Country & Outback Health is a local not-for-profit health service provider specialising in mental health services.

Discovering Me is a new program now available in Clare, offering behavioural support therapy for children with an NDIS plan.

Discovering Me
The Discovering Me program has been designed to provide behavioural support to children with disability and their family. Discovering Me aims to grow your child’s understanding of their disability and help them to develop coping strategies for daily life, through psychological based therapy and skill development.
 
Discovering Me focuses on:
* Growing emotional awareness - by learning about feelings and how to cope with uncomfortable feelings like anger and confusion
* Growing social skills - by learning social cues, how to respond in different situations and how to work with others
 
Discovering Me can also support parents/caregivers by:
* Growing your understanding of your child’s disability and how it individually impacts on them
* Helping you to further develop behaviour management skills and implement successful behavioural management plans
* Building your communication skills
 
Discovering Me is generally suitable for children under 12 years of age and can be accessed through NDIS packages which include Behavioural Support funding. We generally recommend a minimum of six appointments in addition to an introductory appointment for parents/caregivers.

My Independence
Therapeutic support for NDIS participants to increase their independence by growing their daily living skills.
 
The My Independence program can provide you with the therapeutic support that you may need to understand your own behaviour and how it can be stopping you from achieving your personal goals. Goals like getting to places on time, doing the food shopping on your own or keeping your house tidy.

The My Independence team can work with you to grow the skills that you need to carry out daily activities that you may be struggling with. Our mental health clinician will help you to learn about self awareness and develop strategies that will help you to complete daily tasks on your own. Our connection workers will then support you to put these strategies in place and answer any of your questions.
 
My Independence can provide you with the therapeutic support you may need to;
* Understand your behaviour and how it impacts on you and on others
* Understand and talk about your feelings
* Understand what tasks you do well and what tasks you might need to work on
* Understand body language, including facial expressions and posture

My Independence works towards helping you to;
* Complete daily tasks independently
* Judge how well you complete daily tasks
* Connect with others and understand how they are feeling
* Learn from your mistakes and accept feedback from others

Through therapeutic skill development My Independence can help you to grow your confidence, making it easier for you to complete daily tasks on your own.
My Independence is suitable for NDIS participants aged 16 years and over who have ‘Daily living skills’ included in their NDIS package.
We recommend a minimum of 6-8 hour sessions with our mental health clinician followed by 2-4 hour sessions with our connection worker.
The cost of the My Independence program has been set by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
 
For more information about the program please see our website http://cobh.com.au/discoveringme/ or E-mail us at NDIS@COBH.ORG.AU