Initial Assessment:

- 50 minutes face to face/telehealth session

- 10 mins for preparation and note taking

- $190.00

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Direct individual intervention and/or observation

- Home/school/preschool/meeting attendance/telehealth/other

- 50 minutes face to face

- 10 minutes for preparation and note taking

- $190.00 

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Indirect Client Intervention (for NDIS participants)

- Correspondence related to client intervention (i.e. phone calls, emails, teacher/therapist meetings etc)

- Development of individualised client therapy resources (i.e. a sensory diet, visual schedule, social story etc)

- Completion of written letters, reports (including review reports and end of contract reports), meeting minutes

- Time will be recorded and charged at the 15-minute pro rata rate (with sought approval)

- $47.50 per 15 mins

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Functional Capacity Assessments

These are very comprehensive assessments and require many hours to compile and develop the reports.  Interviews, phone calls, emails and travel are calculated as per the usual rates (see other sections in this page).  Report writing is charged to a maximum of 12 hours.  

Report and Letter Writing (Non-NDIS clients)

- Fees negotiated prior to report/letter development

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Travel

Where travel is required outside of the Gawler suburban area rates will be charged at the therapist rate in 5 minute blocks for car travel from the Gawler Post Office calculated using Google Maps (i.e. Kapunda is 29 minutes from Gawler, the charge for return travel is $190/(2 x 25/60 hours)=$158.30). Where multiple clients are scheduled together in the same location, travel time will be shared across families to help reduce costs.

NDIS clients will be charged travel as per the current NDIS price guide.

Please note, private paying families can negotiate travel costs at time of booking.

- $15.83 per 5 mintues

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Please note: As part of good business management, Connecting Dots 4 Kids will review costs from time to time and therefore costs are subject to change. Families will be informed in writing when this occurs. Costing reviews are more likely to occur at the end of the financial year and families accessing NDIS plans are encouraged to consider this when negotiating their next plans.

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Payment Terms and Conditions

At Connecting Dots 4 Kids payment is required on the day of service. Our preferred payment is direct account transfer. If you wish to pay via a different method, please contact Connecting Dots for Kids admin prior to the day of your appointment to discuss other options.

Failure to receive payment or negotiate alternative payment plans after 5 business days will result in the cancellation of existing appointments and services. Connecting Dots 4 Kids reserves the right to share your contact details and details of outstanding funds to engage with third-party debt collection agencies if required. If you are having difficulty paying for services, please discuss this with your therapist at the earliest convenience.

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Third-Party Payment

From time to time, client's use a third party to pay for services, i.e. NDIS plan management agencies. Please note it is the responsibility of the client's parent/carer/guardian to plan and ensure sufficient funds are available in their account to pay for service provision. This includes paying for Schedules of Support as well as any additional reviews, report writing (i.e. end of NDIS plan reports as required for reviews) and non-face-to-face costs (i.e. phone calls and emails to other service providers, development of resources, etc). Where sufficient funds are not available through an agreed third party (i.e. insufficient funds in an NDIS plan) the responsibility for payment reverts to the client and/or their representative (i.e. parent/carer/guardian).