Is your child bright but disorganised in St Clair? Our Kingswood psychologists help children develop the executive functioning skills they need to thrive at school and home. Medicare rebates available.
Book your child's ADHD assessment at our Gledswood Hills clinicMedicare rebates available
Executive functioning is like the brain's management system. It controls planning, organisation, time management, and self-regulation. If your St Clair child struggles in these areas, it can look like laziness or defiance, but it's actually a skill gap that can be addressed with the right support.
Needing constant adult supervision to complete simple tasks
Procrastination that leads to last-minute panic or unfinished work
Struggling to organise thoughts for writing or verbal explanations
Difficulty estimating how long tasks will take
Losing track of time and missing deadlines or appointments
Inconsistent performance, brilliant one day and struggling the next
If your child is capable but constantly struggling to get things done, it's worth investigating their executive functioning. Understanding the gap between their potential and their performance is the first step to closing it.
We assess and support executive functioning challenges using practical, evidence-based strategies that help your child build the organisational and self-management skills they need.
Our client care team will match you with the right psychologist at our Kingswood clinic, just 12 min from St Clair.
Ask your GP for a Mental Health Treatment Plan and referral. This unlocks Medicare rebates for up to 10 sessions per calendar year.
Your child will learn practical organisational, planning, and self-regulation strategies they can use at school and home. We also give you and their teachers tools to reinforce these skills.
Your child will learn practical organisational, planning, and self-regulation strategies they can use at school and home. We also give you and their teachers tools to reinforce these skills.
Questions St Clair parents ask about executive functioning support.
Not exactly, but they're related. ADHD often includes executive functioning challenges, but a child can have executive functioning difficulties without having ADHD. Our assessment process can clarify what's going on for your child specifically.
Yes. Unlike some cognitive abilities, executive functioning skills can be explicitly taught and strengthened with practice. With the right strategies and support, most children show significant improvement over time.
They often become more apparent in upper primary school when academic demands increase and children are expected to manage their own work more independently. However, some signs can be noticed as early as preschool.
Absolutely. Our reports include specific, practical strategies that teachers can implement in the classroom. With your permission, we can also communicate directly with the school to ensure the recommendations are understood and applied.
With consistent application of strategies at home and school, many parents notice improvements within a few weeks. Building lasting executive functioning skills is an ongoing process, but the tools your child learns will serve them well into adulthood.
