Community clinics - Flinders University

Committed to our community

Flinders University offers a number of health, psychology, disability support, legal advice and nutritional services through our range of clinics and programs.

Our clinics and programs are open to the general public and provide valuable opportunities for students to gain professional practice in their chosen career, while our health and lifestyle programs give students real-life professional experience and support our research.

Flinders' services features a selection of research innovations that provide opportunities to drive ongoing improvements in professional and personal practices.

Cognitive behaviour therapy

Hearing

Legal advice

Psychology

Flinders University Psychology Clinic

The Psychology Clinic provides a professional clinical space for Flinders' postgraduate (Masters and Clinical PhD) provisional psychologists to carry out assessments and therapy under the supervision of a registered clinical psychologist. It also serves as a research facility.

Find out more and book an appointment

Media Smart program

Media Smart is an evidence-based 8-lesson media literacy program for students in late primary school or early high school. It is suitable for teachers to use in a range of classes including English, study of society, home economics, physical education, pastoral care and home group. The program includes information on body image and eating disorders, detailed lesson plans and a workbook for students.

Find out more and purchase Media Smart

Flinders University service for eating disorders

Flinders University services for eating disorders offers a 10-session cognitive behavioural treatment to improve symptoms of disordered eating, such as binge eating, purging, fasting, and preoccupation with weight and shape.

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Posttraumatic Stress Clinic

The Clinic offers treatment for posttraumatic stress reactions following traumatic experiences. We have a focus on researching and improving evidence-based therapies, with these largely cognitive-behavioural in nature. As therapy is typically offered free of charge, there is no payment made to participants. Depending on the trial, therapy typically involves between 10 – 15 sessions, either face-to-face at the Clinic, or at times, online. We see adults (and children, depending on therapist and project availability).

Find out more and book an initial screening.

Early intervention research program (autism)

The program's primary focus is research, particularly into the evaluation of early intervention for children with autism. The Structured Program for Childhood Therapists Working with Children with Autism is the manualised version of the program and is now in use nationally and internationally. A partnership between research and service delivery has resulted in the Flinders Therapy House, a partnership with not-for-profit Inclusive Directions.

Contact: (08) 8201 7976 or email anna.moffat@flinders.edu.au
Book an assessment: email clientsupport@directions.org.au or visit the Inclusive Directions website

Sleep

Child and Adolescent Sleep Clinic

The Child and Adolescent Sleep Clinic offers evidence-based psychological treatments for a wide-range of sleep problems including insomnia, night-time fears, bedtime resistance and other sleep disorders.

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Insomnia Treatment Program

The Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health is dedicated to translating the science of sleep to deliver evidence-based treatments for the general community that are proven to improve sleep, health and wellbeing.

The combination of the latest research and technology enables us to provide evidence-based treatment via the Insomnia Treatment Program.

Find out more about the Insomnia Treatment Program

Nutrition

Nutrition Partnerships: project support

There are many opportunities to collaborate with Flinders to deliver a nutrition based project in your organisation. A project can take a number of forms, including:

needs assessment and planning of nutrition services
development and implementation of a nutrition intervention
evaluation of nutrition services
development of nutrition tools and resources
reviewing of literature for evidence

We involve our students in these projects, which provide them with valuable work-integrated learning opportunities, and the projects are managed and supervised by a University staff member who will also mentor the students.

Current partnerships

Nazareth Catholic College

Community-wide nutrition and wellbeing policy development.
Right Bite Canteen Policy consultation.
Implementation and evaluation, nutrition curriculum development, resource development, cross-disciplinary education around fussy eating and development of a community sourced multi-cultural recipe book.

Wakefield Regional Council and Yorke Peninsula Council

Community needs assessments around nutrition and food security.
Development and piloting of Early Learning Resource Manual.
Investigation into regional food safety concerns.
Development of a community food interest group to drive future nutrition and food programs.

Uniting Care Wesley Bowden

Needs assessments and community consultation to identify areas for nutrition and food security program, service and resource development in at-risk populations.

City of Adelaide

National Nutrition Week October 2018 stalls and activities around 6 city locations.
Nutritionist in Residence program March- April 2019 at Adelaide City Library.
Working with Adelaide Aquatic Centre café staff to improve healthy food offerings.
Support nutrition and wellbeing for participants in One Culture Football’s disability program.

Contact us to discuss your project needs

Email: nutritionengagement@flinders.edu.au
Phone: (08) 7221 8851

View other nutrition and dietetics engagement opportunities

Flinders Health2Go

Health2Go is a modern health clinic that offers:

hearing
physiotherapy
speech pathology
vision services.

We combine excellence of care with the latest technology and research. We won’t be prescribing one-size-fits-all solutions. Instead, we’ll listen to your needs and lifestyle to discover how we can best help you. Our experienced team are teaching the next generation of audiologists, speech pathologists, physiotherapists, and optometrists—while providing you with the most up-to-date treatment and care.

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Legal advice

Flinders Legal Centre

The Flinders Legal Centre is a contemporary legal clinic that offers free, independent, confidential, and virtual access to legal services under the supervision of qualified solicitors.

Available for anyone needing legal advice, not only Flinders University students, you can get advice on a wide range of matters including:

Setting up a business
Accommodation issues
Financial loans and debt issues
Relationship matters
Car accidents
Employment issues.

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Midwifery

In Australia, midwifery students are required to follow women throughout their pregnancy, delivery and after the birth of their baby under the supervision of a midwife or doctor. This gives the student and the woman an opportunity to experience continuity of care, which has been found to improve a woman’s overall experience of childbirth.

A midwifery student will:

attend some of your antenatal appointments
contribute to your care during labour, providing additional support to you (and your partner)
be involved in your birth experience, birthing your baby with the support of a midwife or doctor
visit you within the first six weeks after your baby is born.

Learn more: visit our website

Disability support

The Up the Hill Project

The Up the Hill Project, supported by the Flinders University College of Nursing and Health Sciences, encourages the participation of adults with a range of disabilities, including intellectual disability, in the social and educational life of Flinders University.

The Project aims to provide an inclusive and supportive opportunity at Flinders University enabling people with a disability, with support from a Peer Mentor, to access the University environment, develop social skills and social networks, and experience a range of educational opportunities and activities.

Learn more: visit our website

Cognitive behaviour therapy

In conjunction with those with lived experience of mental health concerns and clinicians we have developed a suite of guided self-help workbooks that support the delivery of high dose narrow bandwidth support provisions for step 2, low intensity psychological interventions.

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Community clinics, services and programs