Motor Vehicle Accident and Personal Injury

Provide assistive devices and technology training to enhance functioning and abilities with day-to-day life tasks, mobility and communication

Develop a Functional Skills Retraining Program tailored to help a person return to their meaningful daily activities through exercises, simulations and coaching.

Complete a Home Assessment and Modifications to improve safety, functioning and accessibility at home, like adding hand rails, safety equipment or a stair glide.

Develop a Community and Social Re-Integration Program for strategies that help with performing tasks in the community, like getting groceries, taking public transit or interacting with others.

Create a return to work, school or driving program to help transition back to everyday activities.

Help you apply for funding through the Ontario Assistive Devices Program or ADP Assessment to cover home modifications and equipment, if you qualify.

Develop a Functional Skills Retraining Program tailored to help a person return to their meaningful daily activities through exercises, simulations and coaching.

Assess mobility needs and help determine if a scooter, cane or walker is needed. We’ll also show how to choose what equipment is needed and when to buy it.

Provide wheelchair assessments, seating and training to thoroughly assess physical dysfunction and determine an exact wheelchair prescription. Our Occupational Therapists can also provide a specific seating prescription if a specialized back or cushion is required for the wheelchair.

Complete a Home Assessment and Modifications to improve safety, functioning and accessibility at home, like adding hand rails, safety equipment or a stair glide.

Train on wound management to keep wounds clean, avoid skin chafing, ulcers or irritation, and help skin heal properly.

Develop a Practical Pain Management and Education Program to help with pain prevention and self-management skills in everyday activities. We are trained to administer programs that focus on disability reduction, like Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP), and can educate on proper body mechanics and sleep techniques.

Training on prosthetic use and care for arms and legs.

Make referrals for any vehicle modifications that may be needed to help a person drive safely, when needed

Assessments for Mental Health and Function to determine the effect of the mental health impairments on a person’s daily functioning and what areas they need assistance. We work closely with a person’s psychiatrist or psychologist to assist with recovery from mental illness.

Provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) through a 10-week, goal-oriented and practical program with to change patterns of thinking or behaviour that are behind a person’s difficulties, become better at problem solving and effectively deal with emotional issues.

Develop a Practical Pain Management and Education Program to help with pain prevention and self-management skills in everyday activities. We are trained to administer the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) to help reduce disability and chronic pain. We also educate on strategies for proper body mechanics and sleep.

Advocate for the equipment, modifications and other changes needed at a person’s workplace or school so they can better function.

Conduct a Job Site Assessment to identify the physical, cognitive, mental and emotional requirements of the job and see if a person is suitable to do it.

Complete a Physical Demands Assessment (PDA) to objectively analyze the physical and environmental demands of each task in a job, like lifting, pushing or pulling.

Conduct Cognitive and Mental Demands Analysis to determine a person’s cognitive and mental abilities to handle things like planning, multitasking, emotional effects of work or school, and provide coping strategies.

Provide Physical, Cognitive, Mental and Behavioural Coaching to give a person physical, behavioural and mental health strategies that will enable them to perform their job or complete school activities safely and effectively.

Develop a Community and Social Re-Integration Program for strategies that help with performing tasks in the community, like taking public transit, mobility at work or school, and interacting with others.

Assess a person’s ability through a clinical interview and an on-road evaluation with an Occupational Therapist and a licensed driving instructor. Our assessments are done in a way to reduce anxiety levels.

Provide recommendations on driver training sessions to meet Ministry of Transportation Ontario standards.

Make any vehicle modifications that may be needed to help a person drive safely.