Foundation of Hope Therapies

02/10/2024

🙏🏻🚨 Important Update for NDIS Parents and Caregivers – New NDIS 2.0 Changes 🚨🙏🏻

Starting October 3rd, 2024, the new NDIS 2.0 legislation will be rolled out across Australia. This brings significant changes to how supports and funding are managed for your child or loved one.

The new framework introduces stricter criteria for accessing and maintaining NDIS supports, and the impact on plan reviews and funding requests will be considerable.

Below are the key updates you need to know: 👇🏽

🚨Tighter Funding Control: 🚨

Families and participants must now manage NDIS funding even more carefully, as funds will need to cover the entire plan period. It will be more difficult to adjust funding allocations or request additional funding within the plan’s duration. Careful planning is essential to ensure that the existing budget meets your child’s or loved one’s needs for the full term.

🎯 Age Increase for Early Intervention: 🎯

The age limit for Early Intervention services has now been extended to 9 years under NDIS 2.0. However, remaining engaged with the Scheme after a child turns 9 will require exponential evidence that the child has a Significant Lifelong Disability to continue receiving NDIS funding. This means you must provide strong, detailed evidence demonstrating that their needs cannot be met through any other service system.

🚨 Significant Push for Transferral of Supports to Government-Funded Services: 🎯

There will be a substantial push for families to utilise Government-Funded Health Supports wherever possible, even if these supports are not readily available in your local area. This presents a challenge, especially for families in regions where such supports are limited. Therefore, it is critical that you provide comprehensive and detailed evidence during the NDIS plan reassessment to demonstrate why your child’s or loved one’s supports must be funded by the NDIS and not by another system, such as health or education services.

🚨 Increased Burden of Proof: 🚨

To remain engaged with the NDIS after February 2025, you must provide detailed evidence of your child’s specific challenges based on their functional limitations (e.g., communication, mobility, self-care). By February 2025, all NDIS participants will be required to submit comprehensive reports from relevant, qualified Allied Health Professionals as part of the eligibility reassessment process.

🎯Maximizing the Chances of Remaining Eligible with the New NDIS, and Receiving Essential Funded Support will absolutely REQUIRE: 🎯

To maximize your chances of securing the necessary funding for supports, all recommendations must:

- Clearly address your child’s disability-related needs.
- Appropriately delineate: "How does your loved one's disability, and the support they require, affect their functional abilities to reasonably engage in daily life tasks and activities compared to their same-aged peers?"
- Consider the child’s ability to engage in tasks independently, participate in social and economic activities, communicate, learn, perform self-care, maintain safety, and manage tasks overall.

🚨 You must ensure: 🚨

- The supports requested are most appropriately funded by the NDIS under the new 2.0 legislation.
- No other service provider (e.g., health or education) is responsible for providing these services or supports.
- The supports directly relate to the specific disabilities identified by the NDIS during reassessment.

🚨All Plan Recommendations Must Be Evidence-Based: 🚨

Each recommendation must clearly demonstrate how the support will:

- Benefit your child’s daily functioning.
- Increase their independence.
- Lead to positive long-term outcomes.

The predicted outcomes must be clearly stated, showing how the proposed supports will lead to functional improvements, greater independence, and enhanced social or economic participation. To ensure continued funding for your child’s supports, all recommendations must:

- Address the specific disability-related needs.
- Help achieve functional goals, improve independence, and promote participation in social and economic activities.
- Provide value for money, ensuring cost-effectiveness of the proposed supports.

🎯 Final Note: 🎯

It is essential to stay informed and work closely with your NDIS planner or therapist to ensure that all documentation provided during reassessment is thorough and supports your child’s needs. Failing to provide this comprehensive evidence may jeopardize the continued provision of necessary supports from the NDIS.

If you have any questions or require further assistance, guidance or support regarding these changes, or to arrange an Updated FCA Report prior to yours or your loved one’s Scheme Eligibility Reassessment Interview (Which I have been advised will be completed by ALL NDIS Scheme Participants presently enrolled in the Scheme, as of October 2nd, 2024, by Mid February, 2025) please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Admin to arrange an appointment.

Email: admin@foundationofhopetherapies.com or Phone: 0481 716 504

If you have any concerns or need more information, you can reach the NDIS team at 1800 800 110.

