Renee is a Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist with 20 years of experience specialising in the assessment and intervention of children presenting with neurodevelopmental disorders, including developmental delay, autism spectrum disorders, psychiatric conditions, ADHD, as well as behavioural and learning problems. She primarily works with children aged 3 to 16 years and assesses teenagers and young adults with learning or developmental conditions. Renee will be working the first Tuesday of every month, primarily doing assessments – with a focus on children presenting with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Renee is the Director of the Child and Adolescent Neuropsychology Group, which focuses on children with neurodevelopmental disorders and has a Doctorate in Psychology (Neuro), MAPS(CCN). She also works as a Senior Neuropsychologist within the Mental Health Neurodevelopment Clinic at the Royal Children’s Hospital, where she provides assessment, diagnostic opinions, and interventions for children with complex neurodevelopmental disorders.
Renee is a lecturer at Monash University within the Doctoral Clinical Neuropsychology Program, where she teaches the paediatric neuropsychology course curriculum. She has provided expert consultation to government departments, such as Specialist Children’s Services and the Department of Education. Renee also previously coordinated the multidisciplinary Learning Difficulties Clinic and Neurodevelopmental Clinic for the Western Health Network for eight years. She has a long history of working collaboratively with allied health professionals (social work, speech pathology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy) and school and education systems professionals. Additionally, Renee has conducted information and education sessions for teachers and schools on learning difficulties and intervention strategies.
Renee has previously held the position of Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Melbourne University.