AT MindMatters Psychology Practice, we have a team of experienced Educational Psychologists who are able to assess children from a developmental and learning perspective with a wide range of academic, social and emotional issues.

During evaluations, we typically work with the child, parents and/or teachers but in more complex cases, will involve external professionals, such as speech therapists, occupational therapists and medical professionals, in the assessment process.

Through our detailed evaluation process, we are able to identify the child’s strengths and areas for development. This information will be used to develop home and school intervention programs with realistic goals and recommendations.

We specialize in identifying and diagnosing the following:


Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome


Attention Deficit Disorder Treatment


Central Auditory Processing


Dyslexia


Dyspraxia


Dyscalculia


Giftedness Testing


Global learning difficulties


Language difficulties


Processing problems


Working Memory issues
 

 

A range of therapy programmes is available to support the specific needs of the child. These are carried out by experienced Counselling, Clinical and Educational Psychologists on an individual or group basis.








Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)
A commonly used approach in dealing with a range of behavioural emotional issues, CBT helps the child gain awareness of their own behaviour and work towards developing better control of their emotions and responses.







Counselling
Qualified counselling and clinical psychologists will be able to conduct counselling sessions on an individual basis. This will help children deal with a range of emotional issues including managing transitions, bereavement, relationship issues, self-esteem etc.





Samonas
A programme that is used for auditory intervention to improve auditory figure-ground, spatial awareness and processing of auditory information. More details are available on www.samonas.com.







A self-empowerment programme for children 8-12 years old developed by an Educational/Counselling Psychologist to help children explore their feelings in a fun and creative way. It will teach them to make choices and be responsible for their feelings as well as identifying a positive self-image and learning about the power of the mind. The children will also learn relaxation techniques through the use of visualization.