To Stay informed and ensure you are prepared for these changes, the NDIA will be providing regular updates. You can keep up with the latest by:

- Visiting the NDIS website: NDIS Changes to Legislation available at https://www.ndis.gov.au/changes-ndis-legislation
- Signing up for the NDIS newsletter: ndis.gov.au/newsletter_signup
- Following NDIS on Facebook or Instagram

NDIS participants, families, and carers will be contacted directly via email with a detailed overview of the changes, including an Auslan version and Easy Read options for accessibility.

You can read the full message from the NDIS CEO and find more resources here: https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/10372-message-ceo-about-changes-ndis-legislation

I understand that this transition will undoubtedly be challenging for everyone involved. Take each step as it comes, and remember that support is available as you navigate these changes ahead.

Much love to you all, Shane and Jana and The Foundation of Hope Therapies Team ❤️🙏🏻🎯

29/09/2024

💗🎯 WE ARE FINALLY BACK IN CLINIC!!! 🎯💗

As many of you know, our family has been on a deeply personal journey over these last months particularly. Not only have we faced enormous challenges attempting to balance our little girl’s Liver Functions despite her successful transplant 7 Years Ago tomorrow… But we were then unexpectedly preparing for the inevitable passing of my beloved Father, who peacefully took his last breath over the weekend, after a particularly long and courageous battle with prostate cancer.

While this has been an incredibly challenging time for us personally, particularly over the last 5 weeks especially, I am grateful for the strength and support we've each received.

And, after taking an unprecedented and extended leave, we are excited to say that we are now FINALLY back in the Clinic!!!!! And looking forward to welcoming Term 4. 💃🏼👏🏼🎯

We ARE CURRENTLY OPEN FOR NEW INTAKES, though please note that afternoon sessions particularly will obviously remain limited ongoing due to the demand for these times, and our ongoing availability.

Please phone Shane on 0481 716 504 if you would like to discuss an initial appointment, or to reschedule ongoing sessions. Or please email admin@foundationofhopetherapies.com

We want to Thank You all from the bottom of our hearts for your understanding and continued support throughout this time. It was truly felt by each and every one of us.

And though this time has been challenging, in all aspects of our lives, WE ARE SO EXCITED to say we are BACK IN CLINIC and undeniably looking so forward to a new season at the Foundation of Hope Therapies. And to reach new achievements with you all, as we embrace the remaining months of the 2024 year that is, and the best Seasons yet!!! Spring and Summer!!!

So much love to you all, and we’ll see you in Clinic Soon!!!!

Jana and Shane 💗🎯👏🏼

30/07/2024

It’s DONATE LIFE WEEK. And here is OUR STORY.

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15/02/2024

While it can be arduous for individuals living with dif-abilities, impairments and other limitations to participate fully in societal activities, accessing gainful employment remains an essential milestone towards self-sufficiency, self identity, self development, self confidence, and self dependability which is vehemently essential for each and EVERY individuals current and future life.

As an Occupational Therapist, i am consistently amazed at the lack of education, inclusion, opportunity, access and support that people with a disabilities are provided in current society and also in workplace culture. Despite the implementation of multiple disability and inclusion acts, policies and procedures that should otherwise alleviate the disproportionate discrimination that people with disabilities facece across ALL facets of their daily life. But none moreso, than the employment sector.

Today, our daughter, Chloe-Lila, now 19 years, is officially sitting her FIRST EVER opportunity for a job Interview. And it wasnt without its challenges nor without fight.

Hence i want to say to ALL workplaces across Australia:

Disability DOESNT MEAN CANT. It heralds a different approach to achieving potential. The unique experiences of individuals with disabilities often cultivate exceptional skills and perspectives that surpass the ordinary.

This diversity in capability is not just an asset but a testament to resilience, innovation, and unparalleled problem-solving abilities.

Embracing these differences enriches our communities, workplaces, and societies, fostering a more inclusive world where every individual's contributions are valued and celebrated.

Hence i want you ALL to take this moment to recognise and empower the extraordinary talents within the disability community, highlighting that 'different' is not just powerful—it's transformative.

And i welcome you to contact me, Jana-Jade Loadsman at the Foundation of Hope Therapies If YOU need support to find out more about the Benefits that YOU can provide in your workplace, to ensure inclusivity for ALL individuals across your workplace. Where YOU TOO Can lead the way towards fostering an environment where diversity is not just recognized but celebrated!!!!!

