Welcome to Spinnaker Psychological Services
for children and youth.
for children and youth.
At Spinnaker Psychological Services, we are committed to assisting families in better understanding and supporting their child's unique strengths and needs. We offer a model that highlights a child's early and ongoing development and experience of attachment, to support understanding of their capacities and their challenges, how the child participates and interacts with their environment and how this has informed their template of themselves and those around them. We provide a comprehensive and tailored psychological service to each family, so that they can make informed decisions in supporting and nurturing their child's ongoing development and resilience.
What We Offer
At Spinnaker Psychological Services we specialize in childhood assessments: developmental, psychoeducational and psychological/diagnostic. Our training and experience is highly specialized in the areas of child development, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD), and other social and emotional concerns, including anxiety, mood and trauma. Our specialty is in childhood development, spanning from preschooler to elementary levels of education. We offer a compassionate and collaborative approach, working with you and your child to ensure a comprehensive understanding of your child's strengths and areas of need, to help formulate an intervention plan, and better address their needs going forward. We also suggest and help link the child and family to other supportive interventions and appropriate community services.
ConsultationDo you have questions or concerns about your child but are not sure where to start or what to ask for?
Our focus it to help caregivers become energized and aware of their strengths. We achieve this by listening to your concerns, suggesting next steps and customizing a plan that is right for you and your child. |
Developmental AssessmentAs you watch your young child grow, are you wondering if they are developing as they should? Are they having trouble keeping up or getting along with other kids their age?
A developmental assessment in the early years looks at your child's profile of learning, regulation, language, social and adaptive skills to guide you in supporting their development. |
Psychological AssessmentIs your child feeling overwhelmed academically, socially, emotionally, or behaviourally?
An assessment can help to understand a child's learning strengths and needs, as well as how they cope with events in their lives, and offer ideas on how to support them at school, home and in the community. |
Who We Are
Pamela Brown and Susan Gross co-founded Spinnaker Psychological Services and look forward to collaborating with families in this region. We have been working together since 2009, as colleagues working within specialized developmental and assessment teams, and in a supervisee/supervisor relationship working with children and families to complete complex developmental and mental health assessments in a children’s mental health agency. We share the same vision and values; we strive to consider the child and family with curiosity and compassion, and we seek to support each person in finding their capacity for resilience, relationship and personal well-being.
Susan Gross
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Pamela Brown
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"When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts"
- Dalai Lama
- Dalai Lama
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