Our Services
Baisie Therapy Services team currently consists of Speech Pathologists, Educators and Allied Health Assistants.
Our Speech Pathologists provide intervention to children aged 0-9 years including private fee-for-service and NDIS plan and self managed clients in Tamworth and Dubbo (Dubbo therapist is currently on Maternity Leave).
Educators (Teachers) are available to participants of the NDIS aged 0-7 with a self-managed or plan-managed NDIS plan. Our qualified Educators can work with children and their families to develop a range of skills from communication, to fine motor and self care routines.
Allied Health Assistants (AHA) are utlised in our Speech Pathology service model to provide further options to our clients and families when looking at the most suitable options available to meet therapy outcomes.
Speech Pathology
What is a Speech Pathologist?
"Speech Pathologists study, diagnose and treat communication disorders, including difficulties with speech, language, fluency and voice" - Speech Pathology Australia
What does a Speech Pathologist do?
The scope of a speech pathologist role is extraordinarily broad and includes supporting those with difficulties in speech production, speaking in sentences, listening and understanding language, reading, writing, social skills, stuttering and using voice. People who experience difficulties swallowing food and drink safely can also be helped by a speech pathologist.
Who can a Speech Pathologist help?
Speech Pathologists can work with children and adults who have difficulty communicating for a range of reasons including developmental delays, learning disability, intellectual disability, brain injuries including stroke, dementia, and hearing loss, as well as other difficulties that can affect speech and language.
Educators
What is an Educator?
Our Educators are qualified Teachers and range in skills and experience in Early Childhood to Primary teaching.
What does an Educator do?
In the setting of Allied Health and the NDIS, our Educators work closely with families to understand their NDIS plans and develop functional goals to achieve within the broader allied health team. Our Educators can work to support management of the NDIS plan and work closely with allied health supports, while also work directly with the child to develop skills across the developmental scope to function in every day tasks and prepare for the educational setting.
Who can a Speech Pathologist help?
Educators are able to work with children with an NDIS plan (self or plan managed) aged 0-7 years. Families who requires support managing or understanding their NDIS plan, linking into supports, managing preschool, daycare or school transitions and support coordinating the child's NDIS supports and help developing school readiness skills will find an Educator an essential part of their team.
Allied Health Assistants
Our therapy assistant model
Baisie's Allied Health Assistants (AHA) work under the supervision of our Speech Pathologists to provide individualised programs specifically designed for each client based on their personalised goals to meet therapy outcomes. The benefit of working with AHA's is that often there is capacity to provide more regular and intensive service delivery in a highly cost efficient manner.
Sessions with an AHA start with a joint session with both the Speech Pathologist and AHA with the family to review goals and set the program. Once established the AHA and Speech Pathologist meet each week to review the client program and adjust accordingly. To meet an ever growing need for speech pathology intervention, our AHA model in provided rotationally with home programs, that is 1:1 weekly one term, home program the next term, returning to 1:1 with reviews with the speech pathologist between.
