Our practitioners consult by appointment only. Please contact your GP or send us a referral requesting an appointment. Before making an appointment, please ensure to have a referral from a GP which can be provided to us via email on info@kcckids.com Please include the best contact details so our team can organise an appropriate appointment with our Paediatrician within a suitable time frame.

For children/youth to be diagnosed with ADHD, they must exhibit impairments in attention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity that are not better explained by another condition. Parents may have observed that the child seems more hyper when compared to his peers. Or perhaps teachers have noted that the child is struggling to pay attention in class.
Answers to the following questions, if affirmative, will indicate the need for evaluation for ADHD and co-occurring conditions.
Does your child repeatedly get off track?
Is your child easily distracted?
Is your child often forgetful?
Is your child constantly on the go?
Does your child avoid work that requires mental effort?
Does he or she need constant supervision to complete work?
Can your child wait his or her turn?
Does your child fidget often?
Is your child very talkative?
Is your child easily distracted or sidetracked?
Does your child often lose things?
Does your child make careless mistakes on assignments?

Children may be asked these questions:
Do you get easily distracted?
Are you easily bored?
Can you usually finish what you start? Is it hard to pay attention in class?
Do you find yourself daydreaming or “spacing out”?

Obtaining collateral information from class teacher is important as ADHD symptoms can vary depending on the setting and activity. It is important to understand how the symptoms interfere with or reduce the quality of social, academic, or occupational functioning. Understanding how the child’s life is impacted and to what degree will determine the nature of intervention.
Children may have symptoms of ADHD for a number of reasons. It is important to ensure that the symptoms do not occur exclusively during another psychiatric disorder and are not better explained by a learning disorder or mental disorder.
Mild delays in language, motor, or social development can occur with ADHD as can low frustration tolerance and irritability. Academic impairments are common and some children with ADHD struggle with reading, spelling, and math. Executive functioning skills such as working memory, inhibitory control, attention maintenance, and response inhibition are impaired as well.
A subset of children with ADHD may present with aggressive behaviour. Understanding the triggers for a child’s aggressive behavior is important, as aggression may be a maladaptive way to express frustration, get attention, escape a situation, or obtain a desired object.
If you are concerned that your child has any of the symptoms or impairments described above, please see your paediatrician for an assessment.

Children with ASD have difficulties with social interaction, social communication and social imagination. ASD affects how children perceive and interact with others. ASD shares symptoms with many other developmental conditions. This means that the assessment process can be complex.
We hope to understand your child’s strengths and difficulties across three areas: social interaction, social communication and social imagination. Following the assessment, we will decide if a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can explain your child’s pattern of difficulties.
We also seek consent for us to gain and share information with other agencies (e.g. school) that support your child, so we can understand your child’s strengths and difficulties across different contexts.

ASD assessment Pathway
Assessment of referral:
New referrals will be assessed based on information provided in the referral letter and any letter provided by the school or the daycare about their concerns about your child.

Initial Appointment (Fees code 132):
After the referral is accepted, a provisional appointment is offered to the patient along with information about the Autism assessment pathway. Once the parent consents to an assessment, screening questionnaires will be sent to the parent (via email). After the completed questionnaires are received an initial appointment is booked. All possible diagnoses that can explain the child's difficulties will be explored during the initial assessment. A plan for management of identified problems and further assessment will be informed.

Second Appointment (Fees code 135):
If an assessment for Autism is determined to be necessary, further questionnaires will be sent to the schoolteacher and parent (via emails). A second appointment to address DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Autism will be booked. Referral to a psychologist for undertaking ADOS-2 and functional assessments and to a speech pathologist for an assessment of the child's speech and language skills will be made. Autism specific assessment is completed after collating information from paediatrician's assessment with that of psychologist, occupational therapist and speech pathologist. Parents will be informed about the outcome of the assessment through a clinical letter.

KCC Sydney Pty Ltd does not set the fee. The fee structure is set according to the specialist’s instructions. Being a private organisation, we do not bulk bill, and there are out-of-pocket charges to avail of the services.
• Initial/Diagnosis Consultations - $575, Medicare rebate of approx. $259
• Follow-Up Consultations - $300, Medicare rebate of approx. $139