BEST Programs 4 Kids is a Company that develops resources for children's social and emotional wellbeing and provides training to health and educational professionals and parents. Current publications are: Highway Heroes: A Social and Emotional Program for classroom and group therapy. Comprises 4 Modules written at 2 levels; School Years 1-3 and School Years 4-6. Module 1: Sticking Up 4 Me: Beating Bullying & Taming TeasingModule 2: Connecting 4 Friendships; Playground Resilience & Wisdom.Module 3: Tricks 4 Always Getting Things Done: The Secrets of Staying Power & Grit.Module 4: Strategies 4 managing Me; Mood Management & Resilience.The BEST Toolbox Series - for Parents and Children:Kids'​ Notebook: The BEST Playground Toolbox 4 Beating Bullying & Teasing.Parents'​ Notebook: The BEST Playground Toolbox 4 Beating Bullying & Teasing.Kids'​ Notebook: The BEST Playground Toolbox 4 Fixing Friendships.Parents'​ Notebook: The BEST Playground Toolbox 4 Fixing Friendships.Coming soon:Kids'​ Notebook: The BEST Emotional Toolbox 4 Resiliently Managing Me.Parents'​ Notebook: The BEST Emotional Toolbox 4 Resiliently managing Me.Kids'​ Notebook: The BEST Classroom Toolbox 4 Always Getting Things Done.Parents' Notebook: The BEST Classroom Toolbox 4 Always Getting Things Done.

Kidzmix Clinical Consulting:Child and family therapy for primary school aged children with the following diagnoses:Anxiety Disorders, PhobiasDepressionPost-TraumaADHDADDAsperger'sDevelopmental Delay Learning DifficultiesFor the treatment of the following conditions:Behavioural difficultiesEmotional difficultiesSocial difficultiesKidzmix Program:Children's workshops to develop primary school aged children's social and emotional skills:Age Groups:School Years 3 & 4 - Little Kidzmix ProgramSchool Years 5 & 6 - Big Kidzmix ProgramKidzmix Seminars:Seminars for health and educational professionals on developing children's social and emotional intelligenceSeminars for parents on developing children's social and emotional intelligenceKidzmix PublishingResources to assist parents, children and professionals with developing children's social and emotional skills:"Kidzmix Helping Kids Become Social Heroes" - self-help book for parents and children "Kidzmix Helping Kids Become Social Heroes" Children's Activity Books - (6-8 years) and (9-12 years). A companion resource for revision of concepts.Posters (14) full colour A3 and A4 poster illustrations of "Kidzmix Helping Kids Become Social Heroes"

Mental State Examination and Risk Assessment of clients aged up to 18 years presenting with suicidal ideation, suicide attempts or self harmAssessment of the need for a further psychiatric consultationCase management of short-term therapy Referral to community agencies and liaison with referrersDocumentation of client's assessment and treatment using the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) as required by the Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network (AMHOCN)

Providing therapy to the families of Youth Focus clients - those experiencing self harm, suicidal ideation and depression aged 12 to 18 yearsClinical supervision of three Youth CounselorsPublic education regarding the work of Youth FocusDocumentation of client's recrodsLiaison with other youth and mental health servicesEvaluation of the family therapy service's effectiveness

Accountable for own professional actions, working autonomously as lead specialist within broad occupational guidelines, professional ethics and Primary Health Care Trust PoliciesContributing knowlege and expertise as a highly specialist member of the multi-disciplinary Sp CAMHS team and to the wider CAMHS services. To provide highly specialist clinic, outpatient and community-based assessments/treatment and therapy to children, adolescents and their carersMental health assessment of children and adolescents admitted to St. Mary's hospital, following serious self-harm or a suicide attemptRecommendation of therapy for self-harm patients and their familiesRepresenting the discipline of Psychotherapy within the team, providing this resource to families, clinicians and other health, education and social services personnel. Co-ordination of the provision of an efficient specialist psychotherapy service of a high quality to the patients of the multi-disciplinary team, across all sectors of careProviding training within CAMHS to less experienced clinicians, students and trainees. Educating/training client group, health professionals such as community nurse specialist, health visitors, school nurses and teachers, as part of the wider CAMHS serviceTo make a major contribution to policy and service development, addressing areas of need respectively by proposing and implementing policy changes that may impact both within and beyond the area served by the team/service To act as lead specialist for the multi-disciplinary team in at least one identified sub-specialist area (e.g. Attachment disorder, parent/child work, bereavement, child development, childhood illness, hospitalization, looked after children, speech and language disorders, post-natal depression, play or family therapy

