Federal Government help for Children with ASD

What a busy, busy time we have had since last October. We were registered as panel providers under the Helping Children with Autism package, a Federal government initiative, and since then we have been exceptionally busy, assessing, planning and providing programs for children identified through this program. What a joy it has been to meet so many hard working, caring and determined parents, who make our home programs a reality!

We are in the throes of planning for a branch office in Darwin, so from the 27th – 30th April, we will be in Darwin for the first of many regular professional visits. As you can imagine, it is taking up a lot of time and energy to make this a reality, but boy, are we excited! We are also after new staff for our Darwin branch in particular, so if you know of a good speech pathologist and occupational therapist, in particular, please get them to give us a ring.

But thank you to those parents who have found 5energies and continue to show us what a dedicated team of people can do, when we all work together. It makes our job so much easier, but it is so gratifying to see the children progressing so well. Life wasn’t meant to be easy (if you believe Malcolm Fraser, but sometimes life can get very hard – so it is nice that we can work together so effectively to help these children.