ADHD isn’t always easy to recognise, particularly during adolescence when life becomes more demanding. A young person might be working incredibly hard to stay organised, keep up at school, manage their emotions or meet everyday expectations — and still feel like things are harder than they should be.

Our assessment is designed to understand the whole picture. We take time to hear from the young person themselves, their family and, where helpful, their school, so that any diagnosis and recommendations reflect who they are and what they actually need.

What to expect:

Getting to know the bigger picture
We start by gathering some background information and asking the young person and their parent or caregiver to complete questionnaires about attention, executive functioning, wellbeing and everyday life.

Talking with parents or caregivers
A separate appointment gives parents or caregivers the opportunity to talk through the young person’s early development, childhood experiences, strengths and any concerns they’ve noticed over time.

Meeting with the young person
The young person will have their own appointment with a Clinical Psychologist. This is a chance for us to get to know them, hear about their experiences in their own words, and explore what is going well as well as what they’re finding difficult.

Understanding how things look at school
Where helpful, we’ll also gather information from school. This might include teacher questionnaires, school reports or a conversation with a teacher, helping us understand whether the same patterns show up in different environments.

A clear, personalised report
You’ll receive a comprehensive report that explains the findings in understandable language, highlights the young person’s strengths and needs, and provides practical recommendations for home, school and everyday life.

Autism can look very different from one young person to another, and it isn’t always obvious from the outside. Some young people learn to mask or adapt to what is expected of them, while privately experiencing social exhaustion, sensory overwhelm, difficulty with change, or feeling different without quite knowing why.

Our assessment takes a neuroaffirming approach, with a focus on understanding the young person as a whole — their strengths, experiences, differences and individual support needs.

What to expect:

Getting to know the bigger picture
We start by gathering background information and asking the young person and their parent or caregiver to complete questionnaires exploring areas such as social experiences, communication, sensory differences, routines, interests, wellbeing and everyday life.

Talking with parents or caregivers
A separate appointment allows us to explore the young person’s early development and childhood in more detail, including how they communicated, played, related to others and experienced the world as they were growing up.

Meeting with the young person
The young person will have their own appointment with a Clinical Psychologist. This gives us time to get to know them, understand their experiences in their own words, and explore their strengths, interests and the things they may find more challenging.

Understanding how things look at school
Where helpful, we’ll gather information from school through teacher questionnaires, school reports or consultation with a teacher. This helps us understand how the young person experiences and manages different social, learning and everyday demands.

Your personalised report and recommendations
We bring together information from across the assessment into a comprehensive report that clearly explains the findings and any diagnostic conclusions. The report also highlights the young person’s individual strengths and support needs, with practical recommendations for home, school and everyday life.

ADHD and autism can overlap in ways that make it difficult to know what might be behind a young person’s experiences. Some characteristics may look similar on the surface, while others can interact in ways that make the overall picture more complex.

Our combined assessment explores ADHD and autism together, helping to understand how different aspects of a young person’s experience fit together — rather than asking families to choose which possibility to explore first.

What to expect:

Getting to know the bigger picture
We start by gathering background information and asking the young person and their parent or caregiver to complete questionnaires exploring ADHD and autistic characteristics, executive functioning, social and sensory experiences, wellbeing and everyday life.

Talking with parents or caregivers
A separate appointment allows us to explore the young person’s early development, childhood experiences, strengths and any differences or difficulties that have emerged over time.

Meeting with the young person
The young person will have their own appointment with a Clinical Psychologist, giving us time to understand their experiences in their own words and explore areas relevant to both ADHD and autism in a supportive, developmentally appropriate way.

Understanding how things look at school
Where helpful, we’ll gather information through teacher questionnaires, school reports or consultation with school staff. This helps us understand the young person across different environments and identify where their strengths and support needs may differ.

Your personalised report and recommendations
We bring everything together to understand whether the young person’s experiences are best explained by ADHD, autism, both, or other contributing factors. You’ll receive a comprehensive report clearly explaining the findings and any diagnostic conclusions, alongside practical, individualised recommendations for home, school and everyday life.