The Australasian Centre for Trauma delivers world-class, evidence-based clinical services across multiple care domains. Our integrated approach ensures seamless transitions from acute care to long-term rehabilitation and community reintegration.
Innovative community-based care model that provides intensive rehabilitation services in familiar environments, reducing the need for prolonged hospital stays while maintaining clinical excellence.
Comprehensive outpatient programs offering flexible scheduling and individualised treatment plans, enabling patients to receive expert care while maintaining their daily routines and community connections.
Structured daily rehabilitation programs combining intensive therapy sessions with peer support and skills development, designed to maximise functional independence and quality of life outcomes.
Evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach integrating neuroplasticity principles, advanced technologies, and personalised treatment protocols to optimise recovery outcomes for each individual.
We partner with patients and their families at every stage to ensure long-term outcomes that reflect dignity, resilience and empowerment through innovative, compassionate care.
The Australasian Centre for Trauma (ACT) provides comprehensive medicolegal and expert assessment services across neurological, neurosurgical, neuropsychiatric, neuropsychological, psychological, orthopaedic, and occupational therapy disciplines. These assessments are conducted to support legal proceedings, insurance claims, compensation reviews, and case management processes.
Evaluation of traumatic and acquired brain or spinal cord injuries, including prognosis and functional implications.
Determination of mental state, PTSD, cognitive disorder, and capacity issues.
Detailed cognitive profiling using validated psychometric instruments.
Musculoskeletal and functional impact analysis.
Workplace activities-of-daily-living, and adaptive-equipment evaluations.
Comprehensive evaluation of work capacity and functional limitations.
Expert interpretation of neuroimaging findings and their clinical significance.
Reports are structured in accordance with expert witness standards and court-admissibility requirements.
ACT clinicians provide expert testimony in tribunals and courts, maintaining objectivity and independence in all medicolegal contexts. Experts also participate in:
Reports are prepared to meet Australian Civil Procedure Rules and comply with Comcare, AMA Guides (4th, 5th or 6th edition depending on state) and other recognised evaluations for impairment rating.
All medicolegal work adheres to:
ACT maintains strict separation between treating and assessing clinicians to avoid conflicts of interest.
Where appropriate, ACT provides joint medicolegal reviews combining perspectives from neurology, psychiatry, psychology, and rehabilitation medicine. This multidisciplinary approach ensures accuracy and completeness, particularly in complex TBI and SCI cases.
Pioneering neuroplasticity-based rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and complex trauma recovery
The Australasian Centre for Trauma (ACT) is a specialist organisation dedicated to the comprehensive treatment, rehabilitation, and research of individuals affected by traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, complex pain syndromes and neuropsychiatric trauma.
ACT utilises the most current world-class neurorehabilitation using the latest advances in neurosciences, neuroendocrinology, and neuroplasticity-based therapies within an integrated multidisciplinary model.
At the heart of ACT's philosophy is the conviction that every brain has the potential to heal and adapt. Recovery from trauma is not a single intervention but a continuum of personalised care spanning from acute care through to a more than life-long journey, combining cutting-edge medical science with compassionate, person-centred care.
ACT accepts individuals across the lifespan who present with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, complex pain syndromes and neuropsychiatric trauma. Each client receives a comprehensive neuropsychiatric, neurological, and neuropsychological assessment, from which a tailored rehabilitation plan is developed.
The Australasian Centre for Trauma (ACT) is committed to education and knowledge translation across healthcare, legal, and community sectors. Education is viewed as an essential component of recovery—empowering patients, families, and professionals to understand and apply neuroplasticity principles.
ACT delivers continuing professional development (CPD) accredited workshops and seminars for:
Programs are run in collaboration with the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and universities across Australia.
Patient and family education focuses on:
Workshops combine didactic teaching, experiential learning, and peer-support components.
ACT provides seminars for solicitors, insurers, and case managers covering:
These sessions promote better collaboration between clinical and legal systems.
Through partnerships with a large number of Australian and international health services, research institutes and universities, ACT contributes to postgraduate education in neurorehabilitation and trauma psychology.
Clinicians hold adjunct academic appointments and supervise honours, master's, and doctoral research students.
Education is fundamental to ACT's mission of improving trauma outcomes. Through comprehensive training programs across healthcare, legal, and community sectors, we ensure that knowledge translates into better care, informed decision-making, and enhanced recovery journeys for all stakeholders.
The Australasian Centre for Trauma (ACT) is committed to advancing the scientific understanding of neurorehabilitation through translational research, innovation, and clinical outcomes evaluation.
ACT's research strategy bridges clinical practice and neuroscience by exploring how neuroplasticity-based therapies, robotics, virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI) drive recovery after brain and spinal injury.
The Centre's research agenda is guided by its partnerships with the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and the Queensland Brain Injury Consortium (QBIC), ensuring that all interventions are informed by empirical evidence and contribute to the global body of neurorehabilitation knowledge.
ACT's principal research areas include:
Understanding structural and functional brain changes associated with rehabilitation interventions.
Evaluating the clinical effectiveness of robotics, FES, AI, and VR-based interventions.
Refining assessment tools to better capture multidimensional recovery.
Examining the neurobiological and psychosocial pathways of comorbid psychological distress.
Studying long-term outcomes of integrated rehabilitation models.
ACT participates in multicentre clinical trials investigating:
Efficacy across upper and lower limb recovery
Predictive analytics for outcome forecasting
(MRI and EEG) to visualise cortical remapping following therapy
For regional and remote patient populations
These collaborations are conducted under ethics approval in accordance with NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023).
ACT's research unit maintains secure data systems integrated with clinical records. Outcomes are tracked via digital dashboards that allow real-time monitoring of patient progress and statistical analysis for continuous improvement.
Research staff include neuroscientists, biostatisticians, neuropsychologists, and clinical fellows affiliated with QBI and UQ.
Research findings are disseminated through:
ACT ensures that all research directly informs clinical practice, closing the gap between discovery and implementation.
Through rigorous research and innovative approaches, ACT continues to push the boundaries of what's possible in trauma rehabilitation, ensuring that our clinical practice remains at the forefront of scientific advancement and evidence-based care.
Our governance framework ensures accountability, transparency, and adherence to the highest standards of clinical and ethical practice in trauma rehabilitation.
We are committed to providing equitable access to world-class trauma care, respecting patient rights, and ensuring inclusive services for all individuals regardless of background or circumstances.
Through strategic partnerships with community organizations, we extend our reach and impact, fostering collaborative approaches to trauma recovery and community wellbeing.
Our commitment to excellence is demonstrated through rigorous quality assurance processes, continuous improvement initiatives, and maintaining the highest accreditation standards.
Our forward-thinking approach embraces innovation, technology advancement, and emerging therapies to continuously evolve our trauma care capabilities and outcomes.
Our multidisciplinary team of specialists, researchers, and support staff brings together diverse expertise united by a shared commitment to advancing trauma rehabilitation and recovery outcomes.
For more information about our organization and services, please contact us at: enquire@acthealth.net.au
At the Australasian Centre for Trauma, we continuously strive to advance the field of trauma rehabilitation through innovation, collaboration, and unwavering dedication to patient-centered care.