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Using the Telephone in the delivery of early intervention programs in Rural Victoria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Renae L. Moore  and
Stana H. Sargood
Renae L. Moore*
Affiliation:
Specialist Children’s Services Unit, Health and Community Services, Victoria
Stana H. Sargood
Affiliation:
Specialist Children’s Services Unit, Health and Community Services, Victoria
*
Renae Moore. Speech Pathologist, and Stana Sargood, Psychologist, may be contacted at the Specialist Children’s Service Unit, Health and Community Services, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065.
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Families living in rural areas who have a young child with a developmental disability often face difficulties in accessing early intervention services due to geographical isolation and restricted options to specialist services. Lack of services has been reported in a number of surveys of early intervention programs across Australia (Watt, Elkins, Conrad, Andrews, Apelt, Hayes, Calder, Coulston, & Willis, 1982; Barrie & Tomlinson, 1985). Watt et al found only five programs operating in rural areas with populations of 10,000 or less across Australia with a further 15 in towns of 10,000 to 30,000. Hayes and Livingstone (1986) found only rudimentary services in country areas often necessitating the placement of child in an urban facility to receive services.

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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , January 1993 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1993

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