Child Development and Behaviour

The Child Development and Behaviour Special Interest Group (CDBSIG) is for doctors working primarily in the clinical field of child development and behaviour. The purpose of the group is to enable communication between group members in order to better assist and support children and young people (and their families) with, or at risk of developmental/behavioural problems.

The group has four primary goals:

1. Professional Support: to support medical practitioners working
   within Australia and New Zealand in the fields of Child Development and Behaviour.
2. Clinical Practice: to promote quality and excellence in clinical care.
3. Teaching and Training: to promote knowledge of child development
   clinical issues, services and strategies.
4. Advocacy: to advocate for child development health services.
   

Draft practice guidelines for ADHD - click here

*Annotations to be read with Algorithm "ADHD"

Algorithm - Diagnosis of ADHD and differential diagnosis/screening search for comorbidities

Algorithm - Diagnosis of ADHD with CD or ODD with severe aggressive symptoms

Algorithm - Diagnosis of ADHD and major depressive order

Algorithm - Diagnosis of ADHD and tic disorder

 

By-Laws of the Chapter of Community Child Health and its Special Interest Groups.

Minutes of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Child Development and Behaviour SIG (PDF: 145KB)

Draft Minutes of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Child Development & Behaviour SIG (PDF: 156KB)

Membership of the Child Development and Behaviour SIG

Dr Chris Pearson	Adelaide	Chair
Dr Phillipa Clark	New Zealand	NZ CDBSIG Rep
Dr Natalie Silove	NSW	NSW CDBSIG Rep
Dr Charlotte Whitelaw	Tasmania	TAS CDBSIG Rep
Dr Helen Frearson	Western Australia	WA CDBSIG Rep

A Consensus Approach for the Paediatrician's Role in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Australia (PDF: 176KB)