Psychologists are increasingly being called upon to deliver services in a manner that is both flexible and fit-for-purpose. The disability sector is one such area where home-visits are part of flexible service delivery. In this blog, I discuss why home-based psychological services, whilst embracing flexibility, must prioritise structure, to ensure better client outcomes.

Telehealth and other combinations of remote service delivery in allied healthcare are here to stay and if done correctly, can improve access and participation for people in the disability sector. Let us talk about what you can expect from Your Disability Psychology. 

In this final blog of the ABI series, let us talk about how you can map out, monitor, and advocate for relevant supports for your participants with ABI.

In the first blog of this series, we examined the nature of psychosocial features associated with ABI (called neurobehavioural disability). In this second blog, we look at how these features affect interactions with formal disability supports (support workers, coordinators, and engagement with allied health services), and how to manage engagement in this context.

Alterations in behaviour, mood, personality, and cognitive functioning post-ABI are a significant barrier to psychosocial recovery. Let us examine what these changes look like.

Welcome to the acquired brain injury (ABI) blog series. Regulating emotional responses and behaviours are at the heart of acquired brain injury related disability and has the greatest impact on how disability supports are received. I want to simplify this information for you and your NDIS participants. In a series of blogs over the coming days, I will talk about key psychological, cognitive, and mental health issues to watch out for as well as tools for disability support to consider.

The number of Australians living with Autism went up from 1 in 150 in 2015 to 1 in 70 by 2020, but the research does not tell us how many adults were diagnosed for the first time in this period.

Approx. 30% of those with Schizophrenia will have TRS .

What you need to know about neurobehavioural disability (NBD) in people with brain injury.

27% of people with a diagnosed psychiatric or neurodevelopmental condition, could have up to 2 other such conditions impacting disability outcomes.

Motivation deficits are a key feature of many psychosocial disabilities such as depression, acquired brain injury, schizophrenia, ADHD, and so on…

Psychologists are in the best position to provide assessments of functional capacity for;

(a) People whose primary disability is a psychiatric condition

(b) People with co-occurring physical and psychosocial disabilities

Risk issues associated with Schizophrenia

Assessment is a key part of disability support planning and management for participants with a psychosocial disability, but it can be a fraught process for many participants, families, and support coordinators.

Assessing and reporting on the need for funding increase is more than just commenting on symptom severity and functional impact.

If assessments and psychosocial support recommendations are what you are seeking, it makes sense to choose a practice that specialises in it, offers good value for money, and is able to eliminate long wait-lists.