All our Autism Assessments are completed inline with NICE guidance and our assessments have been accepted by local authorities and NHS trusts (however we always advise you check with your local area that independent assessments are accepted).
Our team have extensive knowledge of the various autistic profiles, for example:- The autistic PDA profile and female presentation (not just for females). We use a range of tools during the assessment process including the ADOS-2, RAADS, ACIA, BOSA and ADI-R as well as supplementary questionnaires such as the CAT-Q and EDA-Q.
Once we have completed your assessment, our team will meet (this is called a multi-disciplinary team meeting) to review the information we have gathered about you or your young person against the DSM-V-TR (Diagnostic Statistical Manual). All our assessments come with a clinic letter or comprehensive report (Depending on the type of assessment you pursue) which details the outcome as well as recommendations we feel will be helpful.
We offer a range of assessment options to ensure independent autism assessments are as accessible to as many as possible. We do appreciate the financial investment may still be a barrier for some, however we are working hard to further develop our offer to address this.
Inline with NICE guidance (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) and national recommended standards, the following assessment approaches are available;
Online Core Autism Assessment
There are many benefits to online autism assessment- in the main you can complete the assessment from a comfortable and safe space for you, which allows the team to see you in your typical environment. This can help the team to better understand what your life experiences are and the impact of the environment you are in. Others report taking out the stress of travel hugely beneficial as it this can often also be fatiguing.
Before the assessment, you will be sent forms and questionnaires to complete, which are reviewed by our peer support practitioners, which will aid our clinicians throughout the assessment journey in things they may need to consider, or gain further information about.
The core autism assessment is completed online and over two appointments. The first will be to gather a developmental history and the second will be to complete observation of the individuals social interaction, communication and repetitive and restrictive behaviour and sensory differences. When all the information is gathered, we will meet with one of our clinical psychologists as a team to formulate whether autism best explains your experiences against the diagnostic criteria- this is known as an MDT meeting.
You will be provided with a detailed clinic letter showing how we have reached the outcome with signposting and recommendations included. This will typically be shared with you the same week as the MDT meeting.
*Please note this assessment is not available to under 5’s due to the need to see the child in person and the additional information we need to gather.
This assessment is charged at £999