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Annual General Meeting

Welcome: A Summary of the Financial Year 2018/19

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Our Vision & Mission

Vision: Transforming children’s lives Mission: To help children flourish through therapy and family support

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Strategic Direction 2018-2021

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We continued to deliver programs and services that met our strategic direction and mission.

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We had contracts renewed & won

• Child Development Services (CDS): Speech Pathology to 138

children, Physiotherapy contract ended in May 2019

• Department of Communities (DoC), WA NDIS & NDIA NDIS: Early

Childhood Intervention & School Age Therapy Services

• WA Country Health Services (WACHS): Speech Pathology, Clinical

Psychology and Occupational Therapy to 132 children

• Great Southern Development Commission (GSDC): Cranbrook

Frankland Speech Pathology Project extended

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The transition to NDIS

“We had offers from many bigger NGO’s for us to merge with them, as there seemed to be a consensus that smaller organisations like Kids Are Kids! would not survive the changes. However, our leadership team was optimistic about the future and this positivity was well founded. With a level playing field, and on the back of our strong reputation for family focused therapy; Kids Are Kids has become a self sufficient, well organized and secure provider

• f allied health services to children and families.

Importantly, our founding principles have stood the test of time. We continue to provide a holistic service in a caring environment, for the whole family. Our original goals continue; allied health services under the one roof, staff who listen, a high level of empathy and the desire to make a positive difference”. Wayne Revitt, Chairperson

Kids Are Kids! remained competitive in the NDIS environment

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Program Performance

• Department of Communities and WA NDIS: Transition to

NDIS increased demand for services and we increased clinical staff by 8. External Quality Audit undertaken in May 2019 with excellent results

• WA Country Health: Consumer evaluation gave positive

feedback for Northam WACHS CP clinics and service valued by stakeholders through all regions

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Program Performance

• CDS Speech Pathology: Services increased this year.

Performed well against KPI’s compared to other external providers

• Autism Diagnostic Panel Assessment Program:

Department of Communities and Child Development Services contracts extended

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Program Performance

• Kids Are Kids! Great Southern: Speech and Occupational

Therapy services provided to families at Mt Barker and Cranbrook - Frankland Schools and the wider community

• Fee-For-Service: Continues to provide individualised and

multi-disciplinary services to clients and their families. Demand continues to be high for these services

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The Xploration Hub

An incredible state of the art resource that is being utilised continually as a tool for improved therapy outcomes. The Xploration Hub was accessed regularly across the year for therapy sessions by Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Clinical Psychologists and their families.

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We raised our profile in an increasingly competitive market.

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Patron, Professor A. Whitehouse

Professor Andrew Whitehouse has been Patron since 2014 and continues his support of Kids Are Kids!

• advocating for the
• rganisation in every way

possible.

Photo: Professor Andrew Whitehouse, Director

• f the Autism Research Team, Telethon Kids

Institute

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Social Media

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Direct Marketing

eNewsletter: Reaches up to 2,000 families and advocates every quarter

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Public Relations

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Advertising

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Industry Events

Autism Open Day: March 2019 JTC Education Support Disability Expo, Mandurah Forum: June 2019

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Therapy in groups made a difference

“This past year has seen groups continue to evolve and gain further momentum. We have continued to receive positive feedback about our Circle of Security Parenting Program. We launched our new ActiveAte Group Program aimed at creating healthy well-being through exercise and nutrition for children with Autism”.

Jessica Williams, Groups Coordinator

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We awarded Scholarships

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of The Accounting Department, Northern Trust and APEX Perth we were able to offer a total of $27,000 of therapy scholarships. Scholarships were offered to 10 very worthy families so that their children could access much needed therapy to address their goals and priorities to improve their children’s lives.

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We continued our work in schools

• Aubin Grove Primary School
• Honeywood Primary School
• Comet Bay Primary School
• Singleton Primary School
• Cranbrook and Frankland Primary Schools

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We raised funds through grants:

• Perpetual IMPACT Philanthropic

Program , funds for ActiveAte, a new group program for children with ASD

• Department of Communities: WA

Sector Transition Grant, assisting with implementation of new client management system and new policy development

• Great Southern Development

Commission, Speech Pathology Assessment & Intervention to the local community in the Cranbrook and Frankland regions

Senior Speech Pathologist, Alisha Dufty in session at Mt Barker

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We raised funds through grants:

• Honda Foundation Heroes:

A vehicle for 12 months assisting to reduce transport costs

• 121 Inc. and ALCOA PEACH: Funded

the lite-gait treadmill which is assisting children with significant gross motor delays or disabilities

• Federal Government: Volunteers

Grant

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We raised funds through events:

Fundraising Initiatives:

• Kids Are Kids! 21st Birthday Gala Dinner
• Kids Are Kids! Quiz Night
• Grill’d Local Matters Program
• Cadbury Easter Chocolate Drive
• Entertainment Books
• Family Christmas Picnic Sausage Sizzle

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Our commitment to quality continues

The financial results for the year reflect another year of significant growth for Kids Are Kids!, with the organisation expanding to provide services to a record number of families. We continue to develop our programs and services around the needs

• f families and their children and are very excited for what the future

holds for Kids Are Kids! Thank you for your support.

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Special thanks to major sponsors:

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