Rehabilitation

Phone:	9845 2819
Fax:	9845 0685
Email:	stepheno@chw.edu.au
Location:	Children's Assessment Centre, Outpatients building, level 3

The Rehabilitation Department sees children and adolescents with physical disabilities and acquired cognitive disabilities.

We aim to help children and adolescents reach their potential in all areas of development. This involves assessment, intervention recommendations, follow up reassessments, preventing problems from occurring and also helping to restore functions which are lost after disease or injury.

We provide:

• inpatient rehabilitation program
• outpatient clinics (see below)
• outreach service, including school and home visits, community liaison.

Specialised Services Offered:

The Rehabilitation Department provides the following specialised services:

Brain Injury Service, Dr MaryClare Waugh, Dr Stephen O'Flaherty, Dr Adam Scheinberg, Dr Jenny Ault
New referrals: Intake Officer
Telephone: 9845 2132 / 9845 2131
Fax: 9845 0685

Limb Deficiency Service, Dr Jenny Ault & Dr Adrienne Epps
New referrals: Dr Ault or Dr Epps
Telephone: 9845 2230 / 9845 2231
Fax: 9845 2764
(For newborn babies with limb deficiency, referrals to Department of Clinical Genetics.)

Physical Disability Service, Dr Adam Scheinberg, Dr Stephen O'Flaherty, Dr MaryClare Waugh
New referrals: Clinical Nurse Consultant, Lynn McCartney
Telephone: 9845 2815
Fax: 9845 0685

Spina Bifida Service, Dr Carolyn West
New referrals: Dr West
Telephone: 9845 2769
Fax: 9845 0685

Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Service, Dr MaryClare Waugh
New referrals: Clinical Nurse Consultant, Lynn McCartney
Telephone: 9845 2815
Fax: 9845 0685

Inpatient Service
Inpatient Services are provided by some members of the Rehabilitation Department in conjunction with clinicians from Nursing, Allied Health and other Departments within the hospital. Referrals are coordinated by the Paediatric Rehabilitation Registrars, Paediatric Rehabilitation Consultants and Clinical Nurse Consultants.

Staff

Within the Rehabilitation Department there are a range of professionals including:

• Case Managers
• Clinical Nurse Consultants
• Clinical Psychologist
• Clinical Neuropsychologists
• Cognitive Therapist
• Occupational Therapists
• Events Manager
• Paediatric Rehabilitation Registrars
• Recreation Officer
• Rehabilitation Fellows
• Rehabilitation Assistant
• Physiotherapists
• Secretaries
• Social Worker
• Speech Pathologist
• Staff Specialists in Paediatric Rehabilitation