❓ The Minister for Disability Services announces over $1 million in growth funding for therapy services, benefiting over 550 people with disabilities, with a focus on early intervention and regional areas.
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My question is about early intervention services for people with disabilities, which will complement the Government’s commitment to help people with disabilities, their carers and families. Will the minister please inform the House of recent developments in the allocation of funding to early intervention and therapy in general, and to what extent this will benefit the recipients of these services? Ms S.M. McHALE
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I thank the member for her question and for her advocacy on behalf of families in her electorate. I am pleased to inform the House that today I announced an allocation of more than $1 million of growth funding for therapy services to support Western Australian families who have relatives with disabilities. Once again, this will help to ease the pressure on families and improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. In essence, this will allow more than 550 extra people to access professional disability services across the State. I am talking about services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and psychological counselling, which are very essential and are required to help children and adults with disabilities reach their full potential. More than two-thirds of this funding will be directed to address the needs of preschool children and school-age children, with the remainder going to assist adults. We have focused our attention particularly on early intervention and directed a greater proportion of the growth funding to the critical area. Early intervention for young children with disabilities is absolutely critical to ensure that they have the capacity to play, acquire developmental skills, communicate and, hopefully, be involved in community activities. Therefore, we have committed an increased proportion of the funding to early intervention. I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for her question and for her advocacy on behalf of families in her electorate. I am pleased to inform the House that today I announced an allocation of more than $1 million of growth funding for therapy services to support Western Australian families who have relatives with disabilities. Once again, this will help to ease the pressure on families and improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. In essence, this will allow more than 550 extra people to access professional disability services across the State. I am talking about services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and psychological counselling, which are very essential and are required to help children and adults with disabilities reach their full potential. More than two-thirds of this funding will be directed to address the needs of preschool children and school-age children, with the remainder going to assist adults. We have focused our attention particularly on early intervention and directed a greater proportion of the growth funding to the critical area. Early intervention for young children with disabilities is absolutely critical to ensure that they have the capacity to play, acquire developmental skills, communicate and, hopefully, be involved in community activities. Therefore, we have committed an increased proportion of the funding to early intervention. I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
I thank the member for her question and for her advocacy on behalf of families in her electorate. I am pleased to inform the House that today I announced an allocation of more than $1 million of growth funding for therapy services to support Western Australian families who have relatives with disabilities. Once again, this will help to ease the pressure on families and improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. In essence, this will allow more than 550 extra people to access professional disability services across the State. I am talking about services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and psychological counselling, which are very essential and are required to help children and adults with disabilities reach their full potential. More than two-thirds of this funding will be directed to address the needs of preschool children and school-age children, with the remainder going to assist adults. We have focused our attention particularly on early intervention and directed a greater proportion of the growth funding to the critical area. Early intervention for young children with disabilities is absolutely critical to ensure that they have the capacity to play, acquire developmental skills, communicate and, hopefully, be involved in community activities. Therefore, we have committed an increased proportion of the funding to early intervention. I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
We have focused our attention particularly on early intervention and directed a greater proportion of the growth funding to the critical area. Early intervention for young children with disabilities is absolutely critical to ensure that they have the capacity to play, acquire developmental skills, communicate and, hopefully, be involved in community activities. Therefore, we have committed an increased proportion of the funding to early intervention. I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for her question and for her advocacy on behalf of families in her electorate. I am pleased to inform the House that today I announced an allocation of more than $1 million of growth funding for therapy services to support Western Australian families who have relatives with disabilities. Once again, this will help to ease the pressure on families and improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. In essence, this will allow more than 550 extra people to access professional disability services across the State. I am talking about services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and psychological counselling, which are very essential and are required to help children and adults with disabilities reach their full potential. More than two-thirds of this funding will be directed to address the needs of preschool children and school-age children, with the remainder going to assist adults. We have focused our attention particularly on early intervention and directed a greater proportion of the growth funding to the critical area. Early intervention for young children with disabilities is absolutely critical to ensure that they have the capacity to play, acquire developmental skills, communicate and, hopefully, be involved in community activities. Therefore, we have committed an increased proportion of the funding to early intervention. I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
I thank the member for her question and for her advocacy on behalf of families in her electorate. I am pleased to inform the House that today I announced an allocation of more than $1 million of growth funding for therapy services to support Western Australian families who have relatives with disabilities. Once again, this will help to ease the pressure on families and improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. In essence, this will allow more than 550 extra people to access professional disability services across the State. I am talking about services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and psychological counselling, which are very essential and are required to help children and adults with disabilities reach their full potential. More than two-thirds of this funding will be directed to address the needs of preschool children and school-age children, with the remainder going to assist adults. We have focused our attention particularly on early intervention and directed a greater proportion of the growth funding to the critical area. Early intervention for young children with disabilities is absolutely critical to ensure that they have the capacity to play, acquire developmental skills, communicate and, hopefully, be involved in community activities. Therefore, we have committed an increased proportion of the funding to early intervention. I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
We have focused our attention particularly on early intervention and directed a greater proportion of the growth funding to the critical area. Early intervention for young children with disabilities is absolutely critical to ensure that they have the capacity to play, acquire developmental skills, communicate and, hopefully, be involved in community activities. Therefore, we have committed an increased proportion of the funding to early intervention. I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
I want to inform country members that at least 25 per cent of the funding will go into supporting families and children in regional and rural Western Australia. Therefore, we will ensure that the funding - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Ms S.M. McHALE: We announced that a minimum of 25 per cent will go to regional Western Australia; yet those opposite have started arcing up. I do not understand their response, because we are making sure that a good and satisfactory allocation of funding is going to regional Western Australia. That is a good thing, but unfortunately members on the other side cannot see it. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
Ms S.M. McHALE: More than $220 000 is going specifically to country Western Australia. Increased funding will go to the Speech and Hearing Centre for Children WA, Therapy Focus, the Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd and the Autism Association of Western Australia. This funding is central to the $10.8 million of growth funding that we announced, and represents a substantial investment in the future of Western Australian children.
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