About Us
Sara McLean (BSc, Hons Psych, M Clin Psych, PhD) is a registered Psychologist and Adjunct Research Fellow at the Australia Centre for Child Protection. She has worked in the area of child and adolescent well-being mental health since 1997 and is committed to supporting children in foster and residential care who have challenging behaviour arising from developmental difference. Sara has a particular interest in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the developmental impact of other substances. Sara was awarded the inaugural ACU Linacre Fellowship at Oxford University in recognition of her work supporting children in care. She created this website to provide foster parents with easily accessible information and evidence-informed approaches to supporting children with developmental difference.