KITE Centre

The Kite Centre is cheering on our incredible Australian Paralympic team!

Go Australia!

Wishing you an early happy Mother's Day from the Kite Centre. We hope all mothers enjoy their special day!

Kite Centre is celebrating keeping kids healthy, happy & strong! 🩺🍎💪

Kite Centre is celebrating keeping kids healthy, happy & strong! 🩺🍎💪 #northernbeachesmums #northernbeacheskids #northernbeachesdoctors #northernbeachesalliedhealth

Celebrating all the fabulous women at Kite!! 💐

Paediatric Optometrist, Sindy Lowinger, is here at the Kite Centre! Please call us to make an appointment 🤓❤

Hey kids! It’s flu season! So, don’t forget "coughs and sneezes spread diseases". Always remember to wash your hands.

Look at this superstar go! George absolutely smashing it with our very own physio Ash 🏃

The Kite Centre is pleased to remain open during during another difficult lock down. We are following strict Covid Protocols to keep our staff, patients and the community safe. Please don't hesitate to call us to make an appointment - 9056 1919.

We are delighted to extend another warm welcome to our 2 newest practitioners to the Kite team!

Michelle Thompson-Laing joins us as Kite's Speech Language Pathologist and Clinical Audiologist, and;

Joanne Berriman is our highly sought after Clinical Neuropsychologist.

Both ladies currently have available appointments so please call us on 9056 1919 or email [email protected] if you have any questions!

Joanne Berriman – Clinical Neuropsychologist

Joanne has always had an interest in the brain and its impact upon human behaviour and cognition. She has worked on the Northern Beaches and in Western Sydney over the past four years, providing neuropsychological assessments for children, young adults, and adults with a range of neurodevelopmental difficulties, and can quickly identify the client’s concerns. These clients may present with symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders that require clarification and diagnosis including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Specific Learning Disorders, mood disorders, mental health concerns, intellectual disability, complex trauma, attachment disorders, and genetic disorders.

Joanne has experience in working across various settings including Royal Far West, Manly; Rivendell Adolescent Unit, Concord; and in private practice on the Northern Beaches and in Western Sydney. She has worked as part of multidisciplinary teams across these settings providing cognitive assessments, providing empirically validated interventional strategies and behavioural interventions that help in managing cognitive and behavioural concerns, and finding the appropriate referral pathway. Joanne has provided cognitive assessments for private and public schools, the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, Juvenile Justice NSW, and to Registered NDIS support providers to assist in NDIS applications and client management. She can conduct assessments to accompany NESA applications for students sitting their Higher School Certificate.

Neuropsychological assessment involves undertaking a clinical interview with the client and/or their family to obtain background information, using reliable and well validated psychometric measures that have been developed to assess specific cognitive functions, presenting the results of the testing in a meaningful way during a feedback session, presenting the information in a detailed report, and providing strategies to assist with identified difficulties.

Prior to working as a Clinical Psychologist, Joanne worked as a Registered Nurse for over 30 years in NSW Hospital Emergency Departments and mental health settings.

Joanne works at the Kite Centre on Wednesdays.