Psychoeducational assessment
Cost: $2000.00 - $2600.00
An assessment helps to understand your child’s, or your own, learning strengths and support needs. This information can then be used to plan intervention that allows your child, or you, to succeed and thrive.
Assessments can investigate a diagnosis of a Specific Learning Disorder (such as, but not only, Dyslexia and Dyscalculia) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Assessments can also provide information that helps investigate other developmental, behavioural and mental health concerns.
The price of an assessment starts at $2000, but may increase, with your knowledge and consent, to $2600 depending on the number of areas to be explored.
What does an assessment involve?
Initial consultation (45 minutes): Discuss your key concerns and reasons for seeking an assessment. We will talk about what you notice that is worrying you, background information that’s relevant to your concerns, and what you hope to achieve through this process. The assessment will then be tailored to meet your needs and goals. There is no obligation to progress to an assessment after this step, and in this case, you will only be charged the cost of a consultation.
Assessment session (1.5 to 4 hours): Complete a series of tasks and activities related to how your child (or you) learns, processes information, and has developed and uses foundational academic skills - reading, writing and/or maths. This will happen in a supportive, empathic environment, at the pace your child (or you) needs to take. This might mean one, two or more sessions to complete the necessary tasks.
Report writing (allow 3 to 4 weeks): Assessment results and other relevant information are combined in a report that summarises your child’s, or your, learning profile. Recommendations will be made for ongoing support that are relevant for your child’s or your context, academic and/or occupational goals, and other needs. If appropriate, a diagnosis will be made and clearly stated.
Follow up consultation (45 minutes): Discuss the findings of the assessment and the recommendations made in the report.
Please note: telehealth (online) services may be an option for some individuals. If this is of interest, it will be discussed during the initial consultation.
