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Functional Capacity Assessment Melbourne

At Raise the Bar Clinic, our comprehensive Functional Capacity Assessment is designed to celebrate an individual’s unique profile while identifying the practical pathways to a more supported, independent life. By focusing on how a person interacts with their world, we create a detailed roadmap that highlights both their inherent strengths and the specific environmental supports they need to thrive.

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How A Functional Capacity Assessment Can Help

This assessment is a powerful tool for self-advocacy. It provides the essential clinical evidence required for NDIS access or Plan Reviews by painting a holistic picture of an individual’s life across key domains. Our goal is to ensure that the NDIS understands exactly what is needed to bridge the gap between current challenges and future goals, ensuring every individual has the resources they deserve to participate fully in their community.

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Key Areas of Assessment

We evaluate functional needs across several essential domains to build a holistic profile of an individual’s daily life:

  • Cognitive: Capacity for processing information, learning, and applying knowledge to everyday tasks and activities, including participation in education or employment.
  • Communication: Capacity for expressing oneself and understanding others, whether through speech, writing, or other methods.
  • Social & Emotional: Capacity for engaging in social activities, maintaining relationships, and managing emotional responses to allow for effective functioning.
  • Adaptive Functioning: The ability to perform "Activities of Daily Living"—from basic self-care like dressing and safety awareness to complex tasks like cooking, managing finances, and using public transportation.

What our Assessment Includes

The FCA is a thorough process designed to capture a “whole-of-life” view. A typical assessment includes:

  • Initial Intake: A dedicated session to discuss assessment goals and relevant background information.
  • Core Assessment: Tailored evaluation that may include in-clinic appointments, online interviews, and observations in a kindergarten, school, or community setting (travel fees may apply).
  • Feedback Session: A detailed discussion of the findings, providing clarity on the individual’s functional profile and recommended next steps.
  • Consultation with therapists, educators or paediatricians (if relevant)
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Our Approach to Care

We strive to improve the wellbeing and educational outcomes of individuals who may think and process the world a little differently to their peers.

We improve outcomes for individuals with learning and developmental differences by supporting families and schools to nuture positive relationships, create neuroaffirming environments and provide effective educational adjustments.

Speech therapy assessments provide insight into receptive and expressive language development, communication preferences and needs, and literacy skills across reading and writing.

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Functional Capacity Assessment Process

A Functional Capacity Assessment can clarify an individual’s strengths, challenges and support needs, how they manage activities, and whether supports are required at home, education, work or within the community.

At a minimum, it provides evidence to support NDIS decision-making, reduce barriers, highlight strengths and identify supports needed to improve independence and participation.

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Step 1​ : Intake

We listen to your concerns, functional goals, and history to design a tailored assessment plan.

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Step 2 : Assessment

Using gold-standard standardised tools, clinical observations, and structured interviews.

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Step 3 : Report

Providing a comprehensive, evidence-based report with practical, tailored recommendations.

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Step 4 : Feedback

A dedicated session to guide you through the results, next steps, and ongoing therapeutic support.

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Step 5: Post-Assessment Supports

Our post-assessment sessions are designed to reduce overwhelm and help guide families and schools on important next steps post assessment.

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Step 6: Ongoing Home & School Partnership

We love being able to continue supporting clients, families and schools through key milestones such as school transitions, and provide updated recommendations for educational adjustments and exam provisions throughout formal schooling and beyond.

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Step 1​ : Booking & Consent​

Share your concerns, goals, and needs so that we can match you with the right psychologist and assessment.

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Step 2 : Clinical Intake

Meet with your psychologist to share background information. Your psychologist will explain the assessment process and what to expect.

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Step 3 : Assessment

Assessments are delivered using a "hybrid" model. This means most of our conversations happen from the comfort of your own home via Telehealth, with only the essential face-to-face assessment held in person at our clinic.

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Step 4 : Feedback

Receive a clear and simple explanation of assessment results. Ask questions. Plan a clear path forward. A comprehensive and personalised report is provided.

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Step 5 : Ongoing support

We offer child friendly feedback sessions, school consultation, and parent support. Many families return to monitor progress and to review recommendations in preparation for important transitions (e.g., starting primary, secondary or tertiary education).

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Raise the Bar's Functional Capacity Report

The outcome of this process is a comprehensive Functional Capacity Report. This document is designed to be a powerful advocacy tool, outlining:

  • Individual strengths and specific support requirements.
  • Evidence of functional impact across all major life domains.
  • Detailed, evidence-based recommendations for therapy, environmental modifications, and necessary supports.
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A comprehensive assessment is the first step to getting the support you or your child needs to thrive.

We’re here to guide you through every phase of the process.

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FAQs about Functional Capacity Assessment

A functional capacity can completed at any age. We see clients from 2 years of age right up to adulthood.

Reports typically take 4 weeks from the last assessment session.

Not necessarily. Prior reports help, but we can often proceed from parent history and new testing.

The cost of RBP’s Functional Capacity Assessment is $2563. Enquire Now to find out more.