Understanding Minds is a multi-disciplinary clinic. We work with children, adolescents, and adults who have both mental health and educational problems.

SUPERVISION FOR CLINICIANS
Clinic Director, Craig Wright, supervises trainee psychologists under the Queensland Supervised Practice Plan. Craig supervises in the following areas of the Supervised Practice Plan:

• Psychological assessment
• Research Methods
• Ethics
• Knowledge of the Discipline and Intervention methods for anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, child behaviour, adult and child ADHD, competence and motivation, and learning difficulties.

Supervision is also available for more experienced psychologists who wish to update their skills in the following areas:

• Neuropsychological assessment
• ADHD
• Reading and language development and impairment
• Assessment and management of school difficulties
• Designing and implementing educational interventions

RESOURCES FOR CLINICIANS

Tip Sheets & Forms
The Tip Sheets & Forms pages provide information about a number of common developmental dysfunctions and information about specific disorders and dysfunctions, such as ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger’s Syndrome, and memory weaknesses. The Tip Sheets & Forms pages also provide suggestions for how teachers can help student with these learning differences and a number of useful parent handouts and clinical tools, such as a Medication Monitoring Tool for ADHD.

The Family, Academic, Affective, Cognitive, and Teacher (FAACT) Model. The model and associated explanations helps understand the interdependent nature of cognitive, academic, behavioural, affective (emotional), neurological, experiential, family, peer, and school factors in explaining school and social success and failure.

Understanding Minds in Tamworth
Dr. Craig Wright is consulting in Tamworth the last week of each month. He will be providing all the usual consulting and assessment services from the Life Solutions North West. The clinic is located at Suite 3 / 180 Peel Street.

Consultations can be arranged by contacting Understanding Minds or Life Solutions on (02) 6676 2822.