Are you searching for help for child problems? Dr. O’Connor can help. She provides worried parents, and the professionals, organizations and community agencies who work with them, with increased understanding of child problems and how to help.

Parenting Concerns: Are you worried about your child? Does your child exhibit social, emotional or learning problems? Or do you worry about a behavior problem in children? Do you wonder how a child is doing and what you can do to help? Perhaps you wonder if a child’s problems are serious or just a normal stage of child development.

Or are you worried about a child who exhibits specific challenges?. These might include a known or suspected neuropsychological disorder, like a learning disability, attention deficit problems, or acquired or congenital brain damage. What about a child with neurodevelopmental risk factors, such as prenatal exposure to alcohol or drugs or both, or low birth weight and prematurity? Or maybe a child has experienced a frightening incident and you wonder if he or she suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and/or what you can do to help.

You are not alone. Few parents escape worries about their children. In one recent study, 70% of the parents reported that their biggest worry is whether they are raising their children properly. Parents worry about a range of child problems and concerns, from the relatively benign to the more serious and extreme.

Professional Concerns: Are you a lawyer, physician or other helping professional, searching for help for a child or adolescent, and his family? Do you need help with family issues and concerns, such as those involving divorce and separation? Is the child suffering from an acquired brain injury, or some other form of brain damage or assault? Do you want to learn more about his deficits, and their nature and extent, and find evidence based interventions to help the child or adolescent?

Would a school neuropsychological evaluation help? Or would an expert opinion, consultation or medical legal report assist you in addressing the needs of the young person, at home, in the school and community?

Are you a physician wondering about the neurological effects of a medical condition and/or its treatment on a child? Or do you want help for a child who suffers from central nervous system infection or compromise.

What about other neurological concerns like Autism, or Learning Disabilities?

Dr. O’Connor's services increase understanding of child and adolescent problems and how to help. She works with parents, as well as professionals, organizations and community agencies, to assist them with a range of childhood problems and concerns.

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Dr. O’Connor is a licensed psychologist, with over two decades of experience working with children and their families. She holds a Diplomate in School Neuropsychology from the American Board of School Neuropsychology. Her areas of practice include clinical psychology, school psychology and counseling.

She is a member of:

• The Canadian Psychological Association
• The Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
• The International Neuropsychological Society
• The International Association for the Study of Attachment

She is also a consulting psychologist with the Lingyu International Psychology Centre.

Dr. O’Connor offers psychological assessments, school neuropsychological evaluations and consultations, to increase understanding of child problems and how to help. Her services help worried parents and the professionals and organizations who work with them address child problems and promote positive outcomes in children.

Browse our site and learn more about how we can help you increase understanding of child problems and how to help.

To learn more about the clients Dr. O'Connor works with and the kinds of issues and problems they face, click on the "Is This You? Button" to the left of this page.

What about other childhood problems? Are you worried about a child whose parents are addicted to alcohol or drugs?These children are at greater risk of developing a range of child problems, including learning and social, emotional and behavior problems. They are also at greater risk of experiencing various psychological and mental health problems as adults, such as alcoholism or other addictive disorders, or problems with intimate relationships, or healthy partner choice.

Dr. O'Connor is authoring a series of books, and other resources, to help promote positive outcomes in children and their families.

Learn more about her book, "I Can Be Me-A Helping Book for Children of Alcoholic Parents.

With I Can Be Me you can begin helping these children now.

To find out more about I CAN BE ME, and how to purchase, click on the button - I Can Be Me - on the left menu.