The Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) service is funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and can offer a range of supports for children (aged 0-9 years) with developmental delay or disability and their families.
The types of supports that can be provided through ECEI include:
- Information
- Referral to mainstream or community services
- Looking at what is needed to achieve the goals set by parents and their children
- Short term help to make sure kids are doing well in their early education setting
- Where required, assistance to access funded support through the NDIS
The service can work with children aged 0 to 6 years who live in Logan City LGA, Redlands LGA, Brisbane LGA, or Moreton Bay LGA AND have a disability or a developmental delay which is the result of an impairment and causes substantial functional limitations.
Our service will be rolled out in the Moreton Bay region on the 1st of January, 2019.
ECEI gets ready to roll at The Benevolent Society
We are currently working to recruit teams of Child Development Specialists and allied health professionals who will become the key workers for the ECEI service. We're taking the time to make sure we secure the right people to do this very important work.
At this stage, we anticipate being able to start making contact with families from mid--September to book initial appointments. We appreciate everyone's patience during this establishment phase.
If you or someone you know is interested in working with The Benevolent Society ECEI team please click here for more information.
Here is a selection of helpful links and information:
Family & Child Connect (FaCC)
FaCC provides information and advice to help Queensland families connect with support for a broad range of family and parenting challenges. For more information please call 13 FAMILY (3264) or find more information on their website.
Child Health Checks
We strongly encourage parents and carers to take children for regular health checks. These can be done by your family GP or at a local child health clinic. For more information check out the resources available through Children's Health Qld.
Child Development Quick Tip
Here is a tip from one of our speech pathologists at our Early Years Centres:
Shared book reading is an incredibly valuable way to develop language for little ones! Here are some things to consider to help maximise the experience.
- Follow your child's lead and talk about the parts they find interesting. It's okay to skip pages, start again, choose a new book or read the same book over and over!
- Talk about the pictures, not just the words. Provide opportunities for your child to join in and respond.
- Ask questions about the story - what could happen next, what would happen if the story was a little different, what they think the main character might be feeling, etc.
- Above all, have fun with it!
For more information please contact us on 1300 00 ECEI (3234).