ASSESSMENT
Psychological Assessments for Children, Adolescents, and Adults | Balwyn
Restoring Minds Psychology provides comprehensive, evidence-based diagnostic, cognitive, and educational testing for children, adolescents, and adults across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
ADHD & Autism Assessments
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We will talk with you about different aspects of your cognition, and any perceived changes that may have occurred over time, or after a certain event.
With your consent we may need more information from other people, your healthcare records or school reports.
Face-to-face or via video-conferencing if appropriate.
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Following the interview you will complete a range of tasks that measure thinking skills like memory, attention, and how fast you can process information.
You may find some tasks hard and some easy. This will take a number of hours and may need to be completed over two sessions.
This can be completed face-to-face or via video-conferencing if appropriate.
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Gathers all of the information from the interview and testing together to answer the referral questions.
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Written and/or verbal feedback will be provided to help you understand the assessment results and your next steps.
We provide comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for Autism and ADHD across the lifespan (children, teenagers, and adults). Our assessment clinic operates from a deeply neuroaffirming framework, focusing on identifying an individual’s unique cognitive profile, executive functioning strengths, and support needs without stigma
Cognitive “IQ” Testing
These tests look at different neurocognitive (intellectual) abilities that are important for thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, understanding, and memorising information. Includes:
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V)
Academic Achievement
These tests are used to determine how well students have developed their skills in reading, writing, spelling, maths, and oral language. Includes:
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-III)
