At Synchrony OT we pride ourselves on offering an outstanding level of service. Our promise to you:
- Our therapists have exceptional clinical reasoning skills to ensure that you will achieve great outcomes for your child.
- Our therapists possess a warm and playful nature which ensures that they get the best out of kids during therapy sessions.
- Our therapists know that every child is unique and that sessions will be tailored to their individual needs.
- Our therapists engage in the following professional development activities to ensure that your child receives the highest level of care:
- Collaborate weekly with Senior OTs to ensure intensive support.
- Participate in monthly mentoring with experts in the field of paediatrics.
- Undergo extensive training in developmental paediatrics and attend ongoing professional development courses to maintain best practice.
|
Service |
Fee |
Senior OT Rate |
| Initial Assessment • Conducted over 2 sessions • First appointment: 80 min session including parent interview, assessment using standardised tests and structured clinical observations. • Second Appointment: 40 minute consultation with parent/caregiver to discuss assessment findings and develop therapy goals. Provision of a full written report. |
$440 |
$460 |
| NDIS Full Functional Capacity Assessment • 2 hour clinic based assessment including parent interview, standardised tests and structured clinical observations. • 1 hour classroom observation. • 4 hours report writing time. |
$160/hr |
$170/hr |
| Individual Therapy session • Motivating child centred activities that target individual therapy goals. • 5 minutes allocated at the end of the session to discuss home-based activities to carry over strategies learnt in the session and balance the account. |
30 minutes $95 40 minutes $125 0 minutes $150 |
30 minutes $105 40 minutes $135 50 minutes $160 |
| Interactive Metronome session • Evidence based Interactive Metronome program delivered through motivating child centred activities. • For best results it is recommended to complete 12 x 40 minute sessions across a 6 week period. |
40 minutes $125
|
40 minutes $135
|
| Travel for off-site sessions • Off-site sessions can be offered during school hours to locations within 15 km of our Toowong clinic. • If a cluster of clients can be timetabled to receive therapy at the same school or suburb, waving this travel fee may be considered. • This fee is additional to standard session rates. |
Up to 15km= $30 |
Up to 15km= $30 |
| Phone Calls & Emails • Liaison with teachers, paediatricians and other health professionals. • Fee charged for calls longer than 15 minutes |
Billed at $75 per half hour or part thereof |
Billed at $85 per half hour or part thereof |
| Additional Documentation • Therapy outlines • Summary of progress reports • Letters to paediatricians • Detailed recommendations for schools • Comprehensive home programs |
Billed at $75 per half hour or part thereof |
Billed at $85 per half hour or part thereof |
| Cancellation Policy • We value your understanding that it can be very challenging to fill time slots at short notice and appreciate you providing us with as much notice as possible if a session needs to be cancelled. • Synchrony OT will send an email reminder 1 business day prior to scheduled appointments. • Notification of cancellation is required before the close of business the day before scheduled appointments. • Cancellations made on the day of appointments will incur a cancellation fee of 50% of the session fee. • We understand that sometimes circumstances arise that are beyond your control, as such we will waive the cancellation fee 1 instance per semester. • In the event of subsequent cancellations, we can waive the cancellation fee if a make-up session is booked, when our therapists have an available time slot, within 1 week of the original appointment time. If you are unable to make the offered make-up session, a cancellation fee will be charged. • If sessions are repeatedly cancelled your regular appointment time slot may be offered to another family on our waiting list. |
50% session fee |
50% session fee |
| Administration Fee • Please note that this applies to FaHCSIA (HCWA) funded sessions and NDIS plan and agency managed sessions. |
$10 |
$10 |
