As a registered occupational therapist working with Knight Occupational Therapy, Carlen thrives on the detail oriented, clear and concise nature of Expert Witness Report Writing. Carlen has honed the skills necessary through the medically focused Paramedic degree and years of service with the QAS, completing a Masters degree and furthering these skills through years of clinical practice in a range of settings including medicolegal and family law court reporting with a previous company.

Providing focused assessments and reports on the needs of children, youth and adults in the NDIS space, trying to access NDIS, vocational, TPD claims and family law, Carlen currently services clients in and around the Toowoomba area.

Carlen has extensive experience with those who have challenging behaviours, both within the NDIS and private clients. Carlen is experienced in assisting those in the Child Protection system, a range of minority groups and diverse backgrounds.

Carlen keeps his clinical skills and knowledge up to date through delivering direct ongoing therapy interventions with children, adolescents and adults at the KaizenATS clinic space that he co-directs with his good friend and colleague, Natasha.

Carlen’s rich experience and knowledge base has meant he has had the opportunity to deliver Professional Development training to Occupational Therapists around Australia in the Cognitive Disabilities Model for several years. Furthering his career as a Clinical Lead, he supervised other therapists, conveying his passion for learning through sharing knowledge and creating engaging learning platforms for other clinicians before moving on to open two companies of his own, both with different focuses.  

Carlen graduated from the University of Sydney with a Masters Occupational Therapy in 2015. With a background as an Advanced Care Paramedic, Carlen became a lead clinician for an NGO involved in an initiative that commenced as a LINK funded research project with the Royal Brisbane Hospital. The project aimed to create continuity of care for individuals who presented to the Emergency Department with a high frequency. It involved working between community-based organisations, Emergency Department and other government organisations, providing training to the staff and working directly with the individuals. Through this program, statistically significant success was achieved at reducing the frequency of presentations and the research project became the Working Together to Connect Care Program.

The following years saw Carlen start their own private practice and eventually move to Toowoomba where he began working as an occupational therapist for a company where he grew there team significantly over a number of years, before moving on to new challenges, opening a clinic-based therapy service Kaizenats, and separately, KOT.