Dr. Dina McConnell is a Registered Psychologist who has been working with children and families for over 25 years. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto (with a focus on developmental psychology), her M.A.Sc. at the University of Waterloo (with a focus on psychological assessment), and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at York University (with a focus in clinical neuropsychology).

She completed the majority of her training at Mt. Sinai Hospital (Toronto) and University Hospital (Vancouver), specializing in clinical neuropsychology. Dr. McConnell has worked extensively with children with a wide variety of medical, psychological and psychiatric conditions that can affect learning, behaviors, school performance and emotional well-being.

Additionally, Dr. McConnell has been on staff at B.C. Children’s Hospital since 1996 where she consults primarily to the Division of Oncology. As a psychologist and a parent, she is keenly aware of the many demands and expectations on families and schools. As such, her goal is to provide easy to understand evaluations that contain useful recommendations tailored for your child or adolescent. Dr. McConnell has been accepted as an expert in the BC Supreme Court in the psychological and neuropsychological outcomes of pediatric brain injury. At this time, she is not accepting further referrals for Independent Medical-Legal Evaluations.