Speakers
Dr Andrew Leech
FRACGP, MBBS, BSC, DCH
Dr Andrew Leech (FRACGP, MBBS, BSC, DCH) is a General Practitioner and Father of two daughters who lives in Perth. He is the founder and director of the family focussed GP clinic, The Garden Family Medical Clinic Murdoch, which aims to improve the lives of children and their families.
Andrew has been heavily involved in the upskilling and training of health professionals in paediatric mental health and currently advises Emerging Minds, the RACGP, newsGP, medical forum, the AMA, Mental Health Professionals Network, ADHD WA, the Curtin University Healthy Child Expert Advisory Group and he represented General Practice on the taskforce into paediatric mental health services in WA. He is a GP supervisor for medical students and registrars.
Andrew has presented at a number of conferences nationally and internationally on child mental health. He hosts his own podcast series, The Kids Health Network. He believes, every child deserves timely access to comprehensive mental health support.
Bec Turner
Child and Family Partner
Bec Turner is a mum and a step-mum to three children aged 7, 10, and 14, and works in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women children and family health. Bec aspires to support and advocate for the diversity of needs within her neurodiverse family, while helping them navigate the challenges they face and nurturing their confidence to find their voices as they experience and grow in their identities.
Kathy Moar
Senior Advisor - National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health, Emerging Minds
Kathy is a clinical psychologist, and Acting Manager, Workforce Development for the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health (Emerging Minds). She has postgraduate qualifications in clinical psychology and public health, and more than 30 years’ experience in working across health, child protection, education, non-government and private practice settings. She is currently President of the Australian Association of Infant Mental Health SA branch, and a sitting member for the SA Child Deaths and Serious Injury Review Committee. Kathy appreciates how individual differences and life stages, as well as context and experiences, impact on day-to-day wellbeing and functioning for infants, young people and their families, and she is keen to promote systems that best support them.