Alicia de Vries

Alicia de Vries is a Clinical Neuropsychologist with over 10 years experience working with children of all ages with a wide range of cognitive and behavioural concerns. Her particular interests include childhood developmental disorders (such as ADHD, Autism, learning difficulties), children in out of home care and epilepsy.

Alicia has gained vast experience working across multiple fields in the health care sector. Her current appointment is within the Neurology and Neurosurgery department at the Children's Hospital at Westmead working with children with complex epilepsy. Previous roles at Westmead included the Child Development Unit (diagnostic and assessment team for Autism Spectrum Disorder ) and Oncology Department (working with children treated for childhood cancer). During this appointment she was involved in research looking at cognitive quality of life for children who have undergone bone marrow transplant.

Alicia is warm and empathetic professional with exceptional interpersonal skills who prides herself in working passionately with families to ensure their children reach their best potential. Her assessments are designed to target referral questions and the concerns of parents within a comprehensive assessment and developmental framework.

Alicia is registered as a Clinical Neuropsychologist with the Australian Board of Psychology. She holds a Masters degree in Clinical Neuropsychology from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours from the University of New England. Her masters thesis focused on the day to day executive dysfunction and neuropsychological outcomes of maltreated childhood in Out of Home Care.

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Stephanie O'Hare

Stephanie O'Hare is a Clinical Neuropsychologist. She has completed her Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology and since this time has worked with children and adolescents with a range of developmental and acquired conditions. Stephanie works in the public health care system, with a permanent appointment at the Perinatal, Child and Youth Mental Health Service in the Western Sydney Local Area Health Service. Within this service she provides neuropsychological assessment for children and adolescents with a range of mental health conditions, behavioural concerns, learning difficulties, intellectual disabilities and other developmental disorders (e.g. ADHD). Stephanie also provides cognitive remediation and recommendations to support patients with their cognitive difficulties.

Previously, Stephanie worked in the Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital and for the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre in Brisbane. Within these services she worked with children with acquired brain injury and cerebral palsy. She provided neuropsychological and clinical services  for children, adolescents and their families. During her work for the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre she worked on an intervention study which targeted cognitive and physical rehabilitation for children and adolescents who had an acquired brain injury or cerebral palsy. She has presented this research at multiple international and national conferences, as well as, published research papers.

Stephanie is registered as a Clinical Neuropsychologist with the Australian Board of Psychology. She holds a Masters degree in Clinical Neuropsychology from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Science, Psychology with Honours from Macquarie University. Her masters thesis focused on the attention outcomes of maltreated childhood in Out of Home Care. Stephanie's assessments aim to understand the cognitive strengths and difficulties of the child in the context of the referral question.

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