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School Planning -- Therapy Set up 2025

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Therapist working in Schools 1984--2024  During the last 40 years, I have worked in schools in south-east Queensland as an Occupational Therapist and Music Instructor (piano). Looking back, I am developing a list of ideas that work well for therapists as we begin the new school year in 2025. This may inform the development of ad hoc therapy support services in schools.      Occupational Therapist   (CC Attribution)                                   Petrie Tce State School--1970  By 'ad hoc,' I mean therapy services provided indirectly to school students in schools--by a range of parent-controlled and community service groups. The funding can be sourced through NDIS, Medicare, private and health insurance or other non-government funds. There is a constellation of therapy services that operate within schools in various ways--with varying lev...