Speak Out April 2018

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Background The Northern Territory Department of Education has recently established the Teaching and Allied Health (TAH) team. This team consists of two speech pathologists, two occupational therapists, and two education advisors (senior teachers) and is based in Darwin city. The team has been funded for four years to provide territory wide access to allied health informed services and supports to children in educational settings. This includes children attending DoE supported before school programs, preschool, and primary to high school. The figure below illustrates the NT context (Annual Report 2016-2017, Northern territory Department of Education). Teaching and Allied Health (TAH) team

Northern Territory

NT 49 members as at March 2018

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April 2018 www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

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