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Services · Assessment Services

Assessment & Diagnostic Services for Children & Adults

Welcome to Our Assessment & Diagnostic Service

Whether you’re seeking help for yourself, your child, or a loved one, we’re here to provide comprehensive assessments for various developmental, learning, and cognitive needs.

  • Understand strengths and differences
  • Clarify support needs
  • Plan practical next steps

What We Offer

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Autism Assessments

A comprehensive assessment for Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder/Asperger’s), for children, teenagers and adults. It is built around understanding your strengths and differences, not only whether criteria are met.

How we assess
  • Understanding Autism: We provide comprehensive assessments for Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder/Asperger’s) to help understand your unique strengths and differences.
  • Our Tools: Utilising widely recognised tools like MIGDAS, ADOS 2, SRS 2, ASRS, AQ, CAT-Q and RAADS-R for accurate diagnoses.
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Attention and Hyperactivity Assessments

An assessment that clarifies concerns about attention, activity levels and impulse control. It draws on interviews, questionnaires and school or other reports to guide practical support.

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How we assess
  • Identifying ADHD/ADD: Our assessments aim to clarify concerns related to attention and hyperactivity, guiding the way to practical support.
  • How We Assess: Using various assessment methods including unstructured and structured interviews, questionnaires, and psychometrics, reviewing school or other reports, interviewing family or significant others.
  • Our Tools: we use a variety of tools depending on your specific needs such as the DIVA-5, CAARS, Conners 4, ASRS V1.1 and Brief A
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Learning Disorder Assessments

An assessment of reading, writing, spelling, number concepts and mathematical reasoning, covering Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia. Every assessment is tailored to the individual rather than run to a fixed script.

How we assess
  • Navigating Learning Challenges: We can assess areas such as reading, writing, written expression, spelling, grammar, number concepts, mathematical reasoning. We assess conditions like Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia.
  • Personalised Approach: Every assessment is tailored to individual needs, ensuring a comprehensive understanding.
  • Our Tools: We utlise tools such as the WIAT 3, WCJ, as well as IQ tests, interviews and report review
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Intellectual Assessments

Cognitive testing that maps strengths and weaknesses across working memory, processing speed, visual spatial skills, fluid reasoning and verbal comprehension. Often requested where a clearer picture of cognitive functioning is needed.

How we assess
  • IQ Testing/Cognitive Assessment: Our assessment aims to understand your cognitive strengths and weaknesses in areas such as working memory, processing speed, visual spatial skills, fluid reasoning and verbal comprehension.
  • Our Tools: We use tests such as the SB5, WISC V, WPPSI IV and WAIS III
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Intellectual Disability Assessments

An assessment that answers the question of Intellectual Developmental Disorder. It combines intellectual assessment with adaptive behaviour assessment, interviews and file review.

How we assess
  • Answering the question of Intellectual Developmental Disorder: We combine Intellectual assessments with Adaptive Behaviour Assessments, Interviews, and file review
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Adaptive Functioning Assessments

An assessment of the everyday skills a person uses at home, school, work and in the community. It is used to assist with intervention planning and to monitor progress over time.

How we assess
  • Understanding Your Everyday Functioning: We assess key areas of your functioning to assist with intervention planning and monitoring progress.
  • Our Tools: Include clinical interview, ABAS 3 and Vinelands 3. We consider your functioning across many areas such as communication, social or leisure skills, school or home living, work, community use, practical skills and health and safety skills.

How an assessment works

  1. 1
    Initial enquiryTell us what you are hoping to understand. We check which clinician is the right fit and explain the likely pathway and fees.
  2. 2
    Information gatheringInterviews, questionnaires and, with consent, information from parents, carers, teachers or previous reports.
  3. 3
    Assessment sessionsThe testing and clinical sessions the assessment requires. The number of sessions depends on the assessment.
  4. 4
    Feedback and reportA session to talk through the findings, followed by the written report and recommendations.
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Ready to take the next step?

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