Services
OT Services
Mental Health OT focusses on how mental health challenges affect your ability to carry out daily activities, roles and routines. It can assist people to manage psychosocial disabilities by building practical daily living skills, implementing strategies to manage and improve emotional wellbeing and creating purposeful routines. Service is designed to be adaptable and responsive to changing needs with meaningful outcomes.
NDIS funded services
Functional Capacity Assessment (FCA) and Report
This assessment is often requested by NDIS when a clients disability needs, living arrangements or social needs have a major change and impact or when a plan is due for review. It is a detailed and comprehensive assessment of functional capacity to inform NDIS planning and support decisions. This Assessment is normally completed within the home followed by a written report.
Capacity Building
Capacity Building sessions are normally one hour duration and completed within the home or community. Frequency varies dependent on need and preferences. Common interventions aim to enhance skills, confidence and independence through practical strategies. Areas of intervention include:
- Communication skills
- Psychosocial education and interventions – CBT, ACT and DBT informed.
- Mental Health support
- Energy conservation and compensatory or pacing strategies
- Practical Life Skills training within the home and community
- Vocational skills
- Routine establishment, organisation skills. and planning skills
- Self and time management
- Goal setting
- Cognitive Assessments
- Emotional regulation Strategies
Assistive Technology (AT) and Minor modifications
Assistive technology refers to any equipment, device or modification that helps improve physical or mental function and skills. AT should enhance independence or safety and align with NDIS recognised disabilities. I can provide guidance, clinical assessment and the prescription of low-cost AT for clients. Items generally include equipment and minor modifications in the bathroom and kitchen plus mobility aids.