The psycho-emotional assessment is undertaken by a team of child & adolescent psychotherapists, and family & systemic therapists.
The role of the child & adolescent psychotherapist is to undertake a qualitative assessment of the patient’s state of mind.
If you are concerned about your child’s behaviour and development and would like them to be seen by a specialist, please contact the Practice either by telephone or through the general ‘make an enquiry’ form to arrange a consultation with one of our paediatricians.
When you make an enquiry on behalf of your child, you will be asked to provide some basic information on them, and what they are struggling with. You will then be invited to a telephone consultation which will help our clinicians decide on the best course of action.
Dr Nikki Baatjes is an NHS Neurodevelopmental Pediatric Consultant based at Evelina community Child Health, Guys & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Baatjes undertakes neurodevelopmental, school aged assessments and diagnoses Autism Spectrum Disorders and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) for children and young people up to 18 years of age.
Dr Baatjes trained in South Africa and completed her undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cape Town in 1998. Dr Baatjes has been in London since 2001, where she has undertaken all of her post graduate training in Pediatrics. In 2004, Dr Baatjes became a fellow of the Royal College of Pediatrics and achieved her CCT (Certificate of Completion) as a Consultant in Pediatrics in 2012.She has completed all of her post graduate training and NHS posts in London; where she remains as a consultant at Evelina Child Health.
In 2010 Dr Baatjes completed a Masters (MSc) in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at IOPP (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology) at King’s College London. Her areas of interest are developmental and social pediatrics and Autism. She is currently leading in a funded research of autism prevalence in girls, and is on the Editorial Board for the Wiley Medical Journal, CCH, Child: Care Health & Development.
Dr Jack Singer is a Consultant Paediatrician in full-time private practice. He trained in Boston, USA at The Children’s Hospital Medical Centre and Harvard University where he was a corporation appointment. He then spent four years at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Health Bethesda Maryland. He was a Rockafella Foundation – Population Council fellow with Professor Lional Penrose at the Galton Laboratory, London. He then joined Professor Paul Paulani at The Paediatric Research Unit at Guy’s Hospital.
Dr Singer is now in full time private practice in general paediatrics and has a particular interest in Neurodevelopmental paediatrics and Allergy. He also covers all aspects of paediatric medicine.
Dr Mathura has been a full-time NHS Consultant Paediatrician since 2010 specialising in the diagnosis of autism and childhood developmental disorders. Currently, he is the lead consultant for the Autism and Related Disorders service and joint Head of Service at Evelina Community Child Health London, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Mathura completed advanced specialist paediatric training at both the Bristol Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Hospital for Wales in Cardiff. He first qualified as a doctor in 1996 from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. Dr Mathura has a Masters in Child Health and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He is an honorary tutor on the International Child Rights and Development Masters course, Kings College and Association for Research in Infant & Child Development courses.
Dr Mathura’s expertise includes:
Dr Mathura has professional training in administering the following:
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Dr Ben Ko is a Senior Consultant Paediatrician, with over 20 years’ experience as an NHS Consultant. After graduating from Edinburgh University with Distinction in Paediatrics, he continued his training in paediatrics in the UK, rotating through tertiary centres including Great Ormond Street Hospital. He was an Honorary Consultant to Great Ormond Street Hospital, prior to his current NHS appointment with Barts Health NHS Trust.
He has an extensive clinical portfolio in the field of neurodisability and child development, covering physical disabilities, learning difficulties, autism, developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia), and the full range of developmental disorders. He is recognised as a national expert on Special Education Needs and has written national advice and guidance on the subject.
Ben has gained national recognition for his contribution to paediatrics. He was awarded a Department of Health national level Clinical Excellence Award, which is bestowed to only the top 10% of UK Consultants. He was a former member of the Executive Committee and Council to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and was Convenor to the British Association for Community Child Health. He was a ministerial advisor to the Department of Work and Pensions on Disability Benefits and contributed to national policy on disability benefits for children. He is currently a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Invited Review Panel, providing advice to service planning and re-modelling to NHS child health services nationally. He is a member of the Executive Committee of British Academy of Childhood Disability, leading on governance issues for the Academy.
RCPCH. Covering All Bases, Community Child Health: A Paediatric Workforce Guide (2017) (Member of project steering group and co-author)
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