Real Australian patient cases and specialist audio interviews

Screening tools, downloadable toolkits and a knowledge check in every module

Medicare and NDIS pathways explained, with lifetime access and free updates

Written by an award-winning GP

Created by Dr Andrew Leech, a practising Australian GP with extended skills and training in child and adolescent health. His experience working with hundreds of families will be utilised throughout the course along within an evidence based framework.

16 Modules, 200+ Lessons

Sixteen self-paced modules and more than 200 lessons covering the whole child, the whole teen and the whole family. Every module opens with clear learning objectives and includes a downloadable toolkit and a knowledge check.

Practical and up to date

Learn through real patient cases, screening-tool guidance and knowledge checks, so you finish able to structure a complex consult, rule out the medical mimics, and support neurodevelopment and mental health with confidence.

About the course

Complex kids and teens rarely fit into a 15-minute consult.  Built from real Australian general practice, this masterclass gives you a clear framework to see the whole picture: the behavioural, developmental, medical and social world of a child or teen. It is written for GPs, registrars, nurses, allied health professionals and paediatric trainees who want to feel more confident with child and adolescent presentations. Across sixteen practical modules, each opening with clear learning objectives and finishing with a downloadable toolkit and a knowledge check, you will learn to structure a complex consult, rule out the medical mimics, assess neurodevelopment and mental health, support teenagers, and coordinate care through Medicare and the NDIS. Practical, evidence-based, and ready to use in your very next consult.

Dr Andrew Leech

Dr Andrew Leech is a Perth GP and Founder of The Garden Family Medical Clinic. He has over a decade of experience working with families along with RACGP-accredited skills in developmental disability and a child health diploma. Andrew was named RACGP GP of the Year and is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame Australia. A regular voice in Australian media and online through education, advocacy and developing innovative ways to transform child health, Andrew is a very trusted voice and writer. He built this course from his own years in the consulting room with complex kids and teens.

Curriculum

17 Chapters · 211 Lessons

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Why This Work Matters: Start Here

    2. Welcome & How to Use This Course Free preview
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      Course Learning Outcomes & CPD Information

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      Why the 15-Minute Consult Fails Complex Kids

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      Case Study 1: Meet Liam, aged 5

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      Behaviour Is Communication: The Iceberg

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      Mapping the Whole Child: The Four Domains

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      Why Parenting Is Harder Now: What the Families in Your Waiting Room Are Carrying

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      What You’ll Be Able to Do, Module by Module

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      Visual Summary: The Whole-Child Framework (7 min)

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      Knowledge Check: Seeing the Whole Child

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      Extended Care: Time as a Diagnostic Tool

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      How to Prepare for a Consultation with a Child or Teen

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      Connect Before You Assess: Building Rapport

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      Managing Your Time

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      Where the Practice Nurse Fits: Sharing the Work of Whole-Child Care

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      Using a Three-Consult Structure

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      The Parent-Only Consult: Listening First

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      Putting It Into Practice (+ Downloadables)

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      Knowledge Check: Structuring Your Consultations

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      Child Health Brainstorm Page: tear-off consult guide (PDF)

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      A Day in the Life: The Method

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      The 24-Hour Assessment: Seeing the Child Beyond the Consultation (9 min)

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      Walking the 24 Hours: What to Watch For

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      The Importance of Assessing Sleep Quality

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      Masking & the After-School Meltdown

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      Role-Play & Rapport Techniques

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      Building Rapport with Children

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      Toolkit: The 24-Hour History (+ Downloadables)

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      Knowledge Check: Communication & the 24-Hour History

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      Rule Out the Mimics First

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      Iron, Sleep & ENT: Linking them together

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      Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The ADHD Mimic (Audio: Dr George Sim, Paediatric ENT)

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      What Looks Like ADHD But Isn't: Sleep, Diet & Mimics (Audio: Dr Colin Derrick)

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      Nutrient Deficiencies: Treating the Child, Not the Reference Range

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      Hearing, Vision, Allergy & Constipation

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      A Sensible Pathology Screen & Growth Charts

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      The Specialist Voices in This Module: Before You Listen

