Paediatric Health Care

Occupational Therapy

Healthrise offers occupational therapy services to children of all ages.

Our Occupational Therapists target core developmental skills essential for success at school, home and in the community including:
  • Visual Perception - Recognising and understanding sizes and perspectives, directions, 3D drawings, mazes, recognising partially hidden objects, letter formation, picturing and remembering things...

  • Proprioception - Awareness of body positioning and joint movements without the use of visual cues, walking through a dark room, applying appropriate pressure for handwriting...

  • Fine Motor Skills - Marbles, art and craft, Connect 4, Jenga, using pencils, scissors, handwriting, tying shoelaces, buttoning shirts, using cutlery...

  • Crossing the Midline - Reaching across one side of your body to the other, twister, copying body positions, letter formation, kite flying...

  • Upper Body Muscle Tone - Monkey bars, ball skills, posture, physical activity using the upper part of your body...

  • Visual Motor Integration - Puzzles, dot to dot, colouring within a shape, cutting along a line, copying from the whiteboard, through a ball into a hoop, dressing...

  • Social Skills and Integration - Following instructions, turn taking, interacting with peers, working as a team, problem solving...

Healthrise Occupational Therapists use national and international standardised assessments to assess your child.

Your Occupational Therapist will conduct two initial assessments (forty-five minutes in length each) to help understand your child's need. Either a summary of results or a comprehensive report will be written at the completion of these assessments.

Once the report has been written an intervention program can then be tailored at your request for your child to target the area of need. This will typically be in a seven-week block with one treatment session per week.

Rebates can be obtain for Occupational Therapy services through you private health insurance. To find out if you are eligible for this rebate please contact your health fund.

Medicare rebates are also available if your child is referred to us by you GP under the Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) Scheme. Please see your family doctor for more information.

For more information please contact us on 1300 467 599.

Paediatric Physiotherapy Services

Healthrise offers a comprehensive range of paediatric physiotherapy services to children with physical developmental needs.

Please contact us on 1300 467 599 to find out more about this specialised service.