Find an Occupational Therapist experienced in Spinal Cord Injury
If you’re looking for an occupational therapist who specialises in spinal cord injury , the HeyHubble team can help. There are experienced providers specialising in spinal cord injury who can support you or your loved one.
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Occupational therapy helps people develop new skills for everyday life and can work with you to improve your communication, mobility and relationships. Occupational therapists can also make sure that any written reports, supporting letters and functional assessments are completed in line with NDIS guidelines. Our friendly team will connect you with occupational therapists in your local area who can create programs that are tailored to your needs.
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Occupational therapy can be funded by the NDIS. You can access occupational therapy if you have the funding category ‘Improved Daily Living’ under the ‘Capacity Building’ budget in your plan. HeyHubble can help you find trusted providers that offer occupational therapy in your area.
How occupational therapy can help people with spinal cord injury
It is important for everyone to live a fulfilling and meaningful life. Having a sense of independence and choice and control over how we live is a big part of this. Occupational therapy can help people with spinal cord injury maintain their independence and work through any barriers they might be facing.
An occupational therapist can help support people with spinal cord injury by:
- Building your capacity and increasing your independence in everyday tasks like showering, dressing and eating
- Creating therapy programs dedicated to improving your fine motor skills
- Helping evaluate your specific needs and creating a personal care plan for support workers and carers
- Working alongside physiotherapists to ensure you have a holistic treatment plan
- Spinal cord injury rehabilitation - supporting people to learn or relearn skills
- Supporting you to learn techniques to use when facing physical barriers in your community or environment
- Completing home assessments and making recommendations for required home modifications
It is important for everyone to live a fulfilling and meaningful life. Having a sense of independence and choice and control over how we live is a big part of this. Occupational therapy can help people with spinal cord injury maintain their independence and work through any barriers they might be facing.
An occupational therapist can help support people with spinal cord injury by:
- Building your capacity and increasing your independence in everyday tasks like showering, dressing and eating
- Creating therapy programs dedicated to improving your fine motor skills
- Helping evaluate your specific needs and creating a personal care plan for support workers and carers
- Working alongside physiotherapists to ensure you have a holistic treatment plan
- Spinal cord injury rehabilitation - supporting people to learn or relearn skills
- Supporting you to learn techniques to use when facing physical barriers in your community or environment
- Completing home assessments and making recommendations for required home modifications
Services
- Capacity building for independence
Improved skills to increase independence in day-to-day life.
- Provide Assessments
NDIS reports, Functional Capacity Assessments and supporting letters can all be completed by your occupational therapist.
- Parent and carer training
Skill development for family members, friends and caregivers improving the quality of informal support.
- Assistive technology
Access the tools and technology that works for you, such as a walking frame, walking aids and exercise equipment.
- Fall prevention strategies
Learn strategies to support balance and prevent falls.
- Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of mobility and movement and tailored tools to assist in controlling movement.
Services
- Capacity building for independence
Improved skills to increase independence in day-to-day life.
- Provide Assessments
NDIS reports, Functional Capacity Assessments and supporting letters can all be completed by your occupational therapist.
- Parent and carer training
Skill development for family members, friends and caregivers improving the quality of informal support.
- Assistive technology
Access the tools and technology that works for you, such as a walking frame, walking aids and exercise equipment.
- Fall prevention strategies
Learn strategies to support balance and prevent falls.
- Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of mobility and movement and tailored tools to assist in controlling movement.
Benefits
- Improved fine motor ability
- Increased independence
- Improved physical movement
- Improved posture
- Managing stiffness and pain
- Prevention of injury
- Increased confidence
- Better quality sleep
Benefits
- Improved fine motor ability
- Increased independence
- Improved physical movement
- Improved posture
- Managing stiffness and pain
- Prevention of injury
- Increased confidence
- Better quality sleep
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Frequently asked questions
An occupational therapist is an allied health professional who gives advice and helps assess the tools needed for people to gain, increase or maintain independence. These supports will be tailored to suit the person's needs and NDIS goals.
Yes, the NDIS covers occupational therapy. It is an allied health service that is funded under the 'Improved Daily Living’ category of your ‘Capacity Building Supports’ budget in your NDIS plan.
No, you generally don’t need a referral. HeyHubble can connect you with occupational therapists.
An occupational therapist can charge up to $193.99 per hour in metro areas as part of the NDIS Pricing Arrangements. These arrangements govern the maximum price a provider can charge NDIS participants for their services.
They only apply to funding that is agency-managed or plan-managed. If you self-manage your funding, these price limits don't apply to you.
Participants in regional and remote areas will have different price limits. Refer to the most recent NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits to check what price limit applies to you.
Not everyone with NDIS funding can access this support. Generally, you will be able to use your plan to cover allied health supports, but it’s important to check that the service you’re after relates to your NDIS plan and is considered ‘reasonable and necessary’.
If you can answer YES to each of these 6 questions, the NDIS is likely to fund your request.
- Is this a product or service you need due to your disability?
- Does it help you meet your goals?
- Is it reasonable value for money?
- Is there evidence that this product or service is effective?
- Is this something that you wouldn’t be able to receive from your family or the community?
- Is the NDIS the most suitable funding scheme to pay for this support?
Funding for allied health generally comes from the ‘Capacity Building’ - ‘Improved Daily Living’ section of your plan. If you have funds allocated to these categories as part of your NDIS plan, you can access occupational therapy.
There are some key differences between occupational therapists and physiotherapists.. OTs focus on more than physical movement. Their primary focus is to work with you to build everyday skills and increase your capacity to achieve your goals. An example of this might be helping someone gain or regain their ability to independently get ready in the morning or develop job-ready skills. Physiotherapists primarily focus on improving full-body movement, including injury rehabilitation and strengthening larger muscles in the body.
There are different types of allied health therapies that can be funded by the NDIS for spinal cord injury. This includes occupational therapy, physiotherapy, exercise physiology and speech therapy.
There is no "best" therapy for a spinal cord injury as everyone will have different needs. With your NDIS plan, you could access a range of supports related to your injury including (but not limited to) physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology or psychology. Talk to your local area coordinator, early childhood partner or NDIA planner about making sure your NDIS plan includes all the supports you need.
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