For Allied Health Providers
Collaborating with allied health professionals to translate clinical recommendations into meaningful, everyday practice through Therapy Assistance.
Working Together to Bring Recommendations Into Everyday Life
LaunchPod’s Therapy Assistance service gives children regular opportunities to practise and strengthen functional skills through meaningful, everyday activities.
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With the family’s consent, we collaborate with allied health professionals to understand their clinical recommendations and incorporate appropriate strategies into the child’s Therapy Assistance program.
You remain responsible for your own assessment, clinical decision-making and therapeutic recommendations. LaunchPod is responsible for developing and maintaining the Therapy Assistance Implementation Plan, supporting our Therapy Assistants, monitoring implementation and governing the Therapy Assistance service.
Therapy Assistance That Complements and Reinforces Your Clinical Work
LaunchPod’s Therapy Assistance service is designed to complement and reinforce the work of a child’s treating allied health professionals by creating regular, meaningful opportunities to practise and strengthen functional skills in everyday life.
You Provide the Clinical Expertise
You remain responsible for your own assessment, clinical reasoning, therapeutic recommendations and other clinical decisions within your professional scope.
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We Translate Recommendations Into Practice
With the family’s consent, LaunchPod considers your recommendations when developing the child’s Therapy Assistance program and translates appropriate strategies into practical, engaging activities that can be implemented by a Therapy Assistant within their defined scope.
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We Govern the Therapy Assistance Service
LaunchPod is responsible for employing, training and supporting Therapy Assistants, developing and maintaining the Therapy Assistance Implementation Plan, monitoring implementation and progress, and maintaining appropriate clinical governance, quality assurance and risk management.
1. You Share Your Recommendations
With the family’s consent, you can provide relevant recommendations, goals, strategies and reports to help inform the child’s Therapy Assistance program.
2. Therapy Assistance Can Commence
Therapy Assistance may commence while the TAIP is being developed, allowing the Therapy Assistant to begin building connection, understanding the child and creating meaningful opportunities for practice.
3. We Develop the TAIP
LaunchPod develops an individualised Therapy Assistance Implementation Plan (TAIP) that brings together family priorities, relevant clinical recommendations and observations from Therapy Assistance sessions.
How We Work With You
5. We Monitor, Review & Communicate
LaunchPod monitors implementation and progress, conducts regular Review Meetings and, with the family’s consent, communicates with treating providers so the program can continue to complement and reinforce their clinical work.
4. The TAIP Is Reviewed and Endorsed
Once developed, the TAIP is reviewed and endorsed within LaunchPod’s Clinical Governance Framework before becoming the endorsed plan that guides the child’s ongoing Therapy Assistance service.
Therapy Assistance Planning FormÂ
The Therapy Assistance Planning Form gives treating allied health professionals a structured way to share recommendations, goals, strategies and other information that may help inform a participant’s Therapy Assistance Implementation Plan.
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You may also provide relevant reports or supporting documentation where helpful.
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Completing the form does not make you responsible for supervising LaunchPod’s Therapy Assistants or governing the Therapy Assistance service. LaunchPod remains responsible for developing and maintaining the TAIP, supporting Therapy Assistants, monitoring implementation and overseeing the service within our Clinical Governance Framework.
Provider FAQs
Our Therapy Assistance FAQs for Providers provide a comprehensive overview of our Therapy Assistance model, Clinical Governance Framework, collaboration processes, professional responsibilities, and answers to the questions we're most commonly asked by treating allied health provider(s).
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Whether you're considering referring a participant or would simply like to better understand how we work, we encourage you to download the guide below.
Working Together Around the Child
We value collaboration with the allied health professionals involved in a child’s care. Our aim is to complement and reinforce your clinical work while keeping professional responsibilities clear.
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You provide the clinical expertise, assessment and therapeutic recommendations within your scope. LaunchPod takes responsibility for translating appropriate recommendations into the child’s Therapy Assistance program and governing how that service is delivered.
With the family’s consent, we can share relevant information, review outcomes and incorporate updated recommendations as the child’s needs and goals change.
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