At Weave OT, we provide neuroaffirming, trauma-informed and person-centred occupational therapy for young people aged around 12 and over, adults, and the families and support networks around them.

Occupational therapy looks at how people manage and participate in everyday life. This may include caring for yourself and your home, managing responsibilities, studying, working, connecting with others, getting out into the community, resting and engaging in the things that give life meaning.

We work with autistic people, people with ADHD, and people with psychosocial, neurological, cognitive, physical and intellectual disabilities. We also support people whose experiences may involve several diagnoses, health conditions or life circumstances that do not fit neatly within one explanation.

Sometimes a person comes to OT with a clear practical goal. At other times, they simply know that everyday life feels harder, more exhausting or less sustainable than it should, but may not yet understand why or where to begin.

We take time to understand the whole picture: the person’s strengths, needs, health, neurotype, history, relationships, routines, responsibilities and environment, as well as what matters to them and what they would like life to look like.

Our role may involve helping someone understand patterns that have previously felt confusing, identifying what is making everyday life difficult, and finding practical ways forward. This may include developing strategies, adapting tasks or environments, exploring supports, or helping others better understand the person’s needs.

Our approach is flexible and collaborative, with support shaped around the person rather than expecting the person to fit a predetermined program.

We provide support across the many areas that shape daily life, including:

● Daily living and independence: developing practical habits, systems and routines that feel achievable and sustainable.

● Cognition and executive functioning: supporting planning, organisation, attention, memory, task initiation, time management and follow-through.

● Emotional regulation, overwhelm and energy management: understanding patterns of stress, dysregulation, fatigue and burnout and identifying what may help.

● Sensory needs and environmental fit: exploring changes to routines, environments or supports that may reduce overload and improve comfort and participation.

● Self-understanding, values and identity: supporting people to better understand their needs, strengths, preferences and ways of doing things.

● Study, work and community participation: finding practical strategies, supportive environments and adjustments that make participation more manageable, meaningful and sustainable.

● Relationships, boundaries and self-advocacy: supporting communication, connection, belonging and greater confidence in expressing needs.

● Assistive technology and environmental access: exploring equipment, technology, task adaptations and environmental changes that may improve safety, access and participation.

● Functional assessment and reporting: gathering and communicating clear information about everyday functioning, disability-related support needs and recommendations.

● Collaboration with families and support teams: working with families, support workers, support coordinators and other professionals to make support more consistent and practical in everyday life.

Weave OT welcomes NDIS-funded, private and Medicare-referred clients.

NDIS

We provide ongoing occupational therapy, functional assessments, reports, assistive technology recommendations and support-team collaboration. Support is tailored to the person’s goals, circumstances and available funding.

Private

You can access occupational therapy privately without an NDIS plan or GP referral. Private OT may suit people seeking focused support with daily life, executive functioning, sensory needs, overwhelm, identity or participation.

Medicare

Medicare rebates may be available through:

● GP Chronic Condition Management Plan: which can provide access to up to five allied health services per calendar year, shared across eligible providers; or

● Complex Neurodevelopmental Conditions and Eligible Disabilities pathway, which can provide access to Medicare-rebated occupational therapy for eligible people under 25.

A referral is required before the first Medicare-rebated appointment. Medicare covers part of the appointment cost rather than the full fee. The full fee is paid following the session, with the rebate then claimed from Medicare.

NDIS-funded and private sessions are available in person across Greater Geelong and via telehealth throughout Australia.

Medicare-rebated appointments are provided via telehealth.