Discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation
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What is discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation?
The aim of discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation is to help you
- make progress in your studies
- stay in working life
- enter or return to working life.
Neuropsychological rehabilitation is provided by a neuropsychologist, and it is usually offered as individual rehabilitation. Rehabilitation may also be offered in the form of group rehabilitation.
Neuropsychological rehabilitation services may also be granted as intensive medical rehabilitation. More information about intensive medical rehabilitation.
Can you get discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation?
You can get discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation if
- you are 16–67
- you have been diagnosed with a developmental learning difficulty or a neurodevelopmental disorder that limits your ability to work or study
- you have undergone a neuropsychological assessment that shows you need neuropsychological rehabilitation.
Discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation is suited for young persons and adults who have been diagnosed for example with one of the following conditions:
- dyslexia or visual processing disorder associated with a developmental disorder
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- a mixed developmental disorder
- a brain disease or brain injury.
You can get discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation for a maximum of 3 years. We grant it for up to one year at a time.
You need to get a neuropsychological assessment first
Before Kela can grant you neuropsychological rehabilitation, you have to undergo a neuropsychological assessment. The assessment is used to determine the nature of your specific difficulties and the extent, degree, level of impairment and treatability of your developmental learning difficulties or neuropsychological disorders.
Your rehabilitation programme will be designed based on the report your neuropsychologist issues after your assessment and a medical statement B (B-lausunto) issued by a specialist. The neuropsychological assessment also determines if you need group rehabilitation.
Find a suitable neuropsychologist
Discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation is provided by Kela-approved neuropsychologists. You can look up neuropsychologists for example in Kela’s service provider search (available in Finnish and Swedish). However, please note that it only includes service providers approved by Kela who have agreed to have their contact information listed in the search.
Contact the neuropsychologist you have chosen and agree with them on when you can start rehabilitation and on its schedule and terms and conditions, such as billing, cancellations and holidays or days off. If you book a test session with more than one neuropsychologist, please remember that you have to pay for these sessions yourself.
How to apply
If you want to apply for discretionary neuropsychological rehabilitation, you will need
- a medical statement B (B-lausunto) issued by a neurologist, paediatric neurologist, phoniatrist, psychiatrist, adolescent psychiatrist or paediatric psychiatrist
- a neuropsychological assessment report (tutkimuslausunto) that states the nature of your specific difficulties and the extent, degree, level of impairment and treatability of your developmental learning difficulties or neuropsychological disorders.
After you get your medical statement B and neuropsychological assessment report, do as follows:
- Complete the application form for rehabilitative psychotherapy and neuropsychological rehabilitation KU 131 (PDF, in Finnish).
- Save the blank form to your device. Do not fill in the form directly in the browser because some of the information may not be saved that way.
- Open the form with Adobe Reader and fill it in.
- State the name of the neuropsychologist who will provide the rehabilitation in your application. Use Kela’s service provider search to look up rehabilitation service providers (available in Finnish and Swedish).
- Save the completed application form on your device. Note that the application must be in PDF format.
- Send the application in the OmaKela e-service (available in Finnish and Swedish). Parents and guardians can apply for rehabilitation on behalf of their minor child under 18 in OmaKela.
- Log in to OmaKela and select Tee hakemus (File an application). If you want to apply for rehabilitation on behalf of someone else, go to Asioi toisen henkilön puolesta (Act on behalf of another person). Read more about acting on behalf of another person.
- First select Sairastaminen ja kuntoutus (Sickness and rehabilitation). Then select Kuntoutus – tee hakemus (Rehabilitation – Submit an application). Then select Kuntoutusterapia tai neuropsykologinen kuntoutus (Rehabilitative psychotherapy or neuropsychological rehabilitation).
- If you submit your application in OmaKela, you do not need to sign it.
- If you have supporting documents, send them via OmaKela after you have submitted your application. If they are paper documents, you can photograph them.
- Send us a copy of your medical statement B and neuropsychological assessment report as supporting documents with your application.
- Visit OmaKela to see if Kela has made a decision on your application. We will also send notice of the decision to the rehabilitation service provider.
If you cannot use OmaKela, mail your application to Kela. Save the form to your device and fill it in after saving it. Print out the completed form and send it and any supporting documents to Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA.
When to apply
Submit your application before your rehabilitation is set to start. If your rehabilitation has already started, you can get reimbursement for the costs of the rehabilitation at the earliest from the beginning of the month when you applied for rehabilitation.
Apply for rehabilitation
Submit your application and supporting documents online.
Are you applying for continued rehabilitation?
If you want to apply for a second or third year of neuropsychological rehabilitation, you have to submit a new application.
You must submit a new a medical statement B issued by a neurologist, paediatric neurologist, phoniatrist, psychiatrist, adolescent psychiatrist or paediatric psychiatrist together with your application. The doctor with overall responsibility for your care (such as an occupational health doctor or health centre doctor) can also issue the statement you need to submit with your application for continued rehabilitation.
You also need a statement from the neuropsychologist who provided the earlier rehabilitation.
How much reimbursement can you get for neuropsychological rehabilitation?
The reimbursement is often smaller than the price of a rehabilitation session. This means that you may have to pay the rest yourself.
Kela will reimburse you for the costs of individual therapy as follows:
- individual therapy EUR 60.55/session
- guidance session for parents EUR 60.55/session.
Kela will reimburse you for the costs of group therapy as follows:
- group therapy EUR 42.05/session
- guidance session for parents EUR 42.05/session.
Kela will reimburse you EUR 22.71 of the price of a rehabilitation report (kuntoutuspalaute).
You will usually be reimbursed right after your session
If you have been granted neuropsychological rehabilitation reimbursed by Kela, you will usually be reimbursed when you go to pay for your session. This means that the neuropsychologist will deduct the reimbursement directly from the price of the session. The reimbursement is often smaller than the price of the session. This means that you may have to pay the rest yourself.
The neuropsychologist usually deducts the reimbursement directly from the price of the session. If this is not the case, you can apply for reimbursement from Kela afterwards.
Do as follows:
- Complete the form Kuntoutuslasku KU 204 (PDF, in Finnish).
- Save the blank form to your device. Do not fill in the form directly in the browser because some of the information may not be saved that way.
- Open the form with Adobe Reader and fill it in.
- Send the form to us in the OmaKela e-service (available in Finnish and Swedish).
- Log in to OmaKela. Go to Tee hakemus (Submit an application).
- First select Sairastaminen ja kuntoutus (Sickness and rehabilitation). Then select Kuntoutus – tee hakemus (Rehabilitation – Submit an application). Last select Kuntoutuslasku (Specification of rehabilitation costs)
- If you send your application to Kela in OmaKela, you do not need to sign it.
- If you have supporting documents, send them via OmaKela after you have submitted your specification of rehabilitation costs. If they are paper documents, you can photograph them.
- Visit OmaKela to see if your application has been decided, how much you will get and when the reimbursement will be paid.
If you cannot use OmaKela, mail your application to Kela. Save the form to your device and fill it in after saving it. Print out the completed form and send it and the supporting documents to Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA.
When to apply
You must apply for reimbursement within 6 months of the date when you paid for the rehabilitation session.
What else is going on in your life?
Do you have an illness that prevents you from working or studying?
Find out if you qualify for sickness allowance (sairauspäiväraha) or partial sickness allowance (osasairauspäiväraha).
Do you have a chronic illness or a disability diagnosed by a doctor?
Find out if you qualify for disability allowance (vammaistuki).
Do you travel to rehabilitation arranged by Kela?
We will usually reimburse you for the costs of travelling to the rehabilitation facility.