Services & Support

Finding and selecting a provider to help your child, yourself, and/or your family is an important decision. Like all health professionals, allied health practitioners differ in training, experience, and personality.

Professionals services are an important source of support for families of children with global developmental delay. For children below school age, these services are known as early childhood intervention services.

This is a question that all parents will face. Here are some general points to keep in mind when deciding how much support you need and what form it should take.

Your child’s wellbeing depends not only on what you do to support their development but also on the wellbeing of the family as a whole. It is important to make sure that the needs of other family members and the family as a whole are being met.

The most effective services and practitioners use a family-centred approach that involves partnering with families to address the issues that are of most importance to families, and helping families develop the capacity to meet the needs of their child and family.