Patient Resources
There's a great deal of useful information on child development available on the web. One of the greatest challenges in being able to find informaiton that is relevant, accessible and authorative. I've started collecting some of the more useful resources here and hope they can be of use to you.
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Fact Sheets & Resources:
Raising Children Network. This Australian government website contains a wealth of information about children's behaviour and development.
Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital Parent Fact Sheets
Sydney Children's Hospital Parent Guides & Fact Sheets
Free Services:
PlayConnect Playgroups - support children with developmental differences
Local Child and Family Health Centres: offer support and parenting and behaviour management programs for children under 8 years old
Canberra Child Development Service offers assessment, referral, information, and linkages for children from 0 to 6 years where there are concerns relating to their development.
Marymead has a range of services to support children and families
Hearing Assessments
Hearing Assessments with a nurse audiometrist through the Canberra Community Health Intake (free service)
Brindabella Hearing and Speech (fee for service. GP referral required)
Therapy
Psychology
Alison DeCure: "Capital Assessment and Therapy Centre"
Carla Crossman: "Spark for Life Psychology"
Psychology Department at the ANU
Psychology Department at the University of Canberra
Speech Pathology
Lynda Elson (under 5's) at "Bright Start Speech Pathology"
Andrew Watt (5 and over) at "Unity Speech Pathology"
Occupational Therapy
Christy Vagg and the team at "Together-OT"
Occupational Therapy Australia
Dieticians
Cognitive, Educational and Autism Assesments
Alison DeCure: "Capital Assessment and Therapy Centre"
Carla Crossman: "Spark for Life Psychology"
Tej Kaur: "Fisher, Evans and Associates"
Learning Difficulties
Learning Difficulties Coalition
Autism Related Services and Information
Autism Australia ("ASPECT ") runs free "Early Days" Workshops for parents of preschool children with ASD, as well as their introductory workshop to help newly-diagnosed families navigate the system. In addition, they run skill-based workshops focusing on specific strategies for parenting children with ASD)
This has a section that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information about Autism (symptoms, diagnosis, management, evidence for and cost of different therapies etc)
Questionnaires
Vanderbilt Baseline Parent Form
Vanderbilt Baseline Teacher Form
Vanderbilt Medication Parent Form
Vanderbilt Medication Teacher Form
Caddra Teacher Feedback Form
Spence Anxiety Scale Parent Form
Spence Anxiety Scale Child Form