Parent guides, organised around your concerns
Understand the next step: prepare for an assessment, plan support at home or school, and ask informed questions about care.
These guides are for parents and caregivers of children and teenagers. Our psychology service covers ages 3–16; school readiness covers ages 3–7. Each care page explains the support available and when specialist referral is appropriate.
Autism spectrum
Autism signs, assessment and therapy options.
- Preparing for Your Child’s Autism Assessment
- Early signs of autism in toddlers
- The autism diagnosis pathway in Pakistan
- Autism support in everyday home routines
- Autism and school support
Intellectual disability
Learning, adaptive skills and special education.
- Adaptive Skills and Intellectual Disability Assessment
- Understanding intellectual disability
- Learning and life skills at home
- Individual learning and school plans
School readiness program
Preparing for school, program suitability and fees.
- How to Choose a School Readiness Program
- School readiness: skills to discuss
- School readiness practice at home
- Preparing for classroom routines
- Preparing an autistic child for school
Behavioural issues
Hitting, refusal, outbursts and behaviour support.
- What to Record Before a Behaviour Consultation
- Interpreting completed ABC records
- Behaviour assessment and planning
- Before, during and after a tantrum
- When a child does not follow instructions
- Behaviour support at home
Emotional dysregulation
Big feelings, meltdowns and difficulty calming down.
- A School Support Plan for Emotional Dysregulation
- Tantrums and meltdowns: understanding the difference
- Helping children manage big feelings
- A home program for big feelings
Anger management
Anger, aggression and safer responses to frustration.
- Preparing for a Child Anger Management Consultation
- Anger support in child psychology
- Anger in autistic and ADHD teenagers
- Emotional skills at home for ages 8–16
Depression and low mood
Persistent low mood, withdrawal and getting help.
- How to Talk to a Teenager About Depression
- School Support for a Child With Depression
- Family support in child psychology
Anxiety
Worry, fear, avoidance and anxiety counselling.
- Your Child’s First Anxiety Consultation
- Helping an anxious child
- Separation anxiety in children
- When a child refuses to go to school
- How child psychology can support anxiety
Social anxiety
Fear of judgment, speaking in class and social avoidance.
- Shyness, Introversion or Social Anxiety in Children?
- Supporting Classroom Participation With Social Anxiety
- When speaking is difficult: selective mutism
Generalized anxiety
Persistent worry across school, health and family life.
Support, suitability and next steps →OCD
Intrusive thoughts, checking and compulsive rituals.
Support, suitability and next steps →PTSD and trauma-related difficulties
Distress after trauma and appropriate specialist care.
- Supporting a Child After a Traumatic Event
- Choosing Trauma Support for a Child
- Supporting a grieving child
Bipolar disorder
Distinct mood episodes, psychiatric assessment and family support.
Support, suitability and next steps →