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Occupational therapy across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula: Functional Capacity Assessments, NDIS reports, therapeutic intervention, assistive technology, and home modifications for all ages.

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From assessment to intervention

From assessment to intervention, we help you build firm foundations of connection and capability, so you can participate fully and live meaningfully.

Assessments

Comprehensive evaluations that make sense of a person's strengths, needs, and functional capacity in everyday life. Using interviews, observation, and standardised tools, we explore participation across home, school, work, and community. Available in person or via telehealth, so location is never a barrier.

  • Functional Capacity Assessment
  • Sensory Profile Assessment
  • Home and Living Assessment
  • Executive Function Assessment
Occupational therapist mapping out an assessment
Assessments
Assessment tools laid out during a session

Comprehensive evaluations that make sense of a person's strengths, needs, and functional capacity in everyday life. Available in person or via telehealth.

  1. Functional Capacity Assessment: A detailed look at how you manage everyday activities such as self-care, work, and household and community tasks, building a clear, strengths-based picture of your function and the supports that help.
  2. Sensory Profile Assessment: Explores how you respond to sensory input and how that shapes regulation, attention, and participation, giving a clear understanding of how sensory processing influences daily life.
  3. Home and Living Assessment: Looks at living skills, daily routines, safety, and support needs to understand how you manage at home and in the community, and what helps you live as independently as possible.
  4. Executive Function Assessment: Explores skills like focus, planning, organisation, and memory and how they shape learning, independence, and daily life, so the right strategies and supports can be put in place.

Reports

Clear, practical reports that set our findings out with the evidence behind them, to guide NDIS planning, therapeutic intervention, and future informed decision-making. Prepared for plan reviews, funding applications, and coordinated care.

  • Therapeutic Progress Report
  • Disability Inclusion Report
Preparing an occupational therapy report
Reports
Writing up an occupational therapy report

Clear, practical reports that set out our findings and the evidence behind them, to support planning, funding, and coordinated care.

  1. Therapeutic Progress Report: Captures the progress made through therapy, the goals worked towards, gains achieved, and next steps, to support reviews, funding, and ongoing planning.
  2. Disability Inclusion Report: Provides the functional evidence to support a student's Disability Inclusion Profile, describing strengths, needs, and the adjustments that help them participate and learn at school.

Therapeutic Intervention

Ongoing, goal-based therapy delivered in your everyday environments: home, school, work, and community. Through skill-building, practical strategies, and collaborative problem-solving, we support meaningful, lasting change at every stage of life.

  • Early Intervention
  • Play-Based Therapy
  • Daily Activity Training & Support
  • Social Skills Development
  • Sensory Integration
  • Mental Health OT
  • Neurodivergence Coaching
  • Parent/Caregiver Coaching
  • Job Readiness & Acquisition
Therapeutic intervention session at home
Therapeutic Intervention
Skill-building through a hands-on activity

Ongoing, goal-based therapy delivered in your everyday environments, supporting meaningful, lasting change at every stage of life.

  1. Early Intervention: Supporting young children to build foundational skills through play and everyday routines, a strong start in the years that matter most.
  2. Play-Based Therapy: Using play as a meaningful, developmentally natural way for children to grow emotional, social, and motor skills.
  3. Daily Activity Training & Support: Building everyday occupational skills, daily routines, self-care, and the practical tasks that support independence at home and in the community.
  4. Social Skills Development: Helping children, teens, and adults build confidence and connection through friendship, communication, and social participation.
  5. Sensory Integration: Helping you understand and regulate sensory input to improve comfort, attention, and participation in everyday environments.
  6. Mental Health OT: Occupational therapy that supports wellbeing and daily participation for people navigating anxiety, low mood, or emotional-regulation challenges.
  7. Neurodivergence Coaching: Affirming, strengths-based coaching to support focus, organisation, and self-understanding for neurodivergent thinkers.
  8. Parent/Caregiver Coaching: Practical coaching that builds confidence and strategies, so families can support their child's goals well beyond our sessions.
  9. Job Readiness & Acquisition: Supporting adults to build the skills, confidence, and routines to find and keep meaningful work.

Consulting

Practical guidance and training for schools, organisations, and care teams, strengthening inclusive practice, embedding reasonable adjustments, and supporting meaningful participation for the people in your care.

  • School-Based Recommendations & Advocacy
  • Staff & Team Training
  • Care Team Consultation
Consulting with a care team
Consulting
Supporting inclusive practice in schools

Practical guidance and training for schools, organisations, and care teams, strengthening inclusive practice and meaningful participation.

