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Our services

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Our goal is to offer a wide range of services that meet the unique health needs of young people in our community.

Eating disorder services

Specialist Consultations

  1. Diagnostic Assessments: a full work up to determine the cause or causes of your difficulties with eating, weight or growth.
  2. Ongoing management: specialist reviews every few weeks, in collaboration with your GP, to ensure your health is safely monitored and optimised during treatment.

Eating Disorder Treatment and Management Plan (EDP)

To claim a Medicare benefit from Eating Disorder items, you will need an EDP. These involve a medical assessment and the development of a plan for your care.

Eating Disorder Treatment and Management Plan Review (EDR)

If you need more than 20 allied health sessions in a year, your EDP must be reviewed to continue receiving Medicare benefits. This involves discussing progress with you and your team, deciding what is and isn’t working, and plotting a new path forward.

EDRs must be performed by either a psychiatrist or a paediatrician / adolescent medicine specialist.

Consultation with GPs and other care providers

We can provide specialist support and advice to other professionals involved in your care.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) services

Specialist Consultations

  1. Diagnostic assessments: a full work up to determine whether you meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD.
  2. Transition from paediatric care: we can take over from your existing paediatrician as you age out of their service.
  3. Ongoing management: specialist reviews to optimise ADHD treatment and management.
  4. GP co-prescription: we can arrange for your GP to provide repeat prescriptions.

Note: For the time being, stimulants can only be commenced by Dr Ferguson for young people aged 18 years and under. Ongoing prescription can then occur until their 25th birthday.

Our ADHD services are now booked out for the rest of 2024. We will begin processing referrals again early in 2025.

There are many providers in WA currently offering diagnostic assessments for ADHD. These providers may give a diagnosis of ADHD, but many don’t prescribe medications or provide ongoing care.

There is also no test to confirm or deny ADHD. Neuropsychological tests, such as IQ tests, can help us to understand how your brain works, but these aren’t always necessary and can be expensive.

We will only recommend further testing or assessment if there is a specific need. We have trusted partners that we can refer you to for this purpose. Note that without a referral from a paediatrician or psychiatrist, fees paid for these services are unlikely to subsidised by Medicare or count towards your Medicare safety net.

Make the most of your family safety net.

  • Ensure you have the right type of referral for neurodevelopmental assessments or psychometric tests.
    • These allied health services usually require a paediatrician or psychiatrist referral to be eligible for Medicare.
  • Get the whole family sorted.
    • Check whether any medical expenses for other family members are eligible for Medicare. There are Medicare schemes for eating disorders, chronic diseases, mental health, and more. Any gap fees you pay will then contribute to your safety net.
  • Your family’s safety net will reset at the end of each calendar year, so be strategic in your decision making. For example:
    • if you’re unlikely to benefit from the safety net this year, it might be better to delay expensive assessments to the start of the following year.
    • if you’ve reached the safety net this year, but perhaps don’t think you will the following year, try to get as much done as you can before the years’ end.

Our process might be shorter if you already have a diagnosis from another provider, but an assessment will still be required to inform ongoing care.

The outcome of your assessment with our team may be different to previous assessments made. These differences can occur when symptoms have changed over time, and/or when there are differences in professional opinion. We can work with you to address whatever difficulties you are experiencing, regardless of the assessment outcome.

Support for parents and guardians

Parenting workshop

‘Advanced Parenting’ is a short course that helps parents and guardians to support their young people when distressed or in crisis.

Learning goals for parents and guardians include:

You can express your interest in the program here