Rehabilitation Service
The Paediatric Rehabilitation Service provides a specialist tertiary level rehabilitation service for children and adolescents who have functional limitations as a result of injury or illness, to ensure they return to active participation in their home and the community. The service works collaboratively with the National Child Rehabilitation Service at the Wilson Centre to provide a range of rehabilitation services to children and adolescents living throughout New Zealand.
Who we are
The Paediatric Rehabilitation Service are a team of highly skilled professionals who work within an interdisciplinary model of care based around the child or adolescent's stage of rehabilitation, needs and goals. Team members include paediatrician, nurse specialist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech language therapist, clinical neuropsychologist and psychiatrist.
Referral Expectations
Referrals to the Paediatric Rehabilitation Service are accepted for children and adolescents living throughout New Zealand up to 15 years of age. Paediatricians, Medical and Surgical Specialists and ACC can refer to the service.
Rehabilitation services are provided for patients with the following conditions:
- Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury and disease
- Acquired neurological injury or illness e.g. Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy and other similar conditions