Telekids
Now accepting enrolments for Term 1, 2025
Telekids is an online telehealth service designed to support those seeking family-centred care for their children, ensuring the help they need, regardless of their location.
Our program provides an effective alternative to in-person essential speech pathology and occupational therapy services. You can wait 6 months to 2 years to get your child into a therapist, according to a study by National Disability Services. Telekids is here to bridge that gap and provide timely, high-quality care for your child.
Getting started with Telekids
Now accepting enrolments from Dubbo and Armidale!
In-person assessment (20-25 January 2025)
- Our therapists travel to your community to assess your child during the school holidays (20-25 January)
- If your child is suitable for telehealth therapy, we will enrol you in the program.
Telekids program during Term 1, 2025
- Children’s occupational therapy and speech pathology
- Delivered through telehealth, ideally at school during the school day – easy for busy parents.
What we offer
At Inner West Paediatrics, you get access to an experienced therapy team skilled across multiple developmental areas, to give you holistic support. We’ve helped over 5,000 children and their families since 2014, through personalised intervention. Here’s how we can help you:
Our comprehensive Telekids service includes:
- Assessment (in-person)
- Assessment report
- 10-week block of telehealth sessions
Telehealth services may also include:
- Goal-setting
- Parent coaching sessions
- Teacher collaboration, education, and support
- Home programs
Occupational therapy services:
- Self-regulation (emotional and sensory)
- Fine and gross motor skills
- Handwriting
- Self-care skills
- Social and play skills
- Executive functioning skills (attention)
Speech pathology
services:
- Speech sounds / articulation
- Receptive and expressive language
- Literacy (spelling and reading)
- Social communication
Can I use my NDIS funding for Telekids?
Yes. Inner West Paediatrics is a registered NDIS provider so you can access our services using your NDIS Plan.
Occupational Therapy Assessment
$581.97
Speech Pathology Assessment
$581.97
Telehealth Sessions
$226.32
How our team can help your child
Our Telekids program can support your child no matter where they’re at. Our team has experience supporting children with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. This could include:
- neurodivergence and neurodiversity including ADHD, ADD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and OCD
- cerebral palsy
- intellectual disabilities
- social emotional difficulties
- trauma, and
- behavioural differences.
Speech pathology
Our speech pathologists focus on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and intervention of speech, language, communication, voice and fluency disorders. We also work with you and your child to address challenges relating to speech sounds, reading, writing, eating, play, self-advocacy, and social participation and inclusion.
Occupational therapy
We work with your child to develop essential skills to participate in meaningful everyday activities like play, going to school and self-care (feeding, dressing and toileting). These skills include fine and gross motor skills, increasing attention span and concentration skills, play and social skills, and the ability to regulate and process sensory, behaviour and emotions.
Indirect Supports
Indirect supports are important and in line with evidence based practice in both Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology. Where possible, the below tasks can be scheduled to be completed within your direct service provision time, but when completed outside of this, indirect supports are charged at the hourly rate of $193.99 for all clients, in increments of 15 minutes.
Communication including phone calls and emails
Communication with participants or their parents/carers, educators and other professionals
Collaboration and meetings
Meetings and collaboration with important people in your child or young person’s life including family members and other professional(s) involved in working with the participant (parents, medical, education, NDIS, other allied health professionals and other IWP staff).
Report writing
Completion of reports by request and with a specific purpose- including NDIS reports, assessment reports, transition to school reports.
Individual family support plan
Completing and finalising Individual Family Support Plan documentation as needed outside of direct service provision times.
Written feedback
Recommendations following observations, progress reports, home programs and Individual Family Support Plan updates.
Resource development
Development of resources for the participant. E.g. social stories, visual support.
Equipment – prescription, research, assessment, trial, devices
Research and preparation of additional assessments, devices, documentation and reports and time for any trials and delivery.
Paperwork, forms, letters and emails
Completion of paperwork and written communication with other agencies or medical professionals. E.g. assessment forms, diagnostic paperwork by request of other medical professionals, Centrelink forms, school documentation and site visits required for access to schools for visits.
Interested in enrolling your child in the Telekids program these school holidays?
Leave your details below and a member of our team will be in touch with more information.
What you need for telehealth sessions:
- A laptop, desktop, or tablet (your child’s school may provide this)
- A camera, microphone, and speakers (most modern laptops have these built-in)
- A headset or headphones (recommended for school sessions)
- A stable internet connection
- A quiet, comfortable location for the session
We’re all about removing barriers to care. If the technology presents a challenge for you, please let us know so we can explore other options that might work better for you.
