While you wait for your appointment

To ensure efficiency of service and care it is important all questionnaires and paperwork are submitted PRIOR to your appointment. We prefer to receive these documents electronically. If this is not an option for you, paperwork can be posted or delivered in person but please ensure you have copies prior to posting.

Checklist of required documentation:

Medical referral from your General Practitioner (GP)
Patient registration
Signed Privacy policy
Questionnaires
- Questionnaires help us understand your child’s strengths and challenges in different settings. Without teacher questionnaires diagnosis and treatment may be delayed.
- Note: Education Queensland will ask you to complete their own consent form to allow them to share information with our service.
Relevant documents about your child that will help us:
- Medical test reports
- Assessment reports (medical or allied health)
- Updates from therapists (if involved)
- School reports (most recent)
Previous assessments/information
Updates (if there is ongoing care)
Hearing test - This can be completed Privately through an Audiology clinic. Talk with your GP about your closest service.
- Please note: we do not require Auditory Processing Disorder testing.
Vision test – your child's vision was likely screened when they started school. An optometrist can perform a visual acuity test. Most will bulk bill children.
- Please note: we do not require Behavioural Optometry.

Any additional information that you can provide prior to your appointment, will help to ensure you child is seen by the most appropriate person to address your child’s needs and minimise the need for duplicate assessments from our service.

What else can you do while you wait?

Consider accessing Therapeutic Interventions such as Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech pathology, or other allied health intervention
- Approach your GP to discuss your child’s eligibility for Medicare subsidy
  - Chronic Disease Management Plan
  - Mental Health Care Plan
Your child may be eligible for the NDIS. This provides funding for your young person to access NDIS approved therapy and supports. Your GP can help complete Access Forms. Bushkids coordinates NDIS access on the Sunshine Coast.
If your young person is aged 12 or above, consider Headspace. They offer in-person support, as well as phone and online options.

Checklist of required documentation:

Medical referral from your General Practitioner (GP)
Patient registration
Signed Privacy policy
Questionnaires
- Questionnaires help us understand your child’s strengths and challenges in different settings. Without teacher questionnaires diagnosis and treatment may be delayed.
- Note: Education Queensland will ask you to complete their own consent form to allow them to share information with our service.
Relevant documents about your child that will help us:
- Medical test reports
- Assessment reports (medical or allied health)
- Updates from therapists (if involved)
- School reports (most recent)
Previous assessments/information
Updates (if there is ongoing care)
Hearing test - This can be completed Privately through an Audiology clinic. Talk with your GP about your closest service.
- Please note: we do not require Auditory Processing Disorder testing.
Vision test – your child's vision was likely screened when they started school. An optometrist can perform a visual acuity test. Most will bulk bill children.
- Please note: we do not require Behavioural Optometry.

What else can you do while you wait?

Consider accessing Therapeutic Interventions such as Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech pathology, or other allied health intervention
- Approach your GP to discuss your child’s eligibility for Medicare subsidy
  - Chronic Disease Management Plan
  - Mental Health Care Plan
Your child may be eligible for the NDIS. This provides funding for your young person to access NDIS approved therapy and supports. Your GP can help complete Access Forms. Bushkids coordinates NDIS access on the Sunshine Coast.
If your young person is aged 12 or above, consider Headspace. They offer in-person support, as well as phone and online options.