Royal Children’s Hospital Neurodevelopment and Disability department
The Neurodevelopment and Disability team at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne are specialists with a range of expertise who promote the highest standards of care for children with developmental disabilities and their families.
We provide care for children with: developmental concerns; cerebral palsy; intellectual disability; autism spectrum disorder; spina bifida and other developmental and long-term disabilities
Alfred Health Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Initiative for Youth Service (MHIDI-Y)
The MHIDI-Y service, is part of the Neurodevelopment Stream at Alfred Health, Infant, Child and Youth Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (ICYAMHWS) located in Moorabbin. MHIDI-Y is a specialist clinical mental health service that provides multidisciplinary assessment and treatment with in a case management model to children and young people aged 12 – 25 years living in Melbourne’s local government areas of Port Phillip, Stonnington, Glen Eira, Bayside and Kingston.
Mental Health Intellectual Disability Initiative
The Mental Health Intellectual Disability Initiative – Adult (MHIDI-A), also known as the Stronger Together Program. This is a psychiatrist-led multidisciplinary specialist team within the Monash Health Adult Mental Health Program. The program is for people aged 16 years old and over and residing within the Monash Health Catchment, who have a diagnosis of Intellectual Disability (i.e. IQ < 70) and mental health difficulties. The individual should also have a General Practitioner and/or team responsible for providing continuing care and/or case management.
Monash Transitional Support Unit
The Monash Transitional Support Unit (TSU) is a 10-bed state-wide rehabilitation facility for people with an Intellectual Disability who have been diagnosed with a mental illness and or a neurological disability (including an acquired brain injury or traumatic brain injury), and who require short to medium term (6-12 months) supported residential rehabilitation. A placement stay to the untit will vary for each consumer due to their individual needs and capacity. The facility is located in Narre Warren South and is situated in the local community.
Centre for Developmental Disability Health
The Centre for Developmental Disability Health provide secondary consultation. Our our clinicians specialise in the field of developmental and intellectual disability in adults. We assess and provide management strategies for complex presentations including Behaviours of Concern, mental illness, and physical ailments commonly associated with developmental disability.
Centre for Disability Health SA
SA Intellectual Disability
Health Service sees adults with an
intellectual or developmental disability.
They must have complex needs. Complex means having a lot of different support needs.
Victorian Dual Disability Service
The Victorian Dual Disability Service provides advice to professional staff working within the mental health and Disability sector and to consumers and carers. The service is multidisciplinary and provides consultation to staff working in Victoria about their consumers aged 16 plus who have intellectual disability and/or autism and a mental health problem.
Referral must be by your GP/treating doctor.
Northern Sydney Intellectual Disability Health Team
Northern Sydney Intellectual Disability Health team is a multidisciplinary health service for school aged children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with intellectual disability and complex health needs. This service, operated by the Centre for Disability Studies, provides medical and health consultations, advice and referrals. The service works in conjunction with the person’s General Practitioner and/or Paediatrician, other health services and disability service providers to ensure coordinated, high quality health care.
Referral must be by your GP/treating doctor.
Statewide Intellectual Disability Mental Health Outreach Service
Statewide Intellectual Disability Mental Health Outreach Service is specialist mental health service that aims to improve access for all adults with an intellectual disability to mental health care. The service offers clinical support to the state’s Local Health Districts.
Referral must be by your GP/treating doctor.
Clinic for the Assessment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Intellectual Disability
Clinic for the Assessment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Intellectual Disability is an tertiary outpatient service which supports people with intellectual disability and complex neuropsychiatric disorders by offering second opinions regarding diagnosis or management in situations where this has been requested by the current treating specialist.
