School Services Policy

Next Challenge actively partners with schools and aims to work collaboratively with teachers and families to help children succeed in their learning environment. Next Challenge therapists will engage with school personnel to seek the best means of supporting a child or a community of children to access the school environment and curriculum.
 
Next Challenge offers a variety of ways to engage in a collaborative partnership with schools, including:

• identifying children who require extra support to participate in the classroom.
• provision of information and advice to best support children’s participation at school.
• provision of modelling and demonstration of strategies and techniques.
• provision of updates and feedback as a child’s skill level progresses.
• provision of intervention in class or in the school environment.
• provision of professional development to school staff and parents/carers. 
• provision of equipment and resource suggestions.
• whole class screening (Speech and Occupational Therapy).

 
The nature of the partnership will differ for each school and for each child in response to the needs of the child, the family’s purpose for engaging in therapy services, the school’s purpose for engaging in a collaborative partnership and funding options.
 
Date written: January 2006
Date reviewed: February 2021
Date due for review: February 2024