GO GET THEM MY BEAUTIFUL INCREDIBLE DAUGHTER!!!! ❤️🎯🫶🏽👏🏼🌟❤️

09/02/2024

Feeling INCREDIBLY Honoured and thrilled to see my research making waves!!!! 📈 It’s been cited 7 TIMES already since its August 2020 publication in the esteemed Journal Of Diability and Society 🎯 A HUGE shout out to my fellow academic community for engaging in our work.

And whilst I polish off the final edits for my PhD Thesis in the same research field, however for which this is otherwise considered Australia’s first longitudinal analysis into Family Wellbeing Outcomes in Regional and Rural Regions engaging in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, I am extremely grateful that my works continue to raise incredible awareness for some of our most Pivotal Community Members: Primary Australian Carers and Caring Families in regional, rural and remote areas ongoing 🫶🏽🎯

Link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2020.1804327

11/01/2024

🌟 Welcoming 2024 with New Beginnings at Foundation of Hope Therapies! 🌟

Happy New Year to our incredible community! As we step into 2024, it's time to embrace a new chapter at the Foundation of Hope Therapies. 🌈🎉

For all NEW and Existing Clients and Families: We have Formally Transformed to our Specialist Consultancy Occupational Therapy Service Model! 🚀

✨ Specialised Focus: We're honing our expertise in complex disability and care needs, ensuring every individual we support receives unparalleled, specialised attention.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Carer and Family-Centric Approach: Our model primarily focuses on a family and carer centered approach. By empowering families and caregivers, we are aiming to enhance the effectiveness and consistency of interventions across all aspects of the individual’s daily life.

📚 Evidence-Based & Tailored: Every aspect of our service is grounded in robust research and customised to the unique needs of those we support. From comprehensive assessments to detailed intervention plans, we ensure that our approach is both scientifically sound and highly personalised at all times.

🌏 Reaching the Unreached: With a focus on complex disability supports and also regional and remote communities, we're able to utilise telehealth therapies to get to those harder to reach locations, ensuring that distance is no barrier to receiving quality care. Our telehealth services complement face-to-face sessions, making our support accessible to all.

🤝 Collaborative Excellence: We vehemently pursue a Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Approach in all therapeutic planning and support delivery ongoing. This strategically involves collaborating with various specialists to offer comprehensive and integrated care across all of your therapy teams and supports ongoing.

👩🏼‍💻 Comprehensive Formal and Diagnostic Assessments and Reports: We at the Foundation of Hope Therapies are always staying up to date with the latest Assessments and Training criteria to deliver these assessments across a range of clients and settings. This includes:

1. ADOS and Autism Assessments
2. Comprehensive Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA’s)
3. Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (3rd Edition)
4. ABAS Assessmentse
5. Sensory Profile and Sensory Profile 2 Assessment and Report
6. Social Responsiveness Scale 2nd Edition (SRS-2)
7. D-REF Assessments
8. WHODAS 2.0
9. MOCA Assessments
10. Care and Needs Scale (Paediatric and Adult CANS Ax)
11. Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, 2nd Edition (BOT-2)
12. BEERY Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI) Assessments
13. Handwriting Assessment
14. Ages and Stages Assessments (0-6 Years)
15. Functional Behaviour Assessment
16. Personalised Learning Plans and more!!!

NB: We are Qualified Trained ADOS-2 and Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessors withappropriate training and endorsement to complete all ADOS Assessment Modules (ADOSModules 1, 2, 3 & 4) as per DSMV Assessment Guidelines and Criteria and also the NationalGuidelines for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Australia,October 2018.

🔍 What Does This Mean for You?

• Personalized Support: Expect tailored support focused on your unique needs and circumstances.
• Family Empowerment: Gain valuable insights and skills to enhance your caregiving capabilities.
• Accessible Care: Benefit from our extended reach through telehealth, ensuring no one is left behind.
• Integrated Therapeutic Approach: Experience a seamless and comprehensive care experience, backed by a team of multidisciplinary specialists.
• Commitment to Excellence: Trust in our dedication to provide the highest quality of care, guided by evidence-based practices and a deep understanding of complex disabilities.

