What does ICT look like

What does ICT look like?

Individualised therapy is based on the student’s needs, and may involve the following:

- 1:1 support during lesson time, when it is determined a student needs therapy support to participate

- Small group activities to target specific goals areas, if students have similar therapy goals

- 1:1 consultation with teaching staff to provide suggestions and strategies to support the student in the classroom

- Social skills support in the playground

- Occupational Therapy support with fine or gross motor skills during sport/PE

- Occupational Therapy support with self-care/dressing skills before or after swimming

- Speech Pathology or Occupational Therapy support at mealtimes

- Support at transition times

- Therapists running or supporting whole group activities

Service	Time allocated	What does this actually mean
'Individualised' speech pathology/occupational therapy	30 minutes per week (for both speech and OT)	Speech and Occupational Therapists provide 30 mins of individualised therapy to each student per week.
Teacher/therapist collaboration/planning time	15 minutes per child per term (for both speech and OT)	If 8 children in a class opt in, then therapist and teacher have 2 hours (4 x 15 minutes) to collaborate each term.
Therapist planning time	50 minutes per student per term (for both speech and OT)	Therapists can spend extra time during the term and in school holidays researching and planning in order to meet individual student needs.
Therapist/parent communication time	50 minutes per student per term (for both speech and OT)	Therapists have capacity each term to check in with families to see how things are going at home and provide updates on their child’s progress in in-class therapy.
Therapist attendance at parent/teacher interviews	30 minutes per student (for both speech and OT)	One therapist will attend each parent/teacher interview.
Therapists will contribute to school reports	60 minutes per student (for both speech and OT	Each therapist will contribute to both school reports during the year.
Therapists will provide NDIS required reports	90 minutes per student (for both speech and OT)	Each therapist will complete NDIS required reports at student’s plan review times.