Assessment of children and adolescents diagnosed with a mental health condition in a Tier 3/4 serviceIdentification and provision of the appropriate individual or family therapy Mental health assessment of children and adolescents admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, following an incident of self-harmRecommendation of therapy for self-harming children, adolescents and their familiesCase management of allocated patients Family therapy consultation and co-therapy with team membersReferral to and liaison with community agencies and education servicesDocumentation of patient’s clinical records Participation in team and service development activitiesPatient’s discharge assessment, co-ordination and planning

Assessment of adult outpatients diagnosed with a mental Illness and referred for psychological therapyIdentification and provision of appropriate psychological therapyCase management, referral to, and liaison with community agencies and servicesDocumentation of patient’s clinical records Assessment of therapy outcomesPatient’s discharge assessment, planning and co-ordination

Author of "Kidzmix" Helping Kids Become Social Heroes. (Published June 2011)

Established a private psychotherapy practice specializing in individual and family therapy for children and adolescents utilizing an eclectic range of current psychotherapyFounded the Kidzmix Program – a group therapy program for children aged 5 to 12 years to develop social and emotional competency Development of the associated Kidzmix Program resourcesGroup therapy for 300 children and their families annuallyIndividual and family therapy for 150 children and their families annnuallyClinical supervision of undergraduate Occupational Therapy students, Curtin University, Western AustraliaConsultation to schools regarding behavioral and emotional management Professional development workshops – health and edducation professionals

Clinical risk management of referred adolescentsFamily therapy both agency and community based for adolescents with incidents of self harm and symptoms of depression Clinical consultation and case management with the therapy team Liaison with community agencies and servicesParticipation in the organization’s strategic planning activitiesDischarge assessment, planning and co-ordination

Clinical assessment of clientsIndividual, couple or family therapyCounseling for clients of community programs – Domestic Violence and Employee Assistance Referral to, and liaison with, community agencies Discharge assessment, planning and co-ordination

Clinical supervision of three Occupational Therapists employed in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Perth Western Australia

Facilitator of daily inpatient group programs using Interpersonal TherapyOn call facilitation of in-patient cognitive behavioral therapy group therapy programsIndividual psychotherapy of in and out-patients referred by the Consultant PsychiatristsLiaison with therapy team and PsychiatristsParticipation in clinical team meetingsDevelopment of the Interpersonal Therapy manualsDocumentation of patient’s clinical records Participation in discharge planning

Facilitator of daily in-patient group cognitive behavioral therapy program Facilitator of daily life skill’s groupsIndividual psychotherapy of patients referred by Consultant PsychiatristsLiaison with allied therapy team members and Consultant PsychiatristsDocumentation of patient’s clinical recordsAssessment of therapy outcomesDischarge assessment, planning and co-ordination

Development and co-ordination of the therapy program Assessment of clients and their familiesClinical supervision of therapists and allied health undergraduate studentsFacilitation of parent therapy groupLiaison with referring psychiatrists and community agenciesDocumentation of patient’s clinical recordsEvaluation of therapy outcomesDischarge assessment, planning and co-ordination

Individual psychotherapy for child and adolescent in-patients and outpatients Group psychotherapy for inpatients of the children’s psychiatric wardCo-ordination and facilitation of the outpatient group therapy programsClinical reporting to the internal hospital departments and community agencies regarding referred clients Participation in interdisciplinary ward meetings and clinical case presentations Participation in undergraduate medical and allied health educationDocumentation of patient’s clinical records

Participation in the multi-disciplinary team assessment of the child’s eating disorderTeam formulation of the therapy plan Behavioral management consultation to the child’s family with the child an outpatient Behavioural management plan implementation during in-patient treatmentLiaison with community and agencies and schoolsDocumentation of patient’s clinical recordsAssessment of therapy outcomesDischarge assessment, planning and co-ordination