Psychology
Paediatric Psychology specialises in understanding thought processes and actions of children and interpreting them to help resolve issues causing emotional or behavioural problems. Paediatric psychologists can also perform psycho-educational assessments to provide information regarding a child’s intellectual capacity, or cognitive functioning, and their academic achievement. A psycho-educational assessment also helps identify any specific learning difficulties.Click here to find out more about Psycho-educational Assessments
The Adelaide Paediatrics Psychology team can help children and families with:
- Behavioural problems
- Anxiety disorders
- Depression
- Adjustment disorders
- School issues (such as bullying, performance anxiety and perfectionism)
- Toileting issues
- Sleeping problems (including delayed sleeping patterns, settling difficulties, sleep association
- problems, issues with initiating or maintaining sleep, and trouble waking in the morning)
- Trauma and attachment disorders
- Body image and eating concerns
- Dealing with grief
- Developing parenting skills, particularly for parents of children with a disability or challenging behaviours
- Developing positive behaviour plans and proactive approaches to meltdowns
- Assessment and intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Psycho-educational assessment
- Sleep and Settling Group (for babies up to 6 months)
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