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Clinic at the Royal Children's Hospital

Symptoms which raise the possibility of an ASD include:

  • delayed or unusual use of language
  • difficulties reading other people instinctively
  • a narrow range of interests
  • obsessionality
  • a strong preference for routines and rituals
  • marked inflexibility
  • intense emotional reactions (‘meltdowns”) and/or high anxiety levels
  • unusual sensory behaviours

A range of causes for these behaviours needs to be considered and initial assessment by a developmental paediatrician is a recommended for this purpose.

The following practitioners at CPMG can be of service in helping assess for and manage children with ASD and related developmental and emotional problems:

Daryl is a paediatrician who has worked at the Royal Children’s Hospital for 30 years and currently holds appointments as a general paediatrician in the department of General Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital, associate professor in the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, and senior research fellow in the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

Daryl is active in research into better ways to treat children with developmental disorders such as autism, ADHD and Tourette syndrome.

Noel is an experienced general paediatrician and clinical pharmacologist. He has a unique background, having worked in general practice for several years before completing his paediatric training. He currently has appointments as a general paediatrician and director of clinical pharmacology in the Department of General Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital and as director of the Australian Paediatric Pharmacology Research Unit at Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Alice is a general paediatrician who cares for children with a wide range of medical, behavioral and developmental problems, from birth to adolescence. She enjoys helping children and their families to reach their full potential, and takes a patient-centered, compassionate approach to care.

Dr Amy Gray is a general paediatrician with broad interests in looking after children from birth to adolescence, including a wide range of medical, developmental, and mental health conditions.  In addition to private practice, she works as a paediatrician and as the Director of Medical Education at the Royal Children’s Hospital and is the Deputy Head of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne

Annette is a senior clinical neuropsychologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne and research fellow in the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Annette’s clinical interests are in managing children with a range of developmental conditions, from infancy to late childhood.

Her areas of speciality include learning difficulties, craniofacial disorders, ADHD, developmental delay, and genetic conditions.

Carolyn is a general paediatrician who manages a wide range of acute, chronic and developmental paediatric problems. She graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and trained as a general paediatrician in South Africa and the United Kingdom, before moving to Australia. She works as a general paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital and is also employed by the University of Melbourne, as co-ordinator of medical student education.

Emily is a General Paediatrician who enjoys managing children of all ages with a family centered, holistic approach. She has a specific interest in managing children with complex genetic or medical problems as well as developmental and behavioural conditions such as autism, anxiety, ADHD and learning disorders. She also enjoys working with children who have constipation, encopresis, wetting issues, sleep problems, headaches and other common paediatric medical conditions.

Julian is an experienced paediatrician who currently holds appointments as a general paediatrician in the department of General Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital and as a research fellow in the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics.

His areas of interest include acute general paediatrics, learning and behavioural disorders and lymphoedema.

Julian also has experience in international child health, working as a WHO consultant in the People’s Republic of China and the Solomon Islands.

Dr Kate Milner is a developmental and general paediatrician with specific expertise in assessment and care of children with a wide range of general medical, developmental, learning, emotional and behavioural difficulties. She takes a strengths-based approach to her developmental practice, working in partnership with families and community service providers to support every child to reach their unique potential.

Katie is a General Paediatrician who enjoys working with children and their families to achieve excellent outcomes. She has particular interests in eczema, asthma, constipation, encopresis, enuresis, infectious disease, developmental and behavioural issues, autism, ADHD, anxiety, growth and adolescent medicine. 

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