities and sports for your child

Speech Therapy

Xavier’s Speech Pathologists deliver Speech Therapy to help your child develop their communication skills. Our Ipswich based Speech Pathologists can help improve your child’s ability to:

• Express their thoughts, needs, and wants to other people
• Understand what is being communicated to them by others
• Comprehend words through better reading and writing skills
• Make new friends
• Follow instructions from parents, teachers, and carers
• Better manage their emotions and behaviour
• Recognise, understand, and repeat new words

Music Therapy

Music therapy has been proven to be particularly effective at helping children living with disability learn communication, cognition, and fine motor skills, as well as managing their behaviour, emotions, and even physical pain. Through NDIS funding Xavier’s Ipswich based Musical Therapists can help your child:

• Calm themselves, destress, and relax
• Better regulate their emotions and behaviour
• Provide themselves with comfort and relief from pain
• Better express themselves verbally or non-verbally
• Communicate better with others
• Increase in their creative abilities
• Socialise with friends and family
• Improve their cognitive skills
• Live a happier, more joyful life
• Have fun more often

Find out more

Xavier’s Ipswich team is here to support you and your child through every stage of their therapy, and in accessing and receiving NDIS funding. Simply call 1800 XAVIER or email intake@xavier.org.au to speak to a member of our team for further information.