Professional collaboration with schools to ensure your child receives the support they need. Bridging the gap between assessment insights and classroom implementation through expert advocacy and collaborative planning.
I work with families and school teams to bridge the gap between assessment insights and classroom implementation. Whether you're navigating SSG meetings, developing an IEP, or trying to get reasonable adjustments in place, professional advocacy ensures your child's needs are understood and acted on.
These situations often arise when children's brain differences and thinking skills aren't fully understood:
Under the Disability Discrimination Act, all children who demonstrate need are entitled to reasonable adjustments, no diagnosis required.
Assessment insights may not be translated to practical classroom implementation across all teachers and subjects.
High academic ability can mask learning difficulties, leading schools to deny support or expect giftedness to 'compensate' for challenges.
Fluctuations in concentration, sensory needs, and movement are often misinterpreted as behavioural choices or effort issues rather than neurological needs requiring support.
I collaborate with families and school teams to translate assessment findings into practical support plans. Available for children who have completed a neurotype neuropsychology assessment. Sessions are flexible in frequency and duration, tailored to your family's needs. Fees are aligned with APS guidelines.
Sessions include individual parent consultations for strategic planning, one-on-one teacher sessions to discuss assessment findings and classroom strategies, and full school team collaboration meetings for coordinated support including IEP development, behaviour support input, and goal setting.
Assessment reports are written in clinical language that doesn't always translate into practical classroom strategies. As a neuropsychologist who works within school systems, I bridge that gap, interpreting your child's clinical profile and communicating it in terms that school teams can immediately understand and act on.
My approach is collaborative rather than adversarial. I understand how schools make decisions, what resources they have, and how to work within their systems to get the best outcomes. Under Australian education law, children with established needs are entitled to reasonable adjustments, and professional advocacy ensures those obligations are understood and implemented.
Yes, advocacy services are only available to families who have completed a comprehensive assessment with me. This ensures I have the detailed understanding of your child's unique profile needed to provide effective advocacy and support.
I focus on collaborative, evidence-based approaches that help schools understand the benefits of accommodations. My goal is to work with educational teams, not against them, finding solutions that work for everyone.
Yes, I can provide input into IEP goals, accommodations, and modifications based on assessment findings. I can also attend IEP meetings as a consultant to help translate clinical recommendations into educational goals.
Yes, I work with all types of educational settings including public schools, private and independent schools, and specialist education settings. The approach is tailored to each school's specific systems and resources.
Schedule a consultation to discuss your child's needs and find the right path forward.