EDUCARE was established in 1999 by Educational and Child Psychologist, Dr Anne-Marie Youlden. It has since developed into a leading multi-disciplinary practice designed to bring many related specialist medical, health and educational services into one location for the convenience of families in the Hunter Region. The EDUCARE team consists of a wide range of highly experienced medical and health specialists, who all work together to empower our clients and their families. Our specialists include paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and teachers.

We aim to maximise patients hand function by providing high quality assessment and rehabilitation following an injury or chronic hand and upper limb condition.

About Stepping Stones Is your child having difficulties with participating fully in their life? Are they less independent than you would like? Stepping Stones can help. We offer a wide range of occupational therapy services to assist you in helping your child to develop the skills and confidence they need to flourish. We see children from birth to 18 years and can offer a comprehensive assessment and individualised interventions to meet the needs of your child. We are available to see children in our clinics, their own homes, at school or in the community. Occupational Therapists (OT’s) are registered health professionals who help people overcome challenges in their everyday occupations. You might wonder what occupations your child has, and the answer to that is many! The primary occupation of childhood is play. Your child will spend many hours of the day engaged in different types of play activities, and during this time they are busy developing essential physical, sensory, social, emotional and cognitive (i.e., thinking) skills that lay the foundations for success in later life. Other childhood occupations include self-care tasks (e.g., feeding yourself, having a bath, washing your hair, getting dressed, doing up buttons and shoelaces etc.) and activities of productivity (e.g. kindy/school activities, handwriting, using scissors, doing chores etc.). Stepping Stones OT’s are trained to assess your child’s performance in these areas in order to determine the specific barriers to their success. Using this information we can then design a treatment program to meet your child’s individual needs. We then work with you in order to help your understanding and to give you practical tools and advice that you can use at home.

Beyond Boundaries Rehab is a unique family ran business located in Newcastle and the Hunter. Born in 2016, we have worked hard to provide responsive services reflective of our values, purpose and the needs of our community. We are at our best, when working with people of all ages, living with complex movement disorders, brain injury, neurological disorders and spinal injury/disease. We have a strong passion for early intervention, education and capacity building and love working in a flexible way to suit your lifestyle and needs.

Our team are experienced in supporting children, adolescents, adults and families to overcome the challenges in their life using evidence-based and individualised treatment approaches. Drawing upon your personal strengths, we will work with you to develop the tools and insights needed to enhance your wellbeing and create sustainable improvements to your mental health.

We are Divergent Health and we specialise and champion Neurodiversity affirming allied health services. Our dedicated team offers a comprehensive range of services including Occupational Therapy, Art Therapy, Speech Therapy, while also providing individualised support from our skilled Allied Health Assistants. We are committed to providing tailored care for people of all ages, creeds and orientations. Our services are accessible throughout Australia via Telehealth, and we also offer in-person consultations in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, and Maitland areas.

Happy Dots Cardiff is a privately owned Paediatric Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy clinic in Newcastle (Cardiff, and Medowie) servicing children of varying conditions aged between 2-18 years of age. We assist children with the following areas of skill development: Sensory Processing Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Self Care Skills, Play Skills, Attention, Language Development & more. We have a team of dedicated, professional & experienced therapists who will work with you to ensure a brighter future for your family.

Providing a range of services, occupational therapist Kaylene Magnay has over 25 years of experience working with adults and children with development disabilities. Her passion is to empower independence.

Newcastle hand therapy was established by David Benn in 2008 to offer specialised treatment for hand and upper limb pathology in a private clinic. We are an occupational therapist owned practice and have a good relationship with local GPs, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, orthopaedic surgeons and hand surgeons. Our goal is to provide the best treatment available for finger, hand, wrist and elbow injuries in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.