Join us in celebrating this transformative journey into 2024, where together, we'll achieve new heights in care and support. 🌟💚

🦄💃🏼🎯 NEW INTAKES NOW AVAILABLE 💃🏼👏🏼❤️

Book Online via our Website or Phone: 0481 716 504 or Email: admin@foundationofhopetherapies.com

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15/09/2023

We are thrilled to announce a transformative shift in our service provision model — the transition to exclusive Specialist Occupational Therapy Supports. This decision embodies our unwavering commitment to providing tailored, evidence-based care for individuals with complex disabilities, especially within the framework of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

We're excited to share our groundbreaking initiative that not only encapsulates our dedication to exceptional, person-centered care. By pooling our Specialist Occupational Therapy Practices within both Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary approaches, we are ensuring a streamlined, holistic care experience for families navigating complex disabilities, particularly within the framework of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

It also ensures that we always offer our families the latest skill augmentation and expanded scope of practice that is indispensable in effecting meaningful skill development and change for persons with a disability and their families.

And given the increasing need for timely, effective and evidence based interventions for individuals with complex emotional and behavioural needs, we are excited to add our Advanced Qualifications of Ross Greene's Collaborative Proactive Solutions (CPS) to our skill sets! A practice model that has become a focal point in the Allied Health practice field across the world in the 20th Century.

Completing both introductory and advanced courses in CPS allows for a comprehensive mastery of the model's theoretical underpinnings and practical applications. This not only enhances our skills but also expands our scope of practice.

And by combining our skill sets with other practitioners, for which I was lucky enough to team up with my close friend and fellow Allied Health practitioner Child Psychologist Nicholas Chizzoni from Far North Kids (Cairns and Rural QLD Outreach Service Provider), we are ensuring that we are attending to a more comprehensive, holistic package of care. Interdisciplinary collaboration not only improves our individual practices, but it's also enhances the quality of services each of us can offer our families under the NDIS framework.

The synergy between your Occupational Therapist and Psychologist also unlocks new therapeutic avenues to ensuring a holistic approach to complex care supports, particularly in the NDIS Scope, and, most importantly, leads to far better outcomes for the families we serve.

The Road Ahead

The transition for the Foundation of Hope Therapies to a Specialist Occupational Therapy model is not just a shift in service provision; it is a leap towards unparalleled excellence. We aim to be at the forefront of research-based interventions, advocating for the essential role occupational therapy plays in the lives of those with complex disabilities and their families.

We invite you to be a part of this exciting new chapter. Together, we can redefine what is possible and set new benchmarks in the field of complex disabilities and occupational therapy.

For more information, Email Us: admin@foundationofhopetherapies.com

We look forward to seeing you in clinic soon!

Much Love,

Jana and Shane Loadsman ###

Foundation of Hope Therapies

30/08/2023

IMPORTANT New Changes at the Foundation of Hope Therapies ❤️

Effective September 1st, 2023. These New Changes will not only allow us to support more families, but more importantly, it will be providing a Specific Complex Disability and Health Occupational Therapy Service to Families using both a Family Centric Specialist Occupational Therapy Model and also Specialist Occupational Therapy Consultancy Only Services.

EMAIL US to find out more admin@foundationofhopetherapies.com

30/05/2023

Leg 1 DONE… Quick stop over, and then we are at our final destination!!!! I seriously CANNOT WAIT for this!!!!!!!! I cannot wait for what this will bring for my family. For my families… Past, Current and Future. And for getting to know, who I need to get to, when I get to Canberra.

10 Years of the NDIS… And with so much chatter of changes, let’s hear it from the horse’s mouths.

LESSSS GOOOOOO GUYS!!!!!!! ❤️💃🏼👊🏼🙏🏻✈️💫❤️

09/01/2023

🌺❤️💫 HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our Incredible Families!!!! 💫❤️🌺 We are finally back in the clinic after 3 weeks break 💃🏼

As MOST of you know, I have been VERY busy these last few weeks putting together the final touches in completing my PhD Thesis!!!

Which is advancing my existing research on Understanding Family Wellbeing when the family is engaging in the NDIS in Regional and Rural Communities. And in particular, analysing the effects on intersectional factors which alleviate or perpetuate carer and caring families wellbeing outcomes when providing primary informal care to an NDIS participant.

This longitudinal research study, is particularly ground breaking research. Albeit which has not otherwise been completed at this time. And hence I am proud that I get to start the conversation into such an incredibly important research field!!!