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      Recurrent Ear Infections: When to Worry and When to Refer (Audio: Dr George Sim, Paediatric ENT)

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      Audio Deep Dive: When Child Behaviour Is Actually Biology (AI-narrated, 36 min, optional)

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      Audio Deep Dive: When Low Iron Looks Like ADHD (AI-narrated, 32 min, optional)

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      Paediatric ENT: Full Reference Deck (Dr Andrew Leech) · Downloadable

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      Toolkit: Foundations & Biological Mimics (+ Downloadables)

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      Knowledge Check: Foundations & Biological Mimics

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      The First 1,000 Days: A Whole-Family Lens

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      The Irritable, Unsettled Baby: Reflux, Crying & Poor Sleep

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      Infant Colic and Reflux (Audio)

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      The Newborn Check That Matters: Clicky Hips, Head Shape & Early Red Flags

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      Feeding & Growth in the First Year: Formula Top-Ups & the Breastfeeding Pressure

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      Growth Screening 1–5 Years: A Practical Algorithm

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      Speech and Language Delay: When to Wait and When to Refer

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      Global Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability: The Early Signs

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      Developmental Coordination Disorder: The Clumsy Child Who Isn't Just Clumsy

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      Starting Solids & Early Allergen Introduction

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      Baby Skin: Eczema, Cradle Cap & Confident Steroid Use

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      Postnatal Mental Health: Watching Mum AND Dad

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      Immunisation in the Whole-Child Consult: The Bigger Picture

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      Talking with Hesitant Families: Building Trust, Not Winning Arguments

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      Getting the Needle Done: Reducing Distress, Catch-Up & Special Situations

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      Knowledge Check: The First 1,000 Days (0–3)

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      Everyday Presentations: Connecting the Dots

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      Constipation and Soiling: The One Everyone Misses

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      Bedwetting: A Calm, Structured Approach

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      Recurrent Headaches: Safe, Structured and Reassuring

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      Allergies: Grass, Dust and the Itchy, Sniffly Child

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      Recurrent Tummy Pain: The Multifactorial Problem Everyone Rushes

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      Asthma & the Atopic Child: More Than a Puffer

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      Eczema: Calm the Skin, Calm the Family

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      Growing Pains, Joint Pain & Hypermobility

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      Food Intolerances & IBS: Sensible Trials, Not Restriction

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      Weight, Growth and the Bigger Child: A Whole-Child Conversation

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      Short Stature and Faltering Growth

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      Heart Murmurs, Chest Pain and Palpitations in Children: Mostly Innocent, Occasionally Not

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      The Child Who Is Always Sick: Recurrent Infections and When to Think Immunodeficiency

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      Coeliac Disease and Thyroid Problems: The Autoimmune Pair That Hide as Tiredness and Behaviour

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      Sleep in the Younger Child: Settling, Night Waking, Nightmares and Night Terrors

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      The 12-Month Check: How I Explain Growth and Development to Parents (article)

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      Fussy Eating - Why it happens

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      Fussy Eating: Medical Concerns to Consider (Audio)

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      Fussy Eating: The Treatment Approach (Audio)

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      Fussy Eating: How I Explain It to Parents (interview article)

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      Knowledge Check: Everyday Paediatric Presentations

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      Normative Fears vs Clinical Anxiety

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      Depression and Low Mood in Children and Teens

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      Separation Anxiety, Selective Mutism and the Child Who Can't Speak at School

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      ADHD, Autism & the Interconnected Picture

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      Autism: Thinking Broadly, Especially in Girls

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      Tics and Tourette's: Telling Them Apart, When to Diagnose, What Helps

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      ADHD in General Practice: Recognising It, Assessing It and Supporting the Family

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      ADHD in Primary Care: What ADHD Actually Is (Audio: Dr Colin Derrick)

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      ADHD Screening: Making the Diagnosis & Using the Right Tools (Audio: Dr Colin Derrick)

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      Choosing the Right Screening Tool

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      Childhood Anxiety: From Everyday Worry to Clinical Concern (Audio: with Maddison Pike)

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      Childhood Anxiety: Practical Strategies for Home (Audio: with Maddison Pike)

