Therapeutic Support

ADACSS Allied Health Support Services and Therapeutic support covers physical and mental treatment to improve a person’s health to be more independent, feel stronger and flexible.

ADACSS Allied Health Professional Network cover all holistic approach to Therapeutic support services that covered by NDIS or you don’t need to specifically be an NDIS member to get therapeutic support.

ADACSS Allied Health Professionals aim to diagnose and treat a range of conditions and illnesses and prevent. ADACSS Allied Health Professionals often work within a multidisciplinary professional health team to provide the best patient outcomes.

Whilst ADACSS Allied Health Professionals are prevalent in almost all branches of healthcare, some of the more common sectors where you will see allied health professionals are in aged care, chronic disease, disability, mental health, exercise and sport, rehabilitative care and muskulo-skeletal health.

There are many professions which are serving under ADACSS Allied Health, including but not limited to:

Psychologist– Studies, treats and evaluates mental and behavioural processes.

Behavioural therapy – The focus of treatment is often on current problems and how to change them.

Speech Pathologist – Assess and treat patients who have a communication disability. Speech pathologists may also work with patients who have trouble swallowing.

Occupational Therapist – Assist people with illness or disability to develop or maintain daily living and work skills.

Physiotherapist – Focuses on the diagnosis, management and prevention of movement disorders and injury

Social Worker – Helps people deal with personal and social issues through counselling, community engagement, advocacy and various programmes.

Audiologist – Assessment, treatment and prevention of hearing and balance disorders.

Chiropractor– Diagnose and treat physiological and mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

Dietitian – Advises patients on nutrition for health, weight management or for specific medical conditions.

Exercise Physiologist – Focuses on therapy and rehabilitation of injury, chronic disease and disability through exercise.

Osteopath – Works with manipulation of the musculoskeletal system to treat and prevent injury.

Orthotist – Prescribe, design and fit braces and other devices to aid mobility and rehabilitation, correct deformity and relieve discomfort.

Podiatrist– Treats conditions of the feet and lower limbs.

Some of the ADACSS Allied Health Support Services are below but not limited to

• mental health
• mood and anxiety disorders
• occupational therapy
• bereavement counselling
• physiotherapy
• depression management
• adjustment and life transitions
• challenges of ageing
• challenging behaviours
• parenthood

Therapeutic support is funded by NDIS and you don’t need to pay if you are eligible according to the standards of NDIS. But what are these standards? It’s actually quite simple; it needs to be reasonable and necessary. A rule of thumb is if you can show a therapeutic service you’re willing to get will deliver an expected outcome, which aligns with your objectives in hand, it should be funded. The support differs from need to need. There are many types of therapy, ranging from speech therapy to physiotherapy. Since there are so many types of therapy that are available to you we recommend you to think about which therapies will help you achieve your goal.