Dr. Ruth Tesselaar is a Clinical Neuropsychologist.

She is the Founder and Director of Dandelion Hub. Ruth has over 20 years' experience working with neuro-diverse children, adults, and families in many roles (live in nanny, integration aide, conducting Neuropsychology assessments, providing community based cognitive rehabilitation to children and adults to name a few). Her experience also includes working for 13 years as a Neuropsychologist in the paediatric oncology team at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and as a Psychology Interprofessional Educator at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Ruth believes every child deserves to thrive, feel understood, and develop skills for everyday life. She is passionate about making life easier for families and supporting greater independence. After struggling to find appropriate services to assist families with executive function development, she created Dandelion Hub to empower families, teachers, and therapists with practical tools and knowledge - so children can discover their strengths, build confidence, and grow in independence through everyday interactions. Her geek out area is the development and rehabilitation of executive functions (she can talk about it for hours!). Ruth uses a collaborative approach, embedding therapy within everyday life tasks to support the generalisation of skills.

Ruth has experiencing working in and consulting to numerous community based organisations, adult and paediatric state hospitals as well as primary, secondary, and tertiary educational settings. She has extensive experience creating and running workshops and lecturing at the tertiary level.