Our highly trained team sets the standard when it comes to personalised and individualised care across the full range of neuropsychological services.

Our highly trained team sets the standard when it comes to personalised and individualised care across the full range of neuropsychological services.

Dr Marie McCann

Clinical Neuropsychologist
PhD (Clinical Neuropsychology)
MPsych (Clinical Neuropsychology)

Areas of expertise:

  • Children and FASD, Autism, AD/HD, Executive Functioning
  • Adults and Forensic neuropsychological assessments
  • Dementia and older adults

  • Clinical and research interests

    • Children and executive functioning
    • Dementia and older adults

  • Qualifications and Experience

    Qualifications and registrations:

    • Endorsement in Clinical Neuropsychology (AHPRA)
    • PhD Clinical Neuropsychology UWA: sleep, working memory and children
    • Master of Clinical Neuropsychology, UWA

    Other experience:

    • Senior Psychologist at Department of Communities, Disability Services specialising in assessment of neurodevelopmental disabilities and providing disability consultancy
    • Senior Neuropsychologist with the WA Adult Epilepsy Services

  • Presentations

    • The Relationship between Sleep Problems and Working Memory in Children Born Very Preterm, 2015
      (Poster presentation at the College of Clinical Neuropsychologists Conference in Shoal Bay, New South Wales)
    • The Relationship between Sleep and Working Memory in Children with Neurological Conditions, 2014
      (Paper presented at the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) conference, Perth, Australia)

  • Publications

    • McCann, M., Bayliss, D. M., Pestell, C., Hill, C. M., & Bucks, R. S. (2016). The relationship between sleep and working memory in children with neurological conditions. Child Neuropsychology, 1-18.
    • McCann, M., Bayliss, D. M., Anderson, M., Campbell, C., French, N., McMichael, J., … & Bucks, R. S. (2016). The relationship between sleep problems and working memory in children born very preterm. Child Neuropsychology, 1-21.
    • Marriner, A. M., Pestell, C., Bayliss, D. M., McCann, M., & Bucks, R. S. (2017). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in a clinical sample of children and adolescents. Journal of Sleep Research.