I do hope to have the first final draft completed by the end of January!!! So please bare with me whilst I put all my spare time into getting this to completion!!!!! This will, above all else, not only shine a very significant spotlight as to the experiences of regional and rural families on the ground, but will also inform future policy.

And hence, my aim is to take this to Canberra to share my findings and to start the conversation as to HOW we can best support regional, rural and remote Carers and caring families in these regions particularly. This has been 3 years in the making, and I am very excited to say that I am, very much ALMOST FINISHED!!!!!!!!!! ❤️🎉🍾🎊

And in MORE exciting news, I am also headed to Melbourne NEXT WEEK to Complete my ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) TRAINING!!!!!!!! Which will ultimately allow us to alleviate those incredible wait times for ASD Assessments and Diagnostic Reports, which I believe is currently around 12 months wait here in Cairns alone!!! So VERY VERY EXCITING NEWS INDEED!!!!!! 👏🏼❤️💫

This also means that I will be away ALL OF NEXT WEEK from January 16 until the 20th. So anyone with appointment times next week will be moved to accommodate this 💫

And with the new year, we will also be implementing some changes across our therapy support delivery and approach. I will advise more on this as I see you all in the Clinic. For now, I wish you all the most INCREDIBLE AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!!!!

See you all real soon!!! So much Love, Always,

🌺❤️💗💫 Jana and Shane ✨💗❤️🌺

16/12/2022

🌺❤️💗🎅🏽 Wishing ALL our Families, Past and present, the MOST INCREDIBLE Christmas Blessings🎄❤️🎄

We are heading out of the Clinic today until the 9th of January, 2023. So a few weeks break, whereby I plan to return with my PhD FINISHED!!!!!!! (You know what they say: No Rest for the Wicked!!! Haha) 🎅🏽🎄💗❤️🌺

Sending you all SO MUCH LOVE!!!!! And CANT WAIT to see all my beautiful families back in 2023!!! Please phone: 0481 716504 or email admin@foundationofhopetherapies.com to arrange appointments for the new year.

🌺❤️💗💫 MASSIVE BUCKETS OF BLESSINGS TO YOU ALWAYS!!!!!!!! Jana and Shane 💫💗❤️🌺

05/11/2022

Today we are so excited to be heading out to Atherton to attend the The Great Northern Bullriding Series 2022 Finals!!!! 🎯 The Atherton show is also the “Make a Wish” Round, with all proceeds going towards The Make a Wish Foundation!!!!! Obviously an INCREDIBLY brilliant cause which is very close to my heart. So we do anything we can to support these organisations, which help seriously sick children realise their greatest hopes and dreams. Not otherwise offered to them, for all the obvious reasons.

But I tell you what, trying to leave the house with a PEG Fed post transplant child and an epileptic, let alone 4 kids in itself, AND our puppy, is a serious MISSION!!!! Did we grab Tacro? A spare line? A Spare PEG? Tubes? Midazolam? Formula? A spare pump? A Pump Charger? Keppra? And god help us… Does everyone have SHOES???!!!! 🫣🙊🙋🏼‍♀️

We wouldn’t have it any other way however!!!!!!!! It’s because of our beautiful girls and their incredible journey through their complex health and disability support needs, that keeps us just DOING!!!! I swear if we actually thought about half the things we have done since Harpie survived her tumultuous journey to and through transplant and Bella with her epilepsy and consequent brain damage, let alone Clo with her Alagille Syndrome and branch peripheral pulmonary stenosis and intellectual disabilities we probably wouldn’t have done anything at all!!!! It’s the fear of the “what if’s” that seems to hold a lot of people back from JUST LIVING. So I wanted to say if this resonates with you, I want you to take that BRAVE step and JUST DO IT!!!!!! Life is seriously too short. Live your BEST days as BEST as you can. These will be the days that get you through those dark times. I can tell you!!!

It’s also been an incredible week in the new Clinic!!! We are getting pretty close to Capacity at this time 💗

I am now extremely limited in accepting ongoing referrals for OT until I finish my PhD hopefully around Xmas!!!! But I will still have capacity for FCA’s. So if you are requesting a FCA Assessment and Report OR want to put your name down on our wait list, please EMAIL us: admin@foundationofhopetherapies.com and we will endeavour to get to you!!!

So much love to you all!!!!! Have a GREAT weekend everyone!!!!

Jana and Shane 💗 Foundation of Hope Therapies ❤️💗🫶🏽💫💗❤️