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      Oppositional, Defiant or Dysregulated? The Angry Child in the Room

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      Grief and Loss in Children and Teens

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      Sensory Processing Differences: What They Are and What Helps

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      FASD and the Child With a Complicated Start

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      Prescribing in Child & Teen Mental Health: Melatonin, SSRIs & ADHD Medication

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      Preparing an Anxious Child for a Procedure (Audio: Dr George Sim, Paediatric ENT)

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      Toolkit: Neurodevelopment, Anxiety & Screening (+ Downloadables)

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      Knowledge Check: Neurodevelopment, Anxiety & Screening

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      The Teenage Brain & What Changes

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      Confidentiality, Risk & the One Safe Person

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      Screens, Sleep & Modern Stressors

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      Screens & Gaming: The Positives and the Design Trap (Audio: Dr Hugh Kim Lu)

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      Screen Time: Guidance & Family Values (Audio: Dr Hugh Kim Lu)

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      Screens & Gaming: Why They're So Addictive (Audio: Dr Hugh Kim Lu)

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      Technology, Mental Health & Practical Management (Audio: Dr Hugh Kim Lu)

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      The School-Refusal Cycle

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      Toolkit: Assessing & Supporting Adolescents (+ Downloadables)

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      Knowledge Check: Assessing & Supporting Adolescents

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      The Everyday Teenage Consult

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      Screen Use and Social Media: The SCROLL History Tool

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      School Refusal: A Case-Based Approach

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      Periods, Pain and Endometriosis

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      Vaping, Cannabis and Alcohol

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      Body Image and Eating Disorders

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      Sexual Health, Contraception and STIs

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      Sleep Problems in Teens

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      Chronic Illness in Adolescence: Diabetes, Epilepsy, Asthma and the Adherence Conversation

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      Scoliosis, Hypermobility and the Growing Body

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      Puberty: Timing, Variation and When to Worry

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      Gender-Diverse Young People: Respectful Care in General Practice

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      AJGP Article: Navigating Social Media and Screen Use

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      Inside The Teenage Mind: the film (10 min)

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      Knowledge Check: Everyday Teenage Presentations

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      Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating in Primary Care

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      School Communication & Reasonable Adjustments

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      Trauma, Bullying & Environmental Drivers: "What Happened to You?"

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      Developmental Milestones & Red Flags: When to Watch, When to Act

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      Navigating the System: A Referral & Support Map

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      Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): The Child Who Can't, Not Won't

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      OCD & Intrusive Thoughts in Children: When Worry Becomes a Loop

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      Self-Harm & Suicidal Thinking in Young People: A Calm, Structured Approach

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      First-Episode Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder: The Presentations We Cannot Afford to Miss

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      PTSD and Trauma Responses in Children and Teens: Beyond 'What Happened to You'

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      Body Dysmorphia, Muscle Dysmorphia and the Mirror

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      Eating Disorders in Boys: The Hidden Presentation

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      Learning Difficulties & Dyslexia: Beyond "Lazy" or "Not Trying"

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      Supporting the Parent in the Room: When the Whole Family Is Struggling

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      Safeguarding & Child Protection: Recognising, Responding and Reporting

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      Knowledge Check: Focused Topics (Eating, School & Environment)

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      Before You Begin: How These Next Two Modules Fit Together

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      Somatic Symptoms & the "Invisible Cluster"

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      The Overlap Cluster: POTS, Hypermobility, MCAS and Friends

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      Meet Maya: When "School Refusal" Isn't the Diagnosis

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      Meet Ethan: The "Lazy" Teenager Who Was Actually Depressed

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      Meet Noah: The Depleted Neurodivergent Child

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      Toolkit: Pulling the Threads Apart (+ Downloadable)

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      Connecting the Dots: POTS, Hypermobility and the Whole-Body Presentation (AI-narrated audio, 50 min, optional)

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      Knowledge Check: When It Doesn't Add Up

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      Refer Early, Treat Early: The Principle That Runs Through Everything

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      Strengths-Based Formulation & Lifestyle Anchors

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      The Management Toolkit: Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Parenting

