Kela rehabilitation
Kela's demanding medical rehabilitation
Sensis Terapia Oy is a service provider of speech therapy within demanding medical rehabilitation granted by Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
Kela contract service provider
Speech therapy can be provided as demanding medical rehabilitation granted by Kela, in line with the client's rehabilitation decision and rehabilitation plan.
Service areas
- Helsinki
- Western Uusimaa
- Vantaa and Kerava
Therapy service language
Finnish
Website information is available in several languages, but therapy under the Kela agreement is provided in Finnish.
How Kela speech therapy begins
- 1
Rehabilitation plan
The rehabilitation plan is drawn up within public health care.
- 2
Kela's rehabilitation decision
Kela makes the decision on demanding medical rehabilitation.
- 3
Contacting the therapist
You are welcome to get in touch and ask about availability.
- 4
The first meeting
At the first meeting we get to know each other and define the goals together.
You can read more about demanding medical rehabilitation on Kela's own website: Kela: demanding medical rehabilitation (opens in a new tab)
Frequently asked questions
How can a client access Kela speech therapy?
Kela's demanding medical rehabilitation requires a rehabilitation plan drawn up in public health care and a rehabilitation decision from Kela.
Kela's instructions for applying for demanding medical rehabilitation (in Finnish) (opens in a new tab)
Can the client choose the speech therapist?
Clients can search for a suitable Kela contract service provider in Kela's service provider search.
Kela's service provider search (in Finnish) (opens in a new tab)
Where can speech therapy take place?
Therapy takes place in Sensis Terapia's therapy premises at Laivastokatu 4, Helsinki, and in the client's everyday environments such as at home, at daycare or at school. Therapy can also be provided as remote rehabilitation by video call when that suits the client. The way therapy is carried out is agreed according to the client's situation and rehabilitation decision.
Can therapy take place at daycare or school?
Therapy in everyday environments makes it possible to practise skills in the situations where they are needed daily. The way therapy is carried out is agreed according to the client's situation and rehabilitation decision.
What happens at the first meeting?
In the first meetings we get to know the client and their family, talk about everyday life, communication and the goals of rehabilitation, and plan together how therapy will work in practice.
How do I get in touch?
You can contact Sensis Terapia by phone on 050 330 7477 or by email at bettina.paasila@sensisterapia.fi. You are welcome to write in English.
Please do not send sensitive health information by ordinary, unencrypted email.