Agency-based Occupational Therapy Service
Service Description
It provides occupational therapy to persons with disabilities. It also offers consultation and demonstration to rehabilitation centre staff and family members/care-givers on training programme and treatment of individual service user.
Target Group
Persons with disabilities including those with autistic features, who are service users of rehabilitation units as stipulated in the Rehabilitation Programme Plan (RPP) including sheltered workshops, day activity centres, hostels for moderately mentally handicapped persons, hostels for severely mentally and/or physically handicapped persons, and supported hostels for mentally/physically handicapped persons. Service units which are provided with centre-based occupational therapists or supported by the Central Para-medical Service Unit under the SWD are not included.
Service Content
It provides therapy, advice and assistance to help people with disabilities to overcome problems in their daily life and develop their work potential/abilities to the fullest extent as their disabilities permitted. The ultimate goal is to help persons with disabilities to achieve a maximum level of functioning in their daily life at home and in the community. Service includes:
- clinical assessments on service users' functioning in target training areas;
- clinical consultations and treatments;
- fabrication, prescription and training on use of rehabilitation equipment/devices;
- recommendations on environmental design and alteration;
- education and training for parents / care-givers / staff.
Application Procedures
Referrals can be made by staff members of rehabilitation units to designated Agency-based Occupational Therapy Service Operators.
Fees and Charges
Free.