Rosanna is a Senior Occupational Therapist and Allied Health Manager at BillyLids Therapy – and little sister to Rachelle. She began her career as an Occupational Therapist knowing one thing – she just wanted to work with children. Graduating from the University of Queensland in 2012, she worked with a number of private and non-government organisations in Queensland and New South Wales before deciding to make the sunny Gold Coast home in 2016. Rosanna’s paediatric experience includes working with children with autism, developmental delays and a range of physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy. Rosanna provides 1:1 therapy and assessment, transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary practice, parent coaching, support and training to schools and other organisations, assesses for a range of assistive technology, and home and vehicle modifications to promote access for children.
In 2021, Rosanna decided to transition back to private paediatric practice, this time supporting children and their families in their own homes throughout the Gold Coast. With her experience in multidisciplinary practice, and seeing how the coordination of care and prioritisation of goals delivered better outcomes, she continued to coordinate with a child’s wider therapy team, despite being a sole practitioner. As demand for this service grew, the need for a bricks and mortar clinic with a larger therapy team was recognised – and the idea for BillyLids Therapy was born.
Rosanna is a Nerang local, and so a clinic based in the local community she loves and is connected to made sense. Outside of work, Rosanna is a book worm who likes to dig in the garden, or spend time with her partner, their little billylid and their badly behaved border collie.