Specialist allied health services for NSW schools.

Enable your students to maximise their potential by integrating allied health services into student learning.

Take Charge Assessment and Therapy is an approved specialist allied health and assessment services provider for children and young people receiving school education in NSW schools. We also deliver services to people with disability of all ages privately and through NDIS.

We partner with NSW schools and the NSW Department of Education in the provision of specialist therapy services to improve learning outcomes for their students with disability and learning difficulties.

From initial enquiry right through to service delivery, we support you and your students every step of the way, ensuring they are on track and achieving their goals with respect to access to curriculum.

What we offer (including our registered NDIS categories):

What services do we provide?

We work with schools to provide specialist allied health services to individual students, whole classes, small student groups, teachers and learning support staff.

Our specialist allied health services and support include:

• Occupational therapy, psychology, speech pathology and physiotherapy

• Assessments

• Support plans

• Structured programs to support learning, safety and wellbeing

• Recommendations on individual student supports

• Staff training and education

• Team teaching and classroom support

How do we provide our services?

We are flexible in how we deliver services to your school and want to work with you to get the best outcomes, so we deliver at a frequency that suits you and your students. Whether that be a one-off session, ongoing sessions over a school term or year or developing an educational program series, we have a schedule to suit you.

Anyone in NSW schools can access our services. You and your school have the flexibility to decide the services and programs required to improve learning and support outcomes for your students.

Take Charge Assessment and Therapy offers students with disability the option to safely attend school, reduced referral timing to engage with qualified allied health providers and decreased admin burden - because we know how busy you are.

We believe in seeing the person first, being inclusive, being innovative and using best-practice therapies to make a positive difference.

How do we tailor our service delivery to suit differing needs?

We understand that each student is an individual with differing needs. Therefore, we partner with you to develop tailored programs to suit the needs of each student, ensuring that there are no barriers to treatment.

We offer the following types of consultations:

• Face-to-face

• One-on-one

• Small group

• Classroom and all school

• Virtual (effective for low intensity and ongoing support or can be used to supplement face-to-face services). Includes:

  • Video conferencing

  • Online platforms

  • Phone consultations

• Training workshops and webinars 

We meet the following requirements:

• Our staff are experienced and able to deliver services to schools

• Our business is registered and we maintain full insurances

• We hold current NDIS registration status

• All staff have current Working with Children Check Status and have completed Mandatory Child Protection Training

What makes us different from other allied health services providers?

We are responsive and agile when it comes to providing our services. We understand that the school setting can be a complex ecosystem and that teachers are busy in the classroom. Take Charge Assessment and Therapy can help by providing one-on-one tailored support, enabling teachers to focus on the bigger picture. We collaborate closely with teachers and other school staff members to achieve student learning goals.

• We are agile in our service delivery

• We are experienced working with children and in schools

• We are easy to communicate with - email or call us to receive an immediate response

• We have our own comprehensive suite of resources, assessments and equipment

• We are flexible in our service delivery methods.