Medico-Legal

Hannah – Director / Occupational Therapist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
Hannah is a highly experienced Occupational Therapist and Behaviour Support Practitioner with more than 29 years across neurological rehabilitation, complex behaviour, insurance, medico legal and community practice. As Director of BePositive Therapy, she brings deep clinical expertise and a clear, future focused vision for high quality, person centred services.
Hannah is known for her ability to navigate complexity with confidence , from expert witness work and functional assessments to behaviour support, complex claims and multidisciplinary rehabilitation. Her leadership has shaped major service innovations, including the establishment of Positive Behaviour Support, Early Childhood, Key Worker and medico legal programs across previous national roles.
At BePositive, Hannah leads with integrity, clinical excellence and a strong commitment to improving outcomes for clients with diverse and often highly complex needs. She combines strategic thinking with hands on clinical credibility, ensuring the organisation delivers safe, evidence based, values driven support that genuinely improves lives.

Louise – Stream Lead – Medico-Legal Services
Louise is a mental health endorsed Occupational Therapist, qualified in 2009, with extensive experience in mental health, chronic pain, and trauma-informed practice. Working with adolescents and adults, Louise focuses on improving daily function, independence, and wellbeing. In addition to therapy services, Louise provides medico-legal assessments across Melbourne, offering clear, evidence-based reports for legal, insurance, and clinical use.

Amanda – Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Amanda is a Melbourne-based Paediatric Occupational Therapist, qualified in 2018, with experience supporting children in both school and community settings. With a focus on early childhood development, Amanda specialises in developmental assessments, support for children with ASD, ADHD, and those with a history of trauma. Amanda also has expertise in assistive technology, including specialised seating and bedding solutions to enhance comfort, function, and safety at home and school. In addition to therapy services, Amanda provides medico-legal assessments for paediatric clients across Melbourne, offering clear, evidence-based reports.

Carmen – Senior Occupational Therapist
Carmen is a senior OT with over 20 years experience as a clinician, supervisor and leader. She has worked with a wide range of clients in the NDIS, aged care and Occupational Rehabilitation settings completing housing and functional needs assessments.  Carmen is available for medico-legal assessment services in the Brisbane area.

Jaime – Advanced Behaviour Support Practitioner
Based in Launceston and servicing regional Tasmania, Jaime is an experienced Advanced Behaviour Support Practitioner with a background in psychology. Specialising in supporting school-aged children and adults with behaviours of concern, Jaime delivers evidence-based, person-centred support across a wide range of settings. Areas of expertise include Autism (ASD), ADHD, mental health, trauma, and restrictive practice assessment. Jaime also provides support for accommodation services, staff training, and behaviour management planning tailored to individual and team needs.

Lisa – Senior Occupational Therapist and Behaviour Support Practitioner
Based in Adelaide, Lisa is an experienced Occupational Therapist (since 2008) and Behaviour Support Practitioner (since 2023), offering tailored support for individuals across the lifespan. With a strong foundation in mental health OT, Lisa brings a compassionate, evidence-based approach to complex behavioural and functional needs. She specialises in completing medico-legal assessments for the following conditions, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & ADHD, Youth & Adult Mental Health, Intellectual Disability and Neurological Conditions (e.g. ABI, stroke, degenerative disorders).

Lisa – Occupational Therapist
Lisa is an experienced Occupational Therapist specialising in complex functional assessment, assistive technology prescription and major home modifications within medico legal and disability contexts. With a background spanning acute care, rehabilitation, community practice and NDIS services, she brings strong clinical reasoning and a calm, trauma informed approach to evaluating functional capacity, environmental barriers and long term support needs. Lisa is skilled in producing clear, defensible reports, including Functional Capacity Assessments, equipment justification and home modification recommendations, grounded in evidence based practice and contemporary standards. Her ability to balance clinical insight with practical, person centred recommendations makes her a trusted clinician for high quality medico legal documentation.

Malini – Senior Occupational Therapist
Malini has over seven years’ experience as a community Occupational therapist working with NDIS, TAC and WorkSafe clients. She is experienced in assessment and intervention services for clients with physical and psychosocial disability, assessing housing and functional needs. She has a special interest in assistive technology assessment and prescription and home modifications. Malini is available for medico-legal assessment services in the Melbourne area.

Michelle – Senior Occupational Therapist

With over 18 years’ experience, Michelle is a highly skilled Occupational Therapist providing medico-legal assessments across Victoria. Since 2007, Michelle has specialised in assessing complex physical, cognitive, and psychological conditions to deliver clear, and objective reports. She has expertise in working with Musculoskeletal and Orthopaedic Injuries, Chronic Pain, Autism (ASD) and ADHD, Anxiety, Depression and Mental Health, Vision Impairment and Hoarding and Squalor.

Remiya – Senior Occupational Therapist
Remiya is Senior Occupational Therapist, with a background in nursing who has been working in the health field for over 20 years. Remiya works with NDIS participants in the community, with both psychosocial and physical disability providing assessment and intervention services including housing and support needs. Remiya is available for medico-legal assessment services for clients in the Melbourne area.

Ross – Occupational Therapist
Ross is an experienced Occupational Therapist specialising in high quality medico legal assessments and complex NDIS reporting. He brings strong expertise in Functional Capacity Assessments, SIL/SDA evaluations, Assistive Technology justification and detailed clinical documentation aligned with legislative and funding frameworks. Ross is known for his clear clinical reasoning, thorough functional analysis and ability to translate complex presentations into precise, evidence based recommendations that support fair, accurate and defensible outcomes.

Samantha – Senior Occupational Therapist
Samantha is a Senior Occupational Therapist and Accredited Hand Therapist with 13 years of specialised experience in upper limb assessment, injury management and functional capacity analysis. With a strong background in WorkCover and motor vehicle accident cases, she brings deep expertise in objective assessment, structured reporting and clear clinical opinion formulation. Samantha is skilled in evaluating functional impact, work capacity and long term support needs, drawing on extensive experience across plastic and orthopaedic injuries. Having completed formal medico legal OT training, she delivers precise, evidence based reports with a high level of detail, consistency and professional communication, making her a trusted clinician for complex medico legal assessments.