Clinical Services

The Centre for Community Child Health provides specialist clinical services for children with a range of developmental and behavioural problems. These are also teaching clinics for paediatric trainees who are supervised by paediatricians with specialist expertise.

General Practitioners can visit the Royal Children's Hospital's KidsConnect webpage for pre-referral guidelines, Clinical Practice Guidelines and parent information sheets. Pre-referral guidelines for Child Behaviour/ Mental Health/Developmental Concerns can be accessed from the KidsConnect webpage.

Specialist Clinics

Clinics are held weekly unless noted otherwise.

Clinic name	Time held	Description
ADHD Assessment	Thursday am Fortnightly	Multidisciplinary assessment of children aged 4-8 yrs with ADHD. The children will undergo paediatric, psychology and child psychiatry assessments. For more information, visit the ADHD Assessment Clinic webpage.
Behaviour	Wednesday am	Assessment and management of children with ADHD and other behavioural problems. For more information, visit the Behaviour Clinic webpage.
Communication	Tuesday am	Paediatric and speech pathology assessment of children with severe language delay, and associated developmental problems. For more information, visit the Communication Clinic webpage.
Encopresis / Enuresis	Friday am	Assessment and management of children with soiling and wetting, and other general paediatric problems, including toilet training. For more information, visit the Encopresis / Enuresis Clinic webpage.
Learning behaviour	Monday am	Assessment and management of children with learning difficulties, behaviour problems and developmental delay including language, motor skills, toileting. For more information, visit the Learning and Behaviour Clinic webpage.
Preschool Development	Monday pm	Assessment and management of young children with developmental problems which may impact on emerging learning and behavioural skills. For more information, visit the Preschool Development Clinic webpage.
School Function Program	Thursday am Fortnightly	Multidisciplinary assessment of primary school aged children with learning disabilities. Paediatric, special education, psychology, and occupational therapy input. For more information, visit the School Function Program webpage.
Sleep	Friday pm	Assessment and management of all types of sleep problems in children from infancy to adolescence. For more information, visit the Sleep Clinic webpage.
Unsettled babies	Thursday pm	Assessment and management of young babies with crying, irritability, and settling and feeding difficulties. For more information, visit the Unsettled Babies Clinic webpage.
Other Services
Cognitive and clinical psychology	Private, fee for service	Provided by an experienced clinical psychologist.
Private consulting clinic	Tuesday all day	Prof. Frank Oberklaid and Assoc. Prof. Jill Sewell provide specialist developmental behavioural services.

All clinics are held at the Centre for Community Child Health.

Last Updated 20-Mar-2008. Authorised by: Frank Oberklaid. Enquiries: Raelene McNaughton.