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The Behaviour, Attention and Hyperactivity Clinic is an Australia wide virtual clinic specifically designed for children and teens who may be struggling with a range of challenges, including attention, impulsive decision making, hyperactivity, organization, emotions, friendships, and schoolwork.

If you find you or your GP find yourself questioning whether your child may have ADHD or a similar condition, our clinic is here to provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. While ADHD is one possible explanation, we understand that there are many factors & conditions that can impact a child’s engagement, behavior and function. Our goal is to work collaboratively with you to address these challenges and ensure the best possible outcomes for your child’s well-being.

In this clinic we take a holistic view, considering not just the individual child but the entire family dynamic.

What you will get

This initial purchase includes all the elements required to help us do an initial assessment, diagnosis and management. This includes:

Assessment surveys for you and your child’s teacher
2x appointments with a Paediatrician that include assessment, diagnosis and initial management
1x appointment with a parenting coach
Written summary and plan
Our clinic operates through several carefully designed phases to ensure the highest and most efficient standard of care:

Information Gathering Phase: We begin by collecting comprehensive information, including a GP referral, parent and teacher questionnaires, previous medical reports, and school performance records.
Assessment Phase: A video appointment with our experienced paediatrician allows for a thorough review of all provided information.
Initial Treatment Phase: Together with you and your child, our paediatrician crafts an individualized treatment and management plan. This may involve further investigations, referrals, and guidance on optimizing sleep, diet, schoolwork, and mood.
Parenting Tools Phase: Parenting a child with unique challenges can be daunting. We offer one-on-one parent coaching sessions to enhance your parenting toolbox and develop tailored strategies for fostering connection, collaboration, and cooperation.
Review Phase: Follow-up appointment with our paediatrician allows us to monitor progress, discuss any additional investigations, and explore further treatment options, including medication if deemed necessary.
Medication Titration and Monitoring Phase: For children who require medication, we provide ongoing support and assistance with monitoring effects and side effects, ensuring the best choice and outcome for your child. (This may be done in follow up appointment but if not will be offered in a focused medication review appointment)
The Behaviour, Attention and Hyperactivity Clinic is the first part of some new services we hope to be launching in this area. This initial clinic is primarily designed for those aged 5 to 16 who attend school and do not have previously identified complex neurodevelopmental disabilities or medical complexities, which are better addressed by an in-person paediatrician and multidisciplinary team.

These processes & criteria have been developed to ensure this virtual service delivers an exceptional outcome for our patients. We detail below certain information that will help us determine suitablility, however ultimately this is at the discretion of the treating paediatrician.

We can help with:
Comprehensive assessment and diagnosis for ADHD and related challenges
Personalised treatment and management plans
One-on-one parent coaching session
Medication titration and monitoring
Collaboration with schools and other care providers

What we need prior to you seeing us

A GP Referral with:

Background history and medical information
Cardiac examination: heart sounds, heart rate, blood pressure
Current height, weight and any previous measurements to show trajectory over time
Certain information will be important to help us determine the suitability of a patient to this initial service.

Age older than 16
Age younger than 5
Children with a previous formal diagnosis of ASD
Children with a neurological disability, global developmental delay or intellectual impairment
Children with a history of substance or drug abuse
If someone living in the home has a history of substance or drug abuse
Children not attending school
Children with a previous mental health diagnosis (includes depression, anxiety, bipolar, tics/tourettes, eating disorder)
If any of the above apply, please be aware when booking an appointment we may need to work with you to determine your child’s suitability to this initial service offering. Alternatively please feel free to contact the team to discuss further.

Further services are coming soon which may help those who are not suitable for this clinic.

Information regarding interstate based prescription regulations

Depending on your location, clinician preference and availability you may be matched with a clinician based in another state.

Recent changes mean that in most cases our paediatricians will be able to initiate medication (if and when appropriate) no matter the patient’s location.