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Thriving Kids
As Australia moves toward the new Thriving Kids model, many support coordinators and providers are asking what this means for families and early intervention, and how it will sit alongside existing NDIS pathways. We have created a simple, practical resource to help make sense of the changes.
What Thriving Kids is, how it differs from the NDIS, and where early supports such as speech pathology, OT, psychology, parent coaching, and key worker guidance may fit. Read more on our website for an easy overview and free guidance materials.
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The Cognitive Corner
This month we have a little March Hare Madness to mark the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. How well do you know Alice in Wonderland? This Teaser is not for the faint-hearted! Here it is . . .
After the tea-party, Alice persuaded the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse to run with her round a nearby circular track, promising that they should all four win the race by reaching the winning-post at the same moment, so long as they did not vary their speeds!
Round the track were twelve posts equally spaced a whole number of feet apart, No. 12 being at the start, which was also the finishing-post.
At each post, one of the Flamingos was stationed as umpire. We will call them F1, F2, …, F12.
F12 acted as starter. The umpires reported as follows:
- All four runners maintained their own constant speeds.
- F2 noted that Hatter passed Dormouse at his post exactly 30 seconds after the start.
- F3 reported that Hare passed Hatter at his post exactly 45 seconds after the start.
- F8 said that Hare passed Alice at his post, at which time Alice was passing his post for the third time and Hare for the sixth time.
- The umpires reported no more over takings, although obviously there were others.
The speeds of the four runners, in feet per second, were whole numbers between 5 and 20.
How many laps had they all completed when they all won? And how many seconds did the race last?
Next month, we release the answer
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Is your child on track with their speech, language, play, and everyday activities?
Thriving Kids is a new early childhood support model focused on helping children aged 8 and under with developmental delay and/or autism, particularly those with low-to-moderate support needs, access support earlier.