NDIS Dietitian Services

Our experienced NDIS registered dietitians work with you to manage and improve your health and wellbeing.

How can NDIS dietitian services help me?

Our NDIS dietitian services offer BOTH Paediatric and Adult Dietitian support including:

• managing and improving your nutrition
• reducing mealtime stress and creating positive experiences
• increasing variety in your diet
• sensory processing difficulties (such as texture or smell)
• preventing or managing chronic illnesses
• texture-modified diets/difficulty chewing and swallowing
• issues and concerns around feeding
• gastrointestinal and bowel conditions
• weight and appetite management
• menu planning.

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Dietitian services and the NDIS

Our experienced dietitians will work with you to design a program to:

• support your specific needs
• assist you to meet your NDIS dietary goals
• improve your child’s emotional regulation and learning outcomes by improved nutritional intake
• provide food therapy sessions for children with picky/ fussy eating tendencies
• provide snack or lunch time observations at care or school facilities to better understand the potential barriers to dietary intake within your child’s environment
• support parental nutritional education which will provide nutritional strategies to be implemented on your child to meet nutritional outcomes
  consider your families preferred mode of service delivery either telehealth or face to face.

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What happens when I see a dietitian?

When you see a dietitian you will have an initial appointment and a series of follow up appointments according to your needs.

Your initial appointment with an NDIS registered dietitian

Your first appointment with an NDIS registered dietitian will include:

• a nutritional assessment
• goal setting
• how you or your family can potentially facilitate the nutritional goal
• dietitian recommendations.

During the nutritional assessment your dietitian will collect your:

• medical history and current medications
• anthropometric measurements (such as height, weight)
• usual food intake and eating patterns
• nutrition-related concerns
• physical activity/ movement.

After the nutrition assessment, your dietitian will provide you with feedback and information about your diet and how this relates to your health goals. You will then work together to set your goals. You will then work together to set your goals and discuss the dietary changes that will help you to achieve them.

Follow up sessions with your dietitian

Follow up sessions with your dietitian usually involve discussions about:

• the strategies you have and have not been able to implement
• dietary changes.

Find out more about our Dietitian Services below

Meet our Dietitian, Emma Jettner, Senior Accredited Practising Dietitian

Emma Jettner is a Senior Accredited Practising Dietitian at Windermere Child & Family Services, providing evidence-based nutrition support to children, families and individuals across the lifespan.

Emma has extensive experience in paediatric nutrition, particularly supporting neurodiverse children, including those with ADHD and autism. She is qualified in SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) Feeding Therapy, delivering both individual and group-based food therapy to help children build positive, confident relationships with food.

Emma is also a Credentialled Eating Disorder Dietitian, supporting individuals with diagnosed eating disorders as part of a multidisciplinary care team. She takes a holistic, family-centred approach, working closely with families to ensure nutrition strategies are practical, sustainable and tailored to each person’s needs.

What are the costs of dietitian services?

You should not be out of pocket for our dietitian services if these supports are included in your approved NDIS plan.

In your NDIS plan, dietetic services can be claimed under:

• Capacity building (improved daily living).

We apply pricing in line with the NDIS price guide.

 

I don’t have an NDIS plan. Can I still access dietitian services?

You don’t need an NDIS plan to see one of our dietitians. You can still access our services:

• on a private (fee for service) basis, or
• through eligible Medicare referrals.

 

Adult NDIS dietitian services can include:

• provision of supermarket tours: greater awareness of different foods in the supermarket setting: considering seasonality, inexpensive meal suggestions, label reading.
• home visits to demonstrate simple meal preparation to further develop independence, fine motor skills and ability to follow a recipe making modifications as required
• supported housing assistance: assess current dietary intake, make dietary recommendations as required, identify barriers to meeting recommendations and collaborating with other therapists.

Dietitian service delivery

Our service model can include any of the following.

• Ongoing fortnightly therapy
• A short block of 3-4 sessions (combination of face-to-face and or telehealth)
• Parent education sessions

Where are our NDIS registered dietitians based?

Our dietitians provide services from Narre warren to Warragul. We can also work with you via telehealth or make home appointments or meet you in your community (local areas only). For more information contact 1300 946 337.

Want to access our dietitian services?

Please contact our NDIS team for more information, including funding options, NDIS plans or other services on 1300 946 337 or enquire using the form below.

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