Debra Milligan

Debra is a registered Occupational Therapist with expertise in development, recovery and wellbeing. She is passionate about working alongside children and their caregivers to support their health and rehabilitation. She has undertaken a wealth of additional training, and has specialist skills in the following:

• Implementation of goal-directed and client-centred occupational therapy treatment programs
• NDIS evidence of disability assessment and reporting
• Patient and family centred rehabilitation
• Scar management and splinting
• Home modification and assistive technology assessments and prescriptions
• Neurodevelopment Supportive Care of the Preterm Infant
• Paediatric Functional Independence Measure (WeeFIM) Accreditation
• Paediatric Care and Needs Scale (PCANS) Certification

Debra became an occupational therapist by completing a BSc.(OT) in 2010 from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and an MSc. (Wellbeing in Public Policy & International Development) obtained in 2016 from the University of Bath, United Kingdom. She is registered as an independently practising occupational therapist with AHPRA and is a full member of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists.