05 Nov Have you considered which school 🏫 your child with Special Needs will attend 🤔

Did you know that planning for school should start at 3 years old for a child with Special Needs😳

Deciding 🧐on the right school for your child is often one of the biggest decisions that parents have to make about their child. The reason for this is that your child will spend most of their day for the next 13 years in school 🏫and the impact of the environment is huge on their development. The importance of the right school is even more crucial for a child with special needs.

Here at My Favourite Physio, our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists 🤓has successfully helped many families with the process of transition to school for their child with special needs. Unfortunately many parents do not realise that finding the right school for a child with special needs is not simply rocking up for enrolment the year before at your local school. A child with Special Needs will often require a Developmental Assessment carried out by a Developmental Paediatrician 🤓and a team of Allied Health Professionals. This is the Child Development Unit in public hospitals. The waiting time for a Developmental Assessment can be 12-18 months. So a referral to the Child Development Unit should occur at the age of 2.5-3 years old.

At the Developmental Assessment, Transition To School paperwork will then be commenced and the Department of Education will be notified of a child’s needs for specific schooling supports. The Developmental Assessment will help determine if your child is best suited for a Special Needs School, Support Unit in Main Stream Schools or Support Classes in Main Stream Schools. The waiting lists for Special Needs Schools may be a year or two, so the process needs to be started early to ensure that parents are able to have more choices for the school they feel is best for their child. 🤔

So if you have a child with special needs and you would like some help with Transition To School, ring My Favourite Physio 📱on (02) 9790 4233 to speak to one of our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists today!

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