Skills for School need to collect information about you for the primary purpose of providing an allied health service to you. In order to thoroughly assess and provide health care, we need to collect some personal information from you. If you do not provide this information, we may be unable to provide some or all of our services to you. Your information will be used for:

a) The administrative purpose of running the practice;

b) Billing purposes including rebates from third parties such as private health funds;

c) Disclosure of information to your doctors, other health professionals or teachers to facilitate communication and best practice for you if required.

To ensure the process of quality treatment provision, information about your assessment results and progress may be given to relevant other service providers, who are also involved in your management. These may include your doctor, teacher or other allied health provider.

Your information will be stored securely with only practice staff having access to it. Skills for School takes reasonable steps to ensure information collected from you and stored is accurate, correct and up-to-date. You may request access to your information and request correction of the information if you feel it is inaccurate. Your written consent will obtained at the start of your treatment in order to carry out the above activities. We do not disclose your personal information to overseas recipients.

Skills for School welcomes your comments in regard to this privacy policy. If you believe that Skills for School has not adhered to this policy, please first reach out to us using our contact form, or speak to your therapist to discuss your concern. If this does not provide a satisfactory outcome, please contact the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia to register your complaint. Your occupational therapist is registered with this board.