ADHD Assessment Processes
Specialist Psychological Assessments and Support for ADHD
ADHD Assessments Process for Adults
- Pre-Assessment Consultation – This takes place for all people, BEFORE starting a full assessment. During the consultation, we explore your questions and concerns, gather background information, share information about our approach and decide together which type of assessment is best for you.
- Informant Discussion – It is really helpful to gather information from an informant, such as a partner, parent, sibling or friend, wherever possible.
- Computer task – We ask you to complete a short computer-based assessment called a QbCheck.
- Multidisciplinary Team Meeting – The Team meet to consider all of the information we have gathered during the assessment process and to determine the outcome of the assessment.
- Feedback Discussion – This is an online appointment, where we meet to share and discuss the outcome of the assessment.
- Report – A comprehensive report is written, detailing all aspects of the assessment process, and giving recommendations to support you. This is sent to you to review; please note, we are able to amend any factual inaccuracies, but are unable to change other aspects of the assessment report.
ADHD Assessment Process for Children
- Pre-Assessment Consultation – This takes place for all people, BEFORE starting a full assessment. During the consultation, we explore your questions and concerns, gather background information, share information about our approach and decide together which type of assessment is best for you.
- School Observation – For primary school children, we observe the person in school to more fully understand their presentation across contexts. For secondary school age children, we find that it is more beneficial to ask a member of staff who knows the person well to provide information about their presentation in that context. We also ask teachers to complete some evidence-based questionnaires. We know that people sometimes present differently in different contexts and that this can mean that differences are less easily picked up in certain environments. Please be reassured that we are mindful of this as a team and this is something we can discuss as part of the pre-assessment consultation should you wish. We also recognise that many neurodivergent young people struggle in school settings, and some are home-educated. In this case we will discuss who else may be able to support this part of the process.
- Face to Face Appointment – This appointment takes place at one of our clinic rooms. We complete a computer-based assessment called a QbCheck and a Cognitive Assessment.
- Multidisciplinary Team Meeting – The Team meet to consider all of the information we have gathered during the assessment process and to determine the outcome of the assessment.
- Feedback Discussion – This is an online appointment, where we meet to share and discuss the outcome of the assessment.
- Report – A comprehensive report is written, detailing all aspects of the assessment process, and giving recommendations to support you. This is sent to you to review; please note, we are able to amend any factual inaccuracies, but are unable to change other aspects of the assessment report.