  1. School-Based Recommendations & Advocacy: Working with schools to recommend reasonable adjustments and advocate for a student's participation, inclusion, and learning.
  2. Staff & Team Training: Practical, real-world training for support workers, educators, and care teams, building the skills and confidence to support people well.
  3. Care Team Consultation: Guidance to care teams and support networks, aligning everyone's efforts around a person's goals and consistent strategies.

Minor Home Modifications

Assessment and recommendations to adapt your home itself, practical modifications that remove everyday barriers and make moving around your space safer and more independent.

  • Grab Rails & Handrails
  • Handheld Showers & Shower Seats
  • Ramps & Threshold Ramps
  • Step & Access Modifications
  • Raised Toilet Seats & Bathroom Fixtures
  • Lighting & Visibility
Bathroom grab rail installed as a minor home modification
Minor Home Modifications
A safe, accessible home environment

Practical modifications to your home that remove everyday barriers and make moving around your space safer and more independent.

  1. Grab Rails & Handrails: Securely fitted rails for bathrooms, hallways, and steps to support safe, confident movement around the home.
  2. Handheld Showers & Shower Seats: Simple bathroom changes that make showering safer, easier, and more comfortable.
  3. Ramps & Threshold Ramps: Ramps for entries, steps, and doorways to keep your home accessible and easy to move through.
  4. Step & Access Modifications: Adjustments to steps, entries, and access points that make getting in and around the home safer.
  5. Raised Toilet Seats & Bathroom Fixtures: Practical bathroom fixtures that support independence and reduce strain.
  6. Lighting & Visibility: Improved lighting and visual changes to make the home safer and easier to navigate.

Assistive Technology

Assessment and recommendations for the right equipment, assistive technology matched to your goals, helping you take on everyday tasks with greater confidence and independence.

  • Mobility Aids
  • Daily Living Aids
  • Bathroom & Toileting Aids
  • Bedroom & Transfer Aids
  • Pressure Care & Seating
  • Kitchen & Household Aids
  • Sensory & Regulation Tools
Wheelchair user out in the community, supported by assistive technology
Assistive Technology
Equipment set up to support independence

The right equipment matched to your goals, helping you take on everyday tasks with greater confidence and independence.

  1. Mobility Aids: Wheelchairs, walking frames, walkers, and sticks to help you move safely and confidently at home and in the community.
  2. Daily Living Aids: Dressing, grooming, eating, and reaching aids that support independence in everyday self-care.
  3. Bathroom & Toileting Aids: Shower chairs, rails, raised toilet seats, and commodes to support safety and dignity in the bathroom.
  4. Bedroom & Transfer Aids: Bed rails, transfer boards, and supports that make moving, resting, and getting in and out of bed safer.
  5. Pressure Care & Seating: Pressure-relieving cushions, mattresses, and supportive seating for comfort and skin protection.
  6. Kitchen & Household Aids: Adapted tools and equipment that make cooking and household tasks more manageable.
  7. Sensory & Regulation Tools: Weighted items, fidget tools, and sensory equipment to support regulation, comfort, and focus.

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Who we support

Children & Teens

We support children and teens, tailoring intervention to each stage of life and the challenges that come with it.

Mental Health

Supporting individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, emotional regulation challenges, and other mental health concerns that impact daily participation and wellbeing.

Mobile Service

We offer therapy in natural environments, including home, school, workplace, and community settings, ensuring support is practical, relevant, and embedded in real life.

Adults

We support adults tailoring intervention to each stage of life and the unique challenges that come with it.

Neurodivergence

Working alongside individuals who identify as neurodivergent, providing affirming, strengths-based support tailored to their unique ways of thinking, learning, and engaging with the world.

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Your questions answered

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Our availability changes as referrals come in, so the quickest way to find out is to call us or send a referral. We'll let you know current wait times and next steps, and do our best to match you with the right occupational therapist.
A Functional Capacity Assessment typically involves around 10 to 15 hours of clinician time, more for complex presentations, so the report is thorough and accurate. We aim to have completed FCA reports back within 8 weeks of commencing.
We work with people of all ages and a wide range of needs: developmental, physical, cognitive, sensory, neurodivergent, and mental health support. Whatever the goal, our focus is helping you participate fully in everyday life. If we're not the right fit, we'll help point you in the right direction.
We support people of all ages, from early childhood through to adults. Our therapy is tailored to each stage of life and the goals that matter most at the time.
We charge in line with the NDIS price guide. Specific pricing is set out in your service agreement before any services begin, so everything is clear and agreed upfront. You can also read our fee schedule and guidelines. We're happy to talk through costs and funding options, just give us a call.
Wherever matters most. As a mobile service we come to you, at home, school, work, or in the community, so therapy fits naturally into everyday life. Telehealth is also available.
Distance is no barrier. We offer telehealth anywhere in Australia, and our assessments and reports can be completed in person or via telehealth, so you can access support wherever you are.

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