Available Assessments
We are currently able to assess people from 4 to 50 years of age.
Educational Assessments include both a Cognitive (IQ) and Academic Assessment. These assessments can be used to assess patterns of cognitive and academic strengths and areas of support needs.
These assessments can be used to diagnose:
- Learning disorders (e.g., dyslexia)
- Intellectual disability
- Giftedness
Our standard Educational Assessment procedure includes two assessment sessions which may be completed in one day or over two days:
- IQ testing (up to 1.5 hours)
- Academic testing (up to 2.5 hours)
We are currently able to assess people between 6 and 16 years of age.
Our standard ADHD Assessment procedure includes two assessment sessions which are typically completed on the same day:
- ADHD assessment session with your child (up to 90 minutes)
- Clinical parent/carer interview (up to two hours)
We are currently able to assess people aged 2.5 to 16 years of age.
Our standard Autism Assessment procedure includes two assessment sessions which are typically completed on the same day:
- Social/observational (ADOS-2) assessment with your child/adolescent (a 90 minute appointment - approximately 60 minutes with your child and 30 minutes for the psychologist to code immediately afterwards)
- Clinical parent/carer interview (up to three hours)
We are currently able to assess children from 3 years of age.
Early Entry to Kindergarten or Prep is available in Tasmania for children who are assessed to have an IQ in the top 2% of the population.
Our Early Entry Assessments provide you with the documentation you need for your application along with a range of recommendations to support your child from an educational and a personal growth perspective, regardless of whether your child meets the required IQ threshold.
Our standard Early Entry Assessment procedure includes an IQ assessment which takes up to 90 minutes to complete.
To read more about our Early Entry to Kindergarten Assessments, click here.
We are currently able to assess people from 2.5 to 6 years of age.
Our Developmental Assessments assess a range of developmental areas including language and communication, eye and hand coordination, gross motor, foundations of learning, and social and emotional development.
These assessments can be used to diagnose global developmental delay (GDD).
Our standard Developmental Assessment procedure involves one assessment session with your child which typically lasts around two hours. Please note that the entire assessment must be completed in full within a week.
To read more about our Developmental Assessments, click here.
We are currently able to assess people from 3 to 90 years of age.
Cognitive (IQ) assessments provide information regarding you or your child's intellectual ability and cognitive profile such as verbal comprehension, visual spatial, fluid reasoning, working memory and processing speed.
These assessments are often useful to include in addition to other neurodevelopmental assessments such as in an autism or ADHD assessment, to provide additional information about cognitive strengths and weaknesses which may be part of your child's presentation.
Our standard Cognitive (IQ) Assessment is completed over one appointment and takes up to 90 minutes to complete.
To read more about our Cognitive (IQ) Assessments, click here.
Nonverbal IQ Assessments are available for people aged between 5 and 21 years.
Our Nonverbal IQ Assessments provide a more valid measure of IQ for those who have limited understanding of or ability to communicate in English and are suitable for those who are deaf, nonverbal/nonspeaking, or culturally and linguistically diverse. All instructions and responses are provided with gesture (i.e., no spoken words).
Our standard Nonverbal IQ Assessment is completed over one appointment and takes up to 90 minutes to complete.
If you wish to include academic testing, we can discuss how to make this accessible for you or your child, for example, by using an interpreter.
To read more about our Nonverbal IQ Assessments, click here.
We are currently able to assess people from 4 to 50 years of age.
Academic Assessments provide information regarding you or your child's oral language, reading, written expression and mathematics skills compared to others the same age.
These assessments can be completed as a stand-alone assessment if you have recently completed a valid cognitive (IQ) assessment, or are seeking an academic re-assessment. In all other cases you will require a full educational assessment.
Our standard Academic Assessment is completed over one appointment and takes up to 2.5 hours to complete.
