Childhood Psychology

Our principal psychologist and manager of Childhood Psychology is Julie Steward. Julie is a Registered Psychologist with AHPRA. She has worked for over 15 years as a child psychologist in community organisations and schools, in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Julie works collaboratively with children, families and their teachers to help identify reasons why children might be struggling with their learning in the classroom. Working with only a small number of families at any one time, Julie can offer each of our families a high quality service.

Childhood Psychology's assessment services can help identify issues including impairments in reading and spelling (dyslexia), writing (dysgraphia) and mathematics (dyscalculia) in addition to behavioural concerns such as ADHD. Impairments in working memory, attention and information processing abilities may be identified during the assessment. Julie will also consider social and emotional factors, which might be impacting a child’s progress in the classroom including anxiety, lack of confidence, teacher-child relationship and peer interactions.

We provide in-clinic appointments at Northgate. Assessments can also be conducted at the child's school during school hours (if the school agrees).