Comprehensive OT Assessments to Support NDIS Funding, Planning & Future Needs
A Functional Capacity Assessment (FCA) provides a detailed evaluation of an individual’s ability to manage everyday activities and participate independently in daily life. At Bridging Potentials, we provide Functional Capacity Assessments in Adelaide to help individuals, families, and support coordinators better understand current support needs and future therapy requirements.
Our occupational therapists conduct thorough assessments that identify strengths, challenges, and functional limitations across home, community, educational, and workplace environments. The assessment outcomes help guide informed decision-making for NDIS access, plan reviews, and ongoing therapy recommendations.
How Functional Capacity Assessment Helps
A Functional Capacity Assessment is a comprehensive occupational therapy evaluation used to determine how a person’s condition impacts their ability to complete everyday tasks safely and independently. The assessment gathers detailed clinical information to support funding applications, therapy planning, and long-term care decisions.
During a Functional Capacity Assessment, our occupational therapists may evaluate:
- Daily living skills such as personal care, cooking, and household tasks
- Mobility, physical function, and safety within environments
- Cognitive and executive functioning abilities
- Communication and social participation
- Sensory processing and emotional regulation
- Current supports, assistive technology, or environmental barriers
The assessment process typically includes interviews, observation, standardised assessment tools, and collaboration with families or support networks to ensure an accurate understanding of functional needs.
A completed Functional Capacity Assessment provides evidence-based recommendations outlining required supports, therapy services, assistive technology, and home modifications that may improve independence and quality of life.
Our Approach to Functional Capacity Assessments
At Bridging Potentials, Functional Capacity Assessments are conducted using a structured and client-centred approach to ensure recommendations accurately reflect real-life needs and goals.
The process begins with an in-depth assessment appointment where our occupational therapist gathers information about daily routines, living environments, and functional challenges. Observations may occur within the clinic, home, or community settings depending on individual circumstances.
Following assessment, our therapists prepare a comprehensive written report that outlines functional capacity findings and provides clear recommendations for NDIS funding, therapy supports, assistive technology, or environmental modifications.
Where appropriate, assessment outcomes may also guide ongoing occupational therapy or group therapy programs, ensuring support continues beyond the assessment stage and evolves alongside the client’s needs.
About Us
Bridging Potentials is your partner in preparing your loved one for the future through occupational therapy to enable them to become independent and self-sufficient. With a team of experienced professionals specialising in occupational therapy for children and adults, you can ensure your loved one will learn to develop an independent lifestyle by improving their motor, sensory, behavioural, social, and cognitive skills, among other things.
Using standardised testing, clinical observations, and other measuring tools to gauge their strengths and limitations, our team of expert occupational therapists will develop a customised program that will help the individual build their skills, equipping them in the process, to let them do the things they want to do, from simple tasks like getting ready for the day, preparing food, using public transport and the like to managing relationships, finding employment, and so on.
Let Bridging Potentials be your dedicated partner in providing support for your loved one here in Adelaide. We believe in creating and supporting a community where each one is valued and accepted, where our shared connections and experiences create a special bond that shapes the future of your loved one.
