Cate is an experienced and enthusiastic children’s physiotherapist who works with her clients and
their families to achieve their full developmental and participation potential.
Cate’s physiotherapy practice is family-centred, goal-directed and evidence-based.
Her therapy focuses on the principles of motor skill learning in a play and activity-based framework.
Cate focuses on educating and empowering parents and carers to optimise their child’s
development. She teaches strategies for practice in everyday life at home, school, kinder, childcare,
playgrounds, pools and other outdoor spaces!
Cate has over 25 years’ experience working in Children’s hospitals in Melbourne and London,
managing infants and children with cerebral palsy, stroke, acquired brain injury, orthopaedic and
musculoskeletal conditions, developmental delay and those recovering from injury and surgery.
She holds specialist skills in infant assessment, neurology and rehabilitation. Cate is grateful to have
a broad network of professional connections among Australian therapists and medical specialists.
She values working within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team for the optimal care and
management of her clients.
Outside of Wattle Kids Physio, Cate enjoys a busy life with her husband, three kids and dog Alfie.
She loves being outdoors, music, sport and growing vegies in her garden!
Clinical Experience, Concurrent Roles and Qualifications:
Cate held the position of Senior Clinician Physiotherapist with the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation
Service (VPRS) at Monash Children’s Hospital from 2007 to 2020. Prior to this she worked in general
paediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care Units in London and Melbourne. Cate’s early career
experience was in regional Victoria.
While working with the VPRS, Cate held concurrent Clinical Research Assessor roles with the Preterm
Brain Outcomes (PREBO) study and Pain In Dyskinesia study. She was a key physiotherapist
contributor to the Subacute Rehabilitation of Childhood Stroke Clinical Guideline, 2019.
Cate works as a Tutor with Monash University, teaching Postgraduate and Masters of Paediatric
Physiotherapy courses.
Cate is a Victorian Trainer of the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) and member
of the Australian HINE Trainers Collaborative. The HINE is used to identify children at risk of cerebral
palsy.
She is an Advanced Assessor in Prechtl’s General Movements Assessment and is trained in the
BabyOSCAR (Observational Selective Control AppRaisal) tool, both also used to identify children at
risk of cerebral palsy.
Cate enjoys supporting and mentoring physiotherapy colleagues in their paediatric, neurological,
and rehabilitation speciality skills development, both here in Australia and overseas.
Cate Clancy, Physiotherapist
BAppSci (Physiotherapy), La Trobe University
Grad Dip Neurological Rehabilitation (Paediatrics), University of Western Australia
Australian Physiotherapy Association Member, (APAM)