At More Than Able, we blend evidence-based therapy with genuine care to help children and families thrive.
Our dedicated allied health team walks alongside you, nurturing essential skills, building confidence, and celebrating each milestone along the way.
From physiotherapy and occupational therapy, social work and psychology to specialised interventions, we’re here to ensure every child’s developmental journey is purposeful, meaningful, and, most of all, empowering.
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 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!
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.
Where are we starting from?
The first appointment is about getting to know you and your child and finding out what matters to your family. Our therapists assess your child’s current abilities and develop an understanding of their strengths and difficulties.
Where are we going?
We are committed to collaborating with our clients, and their parents about what matters to them. Let’s dream up a future where they’re a ballet dancer, an independent adult, or an astronaut. As a team (yes, you’re on the team) we will break that down into small and achievable goals in the here and now that we can work towards in therapy.
How do we do this?
We know you’ve heard this before, but it’s important to know that therapy is a journey. Each team member has a role to play, and our therapists are in it with your family. Regular therapy sessions include a variety of dynamic and effective therapy approaches tailored to your child’s needs. This includes the creation of home programs and parent coaching.
How is it going?
Reflecting on what we are working on is an essential part of the process. We rely on parents collaborating with us, and honestly examining every aspect of the supports that are in place for their child in order for us to make changes as needed. We frequently check in on the progress of our specific and measurable therapy goals, and strive to create an opportunity to celebrate all the little milestones on the journey. We think of this step as the pit-stop, and we aren’t afraid to ask for directions if we’ve gotten a little waylaid.
Our therapists know how to engage your child in adventures and play with therapy baked right in.
We provide a variety of face-to-face therapy options to ensure that all of your child’s needs are met. This results in a happy uplifting therapy experience that leaves your child wanting to come back for more!
MTA offers the following options to suit your family’s needs.
Our therapists work on developmental goals that support access to sporting programs, education centers, social events, and public spaces.
Hydrotherapy
Kindergarten screener
Community access
We share knowledge and experiences about disability with anyone who will listen.
Professional Development
Workshops and Training
Group Therapy
Community and Home Assessments
Parent Support Groups
Outreach therapy services to regional and remote Queensland by consultation
No, you do not need a referral to see our Physio, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Therapist.
Please see our funding page at the link below.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
