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AGENDA – BOARD MEETING NO. 1/2016 Date: Friday 29 January 2016
Location: Level 9, 300 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
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| 3.5 | SA early childhood early intervention analysis | Peter De redacted: s22 Natris/Anne Skordis/Sarah Johnson |
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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY: NDIA BOARD PAPER Agenda Item 3.5
National Disability Insurance Agency Board Board meeting 1/2016 of 29 January 2016
SA early childhood early intervention analysis
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Link to Strategic Priorities and Risks
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Key Issues and Sensitivities
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The Executive Management Group has approved a revised approach to deliver early childhood early intervention supports for children with developmental delay and disability. This approach is informed and based on evidence-based good practice and builds on the early intervention approach recently commenced in the NBM site.
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Children in the NBM are being referred directly to one of the four Access providers. These providers, as Agents of the NDIA, are Early Childhood Intervention support services engaged to provide:
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- emotional support
- screening and assessment
- plan development
- initial early intervention supports to children and their families/carers.
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The approach promotes inclusion of children within mainstream and community settings and has long term benefits for all organisations. This will enable mainstream services to build capacity to reasonably adjust to include children with additional needs, as an effective alternative to or as supplementary to funded supports. The work links directly to the outcomes framework and will be evaluated (Attachment B).
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The Agency plans to build on the approach implemented in the NBM as the design for early childhood 0 – 6 year old participants supported by the scheme. It requires a shift in the way the NDIS has currently been delivering early childhood supports. It is focused on improving the participant experience.
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The design moves a number of functions and roles from the Agency to a network of contracted access providers for initial information, screening, planning and early intervention responses and supports.
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For all children 0–6, the Agency will engage and partner with appropriate early childhood service providers to undertake assessments and make recommendations about the supports required for children. These providers will have a capacity to provide emotional support and guidance to families, lower intensity services and support inclusion for the child in mainstream settings. This enables early intervention supports to be well adjusted to the needs of the child and family in a timely manner and avoids the need to rush young children to diagnosis.
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- Children who require longer term early intervention supports will be able to be referred to alternative early childhood early intervention support providers through a more natural, supported and structured process. (Attachment C).
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This approach for early childhood early intervention will allow for the development of consistent early intervention support appropriate to the child’s developmental delay and functional impairment in the context of the family/primary care givers circumstances. This includes appropriate intensive allied health supports and identified through acknowledged planning support through clinical oversight.
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This approach will require a comprehensive change and stakeholder management approach. Key areas of focus include:
- Communications and messaging
- Partnership with SA Government
- Market development
- Sector and workforce development
- Redesign of SDOM, Operational Guidelines and catalogue of supports
- Training of existing and new staff
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The proposed approach will also require a significant change management effort in SA to focus families, key stakeholders and market players to agree on the outcomes the NDIS should deliver through early childhood early intervention. The current debate is focused on inputs which provide limited opportunity to shape the narrative to a more sensible focus on child development and inclusion. (Attachment D)
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In time, the Agency will also transition existing 0 – 6 participants in SA as re-planning occurs and the network of access providers is formed. The implementation of additional support and tools developed for planners in SA will assist them to review plans and transition children to this newer model. This will achieve the aim of increasing the capacity of children’s natural support systems.
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The Agency has commenced the development of a comprehensive work plan incorporating Governance and project elements in context to each jurisdiction. Detailed project plans and project management methodology will be use to ensure the Executive has strong visibility of the progress and the risks to be managed (Attachment D).
Consultation
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