Page 1088 - Week 03 - Thursday, 21 March 2019

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Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) 32 children are currently receiving services from Melaleuca Place.

(2) Information is collected by Community Services Directorate under the following age groups.

a) 0 – 2 = 5 children

b) 3 – 4 = 15 children

c) 5 – 7 = 13 children

d) 8 – 9 = 6 children

e) 10 – 12 = 6 children

Total of 45 children in 2018.

(3) There are five staff employed by Children, Youth and Families at Melaleuca Place. These are:

• One Principal Therapist/Manager;

• Three Psychologist/Social Worker positions; and

• One Administrative Officer

The Education Directorate provides a Speech Pathologist (.2 FTE) and Occupational Therapist (.3 FTE) who provide speech and occupational therapy services to children who attend Melaleuca Place.

(4) Staff at Melaleuca Place provide a range of services through a multi-disciplinary team and in line with their specialisation and expertise. These include:

Assessments

• Multi-modal, multi-method comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments;

• Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) brain mapping;

• Cognitive assessments;

• Speech and language assessments;

• Sensory assessment;

• Fine Motor Skills assessment; and

• Functional assessments.

Therapy

• Play-informed therapy;

• Sand tray work (trauma processing);

• Interventions for sexualised behaviours;

• Parent education and coaching;

• Arousal reduction strategies for home and school;

• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP);

• Narrative/Life story work;

• Circle of Security Parenting Program (individual or group);

• Connect: Attachment-Based Group Parenting Program for Kinship Carers;

• Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR);

• Seasons for Growth Grief and Loss Group Program;

• Speech and Language strategies/interventions; and

• Sensory, fine motor skills, functional strategies/interventions.

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