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      The Multidisciplinary Team: Who Does What, and How to Get Them Around the Child

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      Medication in the Australian Context

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      Treating ADHD: Therapy First, Medication & Weaning (Audio: Dr Colin Derrick)

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      Complex Cases: Jimmy & Sophie

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      Writing NDIS Support Letters That Work

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      Coordinating Care & Safety-Netting (+ Downloadables)

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      Knowledge Check: Formulation & Coordinating Care

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      About This Module: Why Medicare & NDIS Matter

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      GP Chronic Condition Management Plans (GPCCMP)

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      GP Mental Health Treatment Plans: Getting Kids to a Psychologist

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      Item 139 & MBS "Group M10": The Complex Neurodevelopmental & Disability Pathway

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      NDIS for Children: Access, the Early Childhood Approach & the GP's Role

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      Quick-Reference Cheat Sheet: Which Plan, When?

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      Knowledge Check: Medicare & NDIS

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      Welcome: How Australian Parenting Has Changed

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      Modern Parenting Styles & the Neuroscience of Behaviour

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      Family Diversity & Inclusive Care Pathways

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      Cultural Safety and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Health

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      Fatherhood

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      Motherhood

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      Evidence-Based Parenting Programs & Engaging Fathers

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      Developmental Surveillance & Medico-Legal Realities

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      The 15-Minute Reference: A Summary for Practitioners

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      Knowledge Check: Parenting for GPs

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      Introduction: Why Real Cases Matter

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      Case Study One: "The Only Constant in the Room"

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      Apply It: Reflecting on Mia

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      Case Study Two: "When Everything Hurts"

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      Apply It: Reflecting on Chloe

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      Case Study Three: "The Long Game"

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      Apply It: Reflecting on Jun

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      Case Study Four: "What's Under the Surface"

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      Case Study Five: "The Clingy Toddler"

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      Case Study Six: "More Than the Number on the Scale"

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      Interpreting the Conners: Reading Ava's Report

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      Family Resources: Downloadable Fact Sheets

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      Knowledge Check: Putting It All Together

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      Closing: You're Doing More Than You Think

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      Before You Begin: Learning Objectives and How to Use This Module

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      The Febrile Child: Age Changes Everything

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      Sepsis and Meningococcal Disease: The Ones That Frighten Us

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      Bronchiolitis, Croup and the Wheezy Child

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      Gastroenteritis and Dehydration

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      The Child with a Rash

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      Urinary Tract Infection in Children

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      The Limping Child and Acute Joint Pain

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      Acute Abdominal Pain: Appendicitis and the Surgical Abdomen

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      Head Injury: When to Image, When to Watch

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      Seizures: First Seizure and Febrile Convulsions

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      Recognising Type 1 Diabetes and DKA

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      Anaphylaxis and Allergy Action Plans

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      Common Infections and Antibiotic Stewardship: Otitis Media, Sore Throat and Pneumonia

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      Toolkit: Red Flags on One Page (+ Reflect for your CPD)

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      Educational Disclaimer

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      Terms and Conditions

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Structure a complex consult, use time as a diagnostic tool, and rule out the medical mimics before reaching for a behavioural label.

Assess neurodevelopment, anxiety and mood with the right screening tools, and communicate with children, teenagers and families in a way that builds trust.

Recognise and respond safely to eating disorders, self-harm and safeguarding concerns, and coordinate care and funding through Medicare and the NDIS.

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Common questions

The course is fully self-paced, so you can start whenever suits you and return to any lesson or toolkit as often as you like. It is written for GPs and registrars, practice nurses, allied health professionals and paediatric trainees, drawn from Australian general practice with local guidance and Medicare and NDIS pathways throughout. Every module is structured around clear, measurable learning objectives to support your professional development. Formal CPD recognition is being pursued and will be confirmed as it is finalised, and new topics are added over time as the field evolves.

Contact and support

The Child & Teen Health Masterclass and The Child Health Academy are created by Dr Andrew Leech and The Garden Family Medical Clinic. For help or feedback, email [email protected] or write to 9/170 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch WA 6150. Learn more at thegardenmedical.com and drandrewleech.com.