Outpatient Therapy Services

The Brain Injury Service provides both inpatient and outpatient therapy services for children/young people within NSW who have sustained an acquired brain injury (ABI). Outpatient therapy services include clinical psychology, clinical neuropsychology, cognitive therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and social work.

Children and young people with an ABI can experience changes in their physical, cognitive, communicative and social skills as well as in their emotional well-being. Many children will experience long term difficulties and these will be influenced by factors such as recovery, growth and developmental progress. Following discharge from hospital, therapy needs may arise at various stages. A collaborative therapy approach is used in which the child/young person, their family and other significant persons (for example, teacher) are involved in setting therapy goals and developing the management plan.

The clinicians from the outpatient team provide specialised assessment and treatment programmes. This may involve hospital and/or home-based therapy, as well as community and preschool/school visits where appropriate. The clinicians are also available to provide consultation and support to other health professionals, therapists, educational personnel and families working with children/young people with an ABI. This can include: telephone consultations, joint assessment or therapy sessions with the treating therapist, review of therapy videos or direct assessment.

Please refer to our Information Sheets for more details.