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Diagnostic & Clinical Assessment
We offer diagnostic & clinical assessments to help understand individual profiles and needs to provide direction for families.
WHAT DOES AN ASSESSMENT MEAN?
Assessment entails a 'comprehensive overview' of the young person's individual profile. The process involves using Multi assessments from Multi informants which may include; 1- a clinical interview with the parents and 2- a clinical interview with the young person as well as the use of questionnaires and standardised screening measures. In certain cases, 3- a diagnostic and clinical assessments may also include the administration of standardised testing to determine the cognitive, learning, emotional, social and behavioural profile of the individual.
WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS?
For a summary of the steps involved in the Assessment process, please click here.
The following lists some of the most common assessments conducted at our clinic:
Ability & Intelligence
Ability & Intelligence
• IQ, Ability, Giftedness
• Strengths & Difficulties in Ability
• WHY? helps understanding learning ability/ profile
Could it be ADHD?
Could it be ADHD?
• Requires Expertise knowledge in the area of ADHD (Types, variations in gender and across lifespan)
• WHY? Determine the nature of deficits in executive functioning and emotional dysregulation for clinical differentiation
i.e. Perhaps it is not ADHD!
Are behaviours consistent with Autism?
Are behaviours consistent with Autism?
• Entails Clinical Interviews, Screeners & Specific Measures
• May also include Diagnostic Assessments: ADOS-2: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule & ADIR: Autism Diagnostic Interview- Revised, or MIGDAS-2
Learning Proficiency
Learning Proficiency
• Identifying Learning difficulties (reading, maths, writing)
• Examining Strengths in learning
• WHY? Helps with guidance to learning intervention
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