Who is More Than Able?
More Than Able is a growing allied health service on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, offering comprehensive pediatric therapy for infants and children of all ages, stages, and presentations.
Our therapists specialise in supporting children with complex disability and developmental needs through a family-centered approach to evidence-based practice. We provide Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy services to empower your child to achieve their dreams. Many of our team members are specialists with extensive experience in complex disability, ensuring your child receives the highest quality care.
Our therapy is individualised to meet your child’s unique challenges and strengths through a multidisciplinary approach. We draw on a range of techniques and experiences to ensure you get the very best out of our team, at every visit.
We exist to support children and families with complex disability to access excellent therapy services and to discover that they are more than able to live a purposeful, successful and meaningful life.
Our Philosophy
We celebrate each child’s individuality and work with them to overcome any unique challenges they face. We believe that every child is talented, and capable of learning and growing. We also believe that every part of the developmental journey should be meaningful, honest, and fun!
Our Why
When a child is diagnosed with a disability or developmental delay, the news brings with it uncertainty and a sense of loss for many families. Navigating the world of therapies, and imagining a future for your child with this new information can be incredibly difficult. We are committed to doing the journey with our families. We partner with you to demystify the world of funding schemes, therapy, supportive equipment, grow in your understanding of your child’s experience of the world, and as a team we work together to unlock their potential, talents and strengths.
Every child is the hero of their own life, disability doesn’t change that one bit.
Meet the team
Get some saucy details about your therapists.
Want to know more?
Our therapists are more than able to see the potential in your little person. Check out how each of the disciplines work and what you can expect from your MTA team.
FAQs
Do I need a referral?
No, you do not need a referral to see our Physio, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Therapist.
What funding is available for my child?
Please see our funding page at the link below.
What does an initial assessment include?
The first appointment is used to get to know you and your child, asses their
current abilities, and develop an understanding of their strengths and
difficulties. We can then together as a team develop goals and make a plan to
achieve those goals.
How do I book an appointment with you?
The first step is to contact More Than Able Therapy via email, phone, or
website. You will be asked to fill in an intake form. Once the intake form is
received and has been reviewed by our team, our clinical director will
contact you.
Why we should consider doing Physio, OT and SLP together?
We believe that collaboration across allied health services is the gold standard of therapy. Each of your therapists focus on different aspects of each activity, and we recognise that isolating one of these is often pointless.
Learning how to move your legs should be tied to exploring your world, which requires cognitive development and communication. This approach is most suitable for our early developers, and kids with complex needs. Additionally, having one therapy session per week instead of multiple visits is a real-time saver for families!
Do your team collaborate with other therapy providers?
The short answer is, YES! We love working with other disciplines and are as flexible as we can be in organising joint sessions with clinicians from other clinics including speech therapists, psychologists, dieticians, exercise physiologists etc.
Do we work with other OT, Physio and SLP?
This will depend entirely on your child's needs. We don’t usually believe that more therapy is better. Often having more than one provider in each discipline overloads kids with therapy, confuses the goals and focus for the family, and leads to burnout across the board for parents and kids alike.
If however, you are not from this region and your family is engaging with local therapists, you may choose to visit us for a specific therapy style like Therasuit or an intensive program. In this case, we communicate with your local therapy team and work with your family as much as possible to ensure a thorough handover and update on achievements is given.
Can my child be seen by your therapists if they do not have a diagnosed disability or delay?
Yes. We often work with families in the early stages of observation and assessment of infants and young children in order to clarify their developmental level and understand the presence of any differences or potential delays.
Our clinicians often assess and put together reports for paediatricians or neonatologists as they work with families to explore their child’s development.
You are capable. unique. talented. worthy. more than able.
Become part of the MTA family
We are on the look out for amazing individuals to join our team from time to time. If you are passionate about working in paediatrics and disability, feel free to drop us a line.
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