Children face a complex world, with concepts, pressures, expectations, and consequences far beyond their capacity to understand. During this stage of development, developmental, social, emotional, and learning difficulties usually begin to emerge.
It is important to intervene early to best assist children with their development, to reach their potential and to minimise the risk of additional emotional, behavioural, and social complications. At Blossom Consulting we connect with your child and assist them to understand themselves, to process their difficulties and teach them skills to emotionally regulate and interact with their social, emotional, and educational world.
Our Psychologists have extensive experience working with families to support them through behavioural, emotional, social, academic concerns and help children reach their full potential with pragmatic strategies and kind support.
Common difficulties experienced by children that we assist with:
- Attachment issues
- School transitions
- Coping with new family members
- Bullying
- Anxiety
- Confidence/ self esteem
- School Readiness and School Refusal
- Phobias
- Social skills
- Behavioural difficulties
- Learning difficulties
- Developmental issues
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Academic, behavioural, and developmental assessment
- Sleeping problems
- Managing anger
- Intelligence/ Educational Assessments: Cognitive and Behavioural, Developmental Neuropsychological assessments provided
- Separation anxiety or worry
- Dealing with divorce, parental separation and blending families
- Trauma
- Managing medical conditions such as Diabetes, Developmental Disorders and injury or illness
Assessment is a common practice when working with children to best understand their needs and inform clinical practice. We administer tests and assessments for Children for a variety of reasons including:
- Executive Functioning concerns
- Behavioural problems
- Learning/processing problems
- Attention disorders
- Developmental delays
- Autism Spectrum disorders
- Social-Emotional functioning
- Adaptive functioning
- Learning disabilities
Children may need several sessions to address identified issues or assessment only. Parents can join sessions and sometimes we suggest parent-only or child only sessions for dedicated time for you and your child. Sessions can also include talking to schoolteachers to help with recommendations and individualised learning plans, so that your child is well supported.
Please see assessment page for more details.