Occupational Therapy
The Occupational Therapy team work with children and their families to maximise the child’s potential for building and recovering skills.
Phone: (03) 8572 3003
Monash Health provides Occupational Therapy services to Monash Children’s Hospital patients both in an acute setting within our hospitals and out in the community.
Occupational Therapy services
The Occupational Therapy team at Monash Children’s Hospital work with children and their families to maximise the child’s potential for building and recovering skills. They aim to enhance, enable and empower children’s participation in daily occupations by helping them adapt to the challenges they face as a result of illness, developmental delay, or disability. Daily occupations that the Occupational Therapist will support include self-care (e.g. dressing, showering), productivity (e.g. kindergarten, school), and play/leisure.
- Occupational Therapy Australia: www.otaus.com.au
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: www.ahpra.gov.au
- Find a Private Practice Occupational Therapist: www.otaus.com.au/find-an-occupational-therapist
Monash Children’s Hospital Acute Occupational Therapy service only accepts referrals from within Monash Health. Referrals can be made via EMR for inpatients and SMR e-Referral for outpatients.
Community Referrals
Please call or email on:
Phone: 03 8572 5631 (Option 3)
Email: Referrals.ChildandFamily@MonashHealth.org
For external referrers, please refer to the Referrals for Community-based services page on the Monash Health website for more information.
