Autism Assessments
Service Fees
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Autism, PDA Assessment For Adults and Children
$2600
Comprehensive Report Suitable for NDIS applications
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Autism Assessment
Adults Lite
Excludes Comprehensive Report
$1600
Not suitable for NDIS applications
Only available to adults
Autism, PDA + ADHD Assessment
$3300
Comprehensive Report
$2100
Available to adults-Letter Only
Additional Benefits of Comprehensive Assessment
The comprehensive assessment offers significantly more value:
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In-depth understanding: Provides a holistic view of the individual's strengths and challenges across multiple domains.
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NDIS readiness: Includes NDIS-specific language and recommendations, facilitating smoother access to support services.
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Personalised support: The follow-up appointment ensures understanding of the results and tailored recommendations.
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Broader scope: Includes additional assessments (adaptive behaviour, sensory profile, PDA) for a more complete picture.
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Detailed reporting: Offers a comprehensive report useful for various support services and educational settings.
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Personalised insights: The comprehensive assessment report includes all the results from the assessments and explanations of what that means to the individual personally, not just general information. This provides new insights into themselves, helping them better understand their unique experiences and needs.
The lite assessment, while providing a diagnosis, offers limited information and support compared to the comprehensive option. It lacks the personalised explanations and insights that can be crucial for self-understanding and accessing appropriate support.
Autism Assessments
You may apply for NDIS with autism Level 2 and 3. Often a single clinician diagnosis is accepted when done by a clinical psychologist. However, NDIS may ask for additional information such as a letter from a paediatrician and/or speech pathologist to confirm the diagnosis for children or a psychiatrist for adults. This is in keeping with National Guidelines for best practice for autism assessments.
Autism assessments including PDA profile are available for children over 5 years and adults. All assessments are done using zoom video.
The comprehensive assessment and report includes:
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All the assessments including those needed by NDIS
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The comprehensive report with the level of autism, all the results and recommendations including NDIS recommendations in NDIS terminology and aligned with NDIS requirements
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Feedback session to read over the report and explain the results and recommendations and ask questions about what to do next.
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A summary letter​
The Lite assessment for adults includes:
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An autism assessment
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A brief summary letter stating the diagnosis and level of autism.
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No Follow up appointment
This is NOT suitable for an NDIS application or for school funding applications and is only available to adults. This is suitable for someone who just wants their diagnosis confirmed and in writing
You may apply for NDIS with autism Level 2 and 3. Often a single clinician diagnosis is accepted when done by a clinical psychologist. However, NDIS may ask for additional information such as a letter from a paediatrician and/or speech pathologist to confirm the diagnosis for children or a psychiatrist for adults. This is in keeping with National Guidelines for best practice for autism assessments.
FAQs:
Please be aware that psychologists cannot prescribe or make recommendations about medication. Medication is prescribed by paediatricians and psychiatrists.
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Usually the report from a clinical psychologist is adequate to meet NDIS requirements.
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Your report or letter wil be available two weeks after the follow-up session.
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Yes there are Medicare rebates (around $400) if you have a referral from a paediatrician or psychiatrist, and you're under 25 years of age. You may need a supporting letter from a paediatrician or speech therapist for school funding. The Education Department requires confirmation of diagnosis from 2 suitably qualified professionals.
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No you don't need a referral.
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A 50% deposit is taken at the time of booking to confirm the appointment. If the deposit is not received within 7 days of booking and we haven't heard from you, the appointment may be cancelled. ​We'll reach out to you before that happens. The balance is due the day of the assessment.
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Payments can be made using direct deposit or card.
