What is the Home Based Program?
Yarran offers early intervention through home visits to families with babies and very young children with developmental delays or disabilities. Visits are fortnightly and last for about one hour each time. Home visits may be made to older children under circumstances.

Who are the staff on the program?
A trained teacher with considerable experience in both early childhood education and special education visits the families.

How does the program help?
The program helps by providing support to the family and the child. The child is encouraged to develop skills and abilities that are those expected of a child of this age. Families are given ideas to help achieve these goals and are given support in other ways as needed.

What happens?
The teacher and parent work together as partners. At each visit the teacher and parent play with the child using a variety of toys and activities. Each child has an Individual Educational Plan, which describes the goals of that child's program. The Plan builds on the child's present strengths and helps to meet their existing needs. The teacher and parent discuss ways in which the needs of the family as well as the child can be met.

Referrals?
If you feel this program could be helpful for your child, please contact us on 

43 227011 or 4332 3981.All children require a written confirmation of their diagnosis of disability or developmental delay by a Child & Family Health medical officer,paediatrician or child psychologist to access this program

Please see the Referrals Section for further information.

Voluntary Contributions / Donations:
Families may determine the amount & frequency of their voluntary contribution or donation according to their individual circumstances

Home Based Program no more that $75 per term.

For more information on voluntary contributions / donations, please see our Fees or Voluntary Contribution / Donation Section.

Funding Body
Funded by the Department of Education & Training ISP funding and the Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care & supported by Mingara Recreation Club.

The Home Based programs is funded by the Minister for Education and administered by the Department of Education & Training.