Services
You may know exactly what you or your child/family needs help with, or you might require help to understand needs better. Whatever your concerns, Astrid, Tania and Alex have experience with all sorts of social, emotional, and communication difficulties, and can provide you/your child/ young adult with support required.
Clinical Psychology
Astrid has extensive experience in providing assessments and treatments digitally via Google Meet, supporting needs such as;
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Parental support after autism diagnosis
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Sibling and family support
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Bereavement support for clients with autism
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Speech, Language and Communication
Tania has extensive experience in providing assessments and treatments to support children, young people and adults with autism both face-to-face and digitally, supporting needs such as;
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social and emotional well being, including helping to understand and manage anxiety around social interactions.
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Supporting and developing greater self awareness and awareness of others, including support to help understand their diagnosis better.
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1:1/family support with speech, language and communication needs.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Alex is passionate in working with young people and his work as a CBT therapist, providing mental health assessments and treatments for a range of difficulties such as anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD and trauma.
'How it Works'
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Information is gathered through completion of an initial contact form. This information includes; the reason for referral, current worries and behaviours, risk assessment and pregnancy, birth and other perinatal difficulties. Educational history will also be gathered at this point.
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The Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R) is used for our clients that are under 18 years old. The ADI-R is a very detailed 3 hour long online interview and will be carried out via Google Meet.
For our adult clients we use the Informant version of the ACIA (Autism Clinical Interview Adults). The ACIA is a semi structured interview that identifies information on core autism characteristics needed for a diagnosis. The ACIA takes between 2 and 3 hours and will be carried out via Google Meet.
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ADHD Assessment
Diva 5
The Young DIVA-5 (The Diagnostic Interview for young people) is based on the DSM-5 criteria for ADHD. It is a structured clinical interview, carried out with parents, for ADHD in young people aged 5-17 years. The interview takes between 1.5-2 hours and will be carried out via Google Meet.
For our adult clients the DIVA 5 is carried out.
The DIVA-5 asks about:
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The presence of ADHD symptoms in adulthood and childhood
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The chronicity of these symptoms
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Significant lifetime impairments due to these symptoms
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The Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale (ADOS) takes around 1-1.5 hours, and will be carried out face to face or online with the clinician.
ADHD Assessment
Observation/Interview
An ADHD observation assessment is a part of the process of diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that involves observing a child's behaviour. During the observation, we will be considering your child's activity levels, ability to concentrate and focus, and any impulsivity. We will also look at their general behaviour and how they interact in clinic in addition to gathering information on how they interact with their peers and teachers in school.
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QUESTIONNAIRES
ADHD Assessment
The SNAP IV is a rating scale used to assess symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and. It is a widely used tool for diagnosing and monitoring ADHD. The SNAP IV questionnaire consists of 26 questions and is completed by parents, teachers, or other caregivers who observe the child's behaviour. We may also explore executive functioning skills further using the EFQ
The ASRSv1.1 is a self report scale used to assess symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. It is based on the diagnostic criteria outlined in the ASM 5- TR. The scale includes 18 questions that correspond to the core symptoms of ADHD, categorized into inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity.
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MDT/DSM5
Multi Disciplinary Team: Once the information gathering process is complete, for children three clinicians then meet to discuss our findings from our autism diagnostic assessment and two clinicians meet to discuss findings from our ADHD assessment and compare against the DSM-5 criteria. For adults, two clinicians meet to discuss and compare against the DSM-5.
INITIAL ASSESSMENT
School/preschool Feedback Questionnaire; this questionnaire will be sent to school (if applicable) to get information from a school perspective.
For adults, further information is gathered through questionnaires such as the EQ40, CATQ and AQ50
FOLLOWING THE ASSESSMENT
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A Feedback Appointment will be offered: the outcome of the assessment is then relayed back to you in a 30 minute feedback session so that we can explain our findings in detail.
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Report: We will send out a detailed report explaining the results, local supports and further recommendations.
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