Psychological Assessments
Psychological-Educational Assessment
You will gain insight into your child’s intellectual and academic potential; giftedness; barriers to learning; and learning disabilities such as:
- Dyslexia
- Dysgraphia
- Dyscalculia
- Intellectual Disability.
Debbie can assist schools to make applications for special education and special assessment conditions as well as provide well-informed referrals to other professionals and service providers on behalf of parents related to:
- ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
- ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
- SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder)
- APD (Auditory Processing Disorder)
- Speech Language Delays.
Your child’s achievement will be optimised through collaboration with family, teachers and other professionals.
Your investment: $2280 +gst
Social/Emotional-Behavioural Assessment
Aim to better understand the individual’s emotional states and behaviours which may be creating barriers to learning or impacting the individual’s relationships at home and/or school and causing your child distress.
You will gain insight into why your child is feeling and behaving the way they are. A strengths-based approach will include measuring your child’s resilience and providing recommendations for effective coping strategies. You will be better placed to support your child’s social/emotional development and manage behavioural concerns based on evidence-based recommendations provided.
A Functional Behaviour Analysis may be included in this type of assessment which involves observing how the environment and those in it influence the child, and how the child influences the environment.
Other outcomes may include well-informed referrals to other professionals and service providers such as Child Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS – Marinoto), a Developmental Paediatrician, an Occupational Therapist, a Speech Language Therapist, an Optometrist or an Audiologist.
You may be invited to join one of our anxiety management programmes aimed at parents being well-positioned to better understand the effects of anxiety has for your child and learn ways that you can provide evidence-based support to help reduce and avoid inadvertently maintaining your child’s anxiety.
Your investment: $2680 +gst
This assessment is offered to clients located in North Shore and Hibiscus Coast areas only.
Psycho-Social Assessment
This assessment process includes a follow-up/review of your child’s progress to further support your child’s attendance at the recommended education provider or develop a transition plan back to their main-stream school with recommendations to support this transition.
Your investment: $1580 +gst
Vocational Pathways Assessment
Aim to reduce your anxiety by taking the guess work out of choosing a career pathway you are likely to gain real job satisfaction from. This type of assessment may also help you identify a study pathway towards the job you want to pursue.
You will gain insight into which careers are well-suited to you based on your personality, interests, strengths, and ability. You will gain knowledge about how to plan your study to enable you to successfully enter your chosen career.
This type of assessment can save you time, money and most importantly reduce your stress, worry and any decision paralysis related to making a decision about your next steps after college, towards your future.
Your investment: $1280 +gst
Psychological assessment process:
What to expect
The process of each psychological assessment is much the same, however, the tools used vary depending on your individual referral question/s to be answered.
After we receive your referral, we will arrange an initial FREE 15-minute consultation to clarify your referral question(s) and ensure our services can meet your needs.
If you decide to proceed, we will discuss informed consent (both legal guardians will be asked to meet with me to discuss the service on offer and provide their informed consent).
Once we receive your deposit, your initial appointment will be confirmed.
- I will ask you to provide relevant records, such as medical/education reports.
- I will meet with you online via Zoom. Questions I might ask include ‘when did your child start to walk, talk, etc., did they have any serious illness or accidents, what significant events have they experienced, which agencies provide your child with support (now and in the past)?’
- We will discuss which formal assessments can help answer your referral question(s).
- I may seek your consent to speak with your child’s school/teacher. Questions I might ask them include ‘what are this student’s strengths, interests, areas they find challenging, and motivation for engaging in learning?’ I may ask about social relationships, and what interventions have been tried in the past.
- I may ask to observe your child at home or in school. This can help me understand how they function in those settings and how others interact with them.
- I may seek your consent to gather or share information from/with other services/professionals involved with your child.
- I may undertake some clinical assessments. This will help me understand your child’s areas of strengths and challenges re: cognitive profile, academic achievement, resilience, social and emotional wellbeing, and mental health.
- I will analyse the information I have gathered and form a hypothesis for answering your referral question/s.
- I will provide this information to you in a feedback meeting. I will seek your feedback.
- I will write up my findings and provide you with evidence-based recommendations in a report. I will ask you to review and check the report for accuracy.
- Based on your feedback, I will finalise my report and send it to you. I recommend that you provide a copy to your GP and relevant professionals supporting your child.
- Progress payments will be required at various stages of the assessment process. Full payment must have been received to confirm your feedback appointment and provide your written report.
- Included in your assessment is my offer to provide written referrals to appropriate services on your behalf. For example, I can assist schools to make Special Assessment Conditions applications as well as provide referrals to other services dealing with ADHD, ASD, Sensory Processing Disorder and Auditory Processing Disorder and Speech Language Delays, Anxiety, Resilience/Coping and Mental Health and Wellbeing.
If you decide to proceed, we will discuss informed consent (both legal guardians will be asked to meet with me to discuss the service on offer and provide their informed consent).
Once we receive your deposit, your initial appointment will be confirmed.
- I will ask you to provide relevant records, such as medical/education reports.
- I will meet with you online via Zoom. Questions I might ask include ‘when did your child start to walk, talk, etc., did they have any serious illness or accidents, what significant events have they experienced, which agencies provide your child with support (now and in the past)?’
- We will discuss which formal assessments can help answer your referral question(s).
- I may seek your consent to speak with your child’s school/teacher. Questions I might ask them include ‘what are this student’s strengths, interests, areas they find challenging, and motivation for engaging in learning?’ I may ask about social relationships, and what interventions have been tried in the past.
- I may ask to observe your child at home or in school. This can help me understand how they function in those settings and how others interact with them.
- I may seek your consent to gather or share information from/with other services/professionals involved with your child.
- I may undertake some clinical assessments. This will help me understand your child’s areas of strengths and challenges re: cognitive profile, academic achievement, resilience, social and emotional wellbeing, and mental health.
- I will analyse the information I have gathered and form a hypothesis for answering your referral question/s.
- I will provide this information to you in a feedback meeting. I will seek your feedback.
- I will write up my findings and provide you with evidence-based recommendations in a report. I will ask you to review and check the report for accuracy.
- Based on your feedback, I will finalise my report and send it to you. I recommend that you provide a copy to your GP and relevant professionals supporting your child.
- Progress payments will be required at various stages of the assessment process. Full payment must have been received to confirm your feedback appointment and provide your written report.
- Included in your assessment is my offer to provide written referrals to appropriate services on your behalf. For example, I can assist schools to make Special Assessment Conditions applications as well as provide referrals to other services dealing with ADHD, ASD, Sensory Processing Disorder and Auditory Processing Disorder and Speech Language Delays, Anxiety, Resilience/Coping and Mental Health and Wellbeing.