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EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY INTERVENTION OPERATING MODEL
THE CASE FOR CHANGE
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THE CURRENT APPROACH
Since commencement of the NDIS, early childhood early intervention supports have been identified and provided through an individualised funded support package in much the same way supports to older and adult participants are provided through the NDIS. The current approach to providing support to these children is for families to have an access determination and plan completed by the Agency. Planners identify supports required. Generally early childhood early intervention supports have been funded under the 3 transdisciplinary packages of support that range from $6,000 to $16,416 per annum.
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Overall this approach will deliver better outcomes for children and their families and will contribute to greater scheme sustainability, reducing lifetime costs and building the capacity of mainstream. This approach will also enable the Agency to test a number of variations of the ECEI approach in different contexts and will ultimately contribute to a more effective national approach to ECEI.
THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY INTERVENTION INCLUSION APPROACH
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Some state and territory jurisdictions have implemented changes to early childhood intervention services or have started to strengthen inclusive service delivery through government systems.
Although there is a strong evidence base and broad consensus that inclusive, family-centred early childhood intervention is best practice, many states and territories have varying degrees of maturity in implementing this approach. This means there are no fixed models for how to operationalise best practice early intervention; although increasingly more positive evidence is becoming available as to how this might work.
THE NDIS ECEI APPROACH
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