PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENTS | MANLY, BELROSE & TELEHEALTH

From symptoms to insight:
Gain a complete blueprint of your brain's functioning.
Specialised ADHD & psychometric testing

At our comfortable Manly and Belrose clinics, psychometric testing can help to make sense of the pattern behind learning, attention, behaviour or developmental concerns, which can be symptoms of learning difficulties, ADHD, autism, giftedness and other cognitive or developmental profiles.

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I help children, adolescents and adults with assessments of:

You may be looking for an assessment of you or your child because...

Your child is struggling at school despite trying hard

You are concerned about attention, focus, organisation or impulsivity

You are wondering if symptoms represent a condition such as ADHD, dyslexia, autism

You or your child seems very capable but easily bored or not challenged enough

You need evidence for school, NDIS, university or workplace adjustments

Our assessment process, step by step

1. Initial Consultation

We discuss your concerns, referral questions and assessment goals

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2. Questionnaires & Rating Scales

Adults, parents and teachers complete online questionnaires and rating scales relevant to the assessment

Circulated after initial consultation

to parents and teachers

3. Direct Assessment

Testing, interviews and observations are carried out in a supportive and comfortable environment.

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4. Feedback Session

We explain the results and answer your questions in plain English

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5. Written Report & Next Steps

You receive a comprehensive report with recommendations and a plan you can use

Received 4-6 weeks later

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Conditions you can be assessed for:

Specific learning difficulties

Understand processing differences that limit specific skills like reading (dyslexia), writing (dysgraphia), or math (dyscalculus) 

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Understand variations affecting how individuals communicate, interact socially, experience sensory inputs, and require support. 

ADHD (Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder)

Understand attention, focus, impulsivity and executive functioning across school, work and daily life.

Cognitive Function

Identify weaknesses, giftedness, and readiness, ensuring the right level of growth challenge.

• COMPREHENSIVE & EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS

• 25+ YEARS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• CLEAR REPORTS & PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS

• PERSONALISED APPROACH & VALUE FOR MONEY

What is in the reports of the assessments findings?

All reports provide a brief 2 page summary report, plus a detailed report of numerical indices and their detailed interpretation, and how these underpin your diagnoses.  These support recommendations for how you are best supported to function in school, college, university or a workplace, and informs organisations on the accommodations that you should reasonably be entitled to.  

In the report you will receive

  • Findings of the comprehensive assessment and clinical interview
  • Clear written report
  • Practical recommendations
  • Support for schools, universities and workplaces
  • Guidance on next steps and referrals where appropriate

Psychometric assessments are used by psychologists to assess for neurodevelopmental disorders, which are typically identified in infancy, childhood or adolescence and involve differences in development or functioning. We offer these assessments for children, adolescents and adults. These conditions can affect personal, social, academic and occupational functioning to varying degrees.

Psychometric tools

The tools listed below give you a sense of the breadth of assessments available - they are not a menu to choose from. Every assessment is carefully selected based on your individual circumstances and referral questions. The choice of tools is always Gill's clinical decision, not a client selection.

Ability, Attainment and Memory

  • WPPSI - Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
  • WISC - Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
  • WAIS - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
  • WIAT - Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
  • WMS - Wechsler Memory Scales

Executive Function

  • D-KEFS - Delis- Kaplan Executive function system
  • NEPSY - Assessment of Developmental Neuropsychology

Autism

  • ADOS - Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
  • ADI-R - Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised

Behaviour Rating Scales

  • Connors 4 - ADHD assessment
  • CAARS - Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales
  • CBRS - Conners Comprehensive Behaviour Rating Scales
  • BRIEF - Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function
  • D-REF - Delis-Rating of Executive Function

Adaptive Behaviour

  • Vineland - Adaptive Behaviour Scales
  • ABAS - Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System

Personality

  • MCMI - Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory
  • MACI - Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory
  • PAI - Personality Assessment Inventory
  • 16PF - 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire
  • MMPI - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

More about comprehensive psychometric testing

A psychometric test is designed to measure psychological attributes, such as a skill, behaviour or personality feature. Psychologists have to be trained, qualified and registered to use most psychological psychometric tests.

Diagnosis

Psychometric tests are used by psychologists in particularl combinations, to make diagnoses of a person and how they behave, think or feel. Different conditions call for different combinations of assessments.

Behaviour rating scales

These psychometric tests have questions completed by a parent, guardian, carer or teacher who knows the person well. Such scales and checklists help clinicians obtain information from others about an individual's symptoms and functioning in various settings. Symptoms must be present in more than one setting (such as both at home and in school or work) to meet DSM-5 criteria. Behaviour rating scales can be completed online without an in-person appointment.

Personality

Psychometric tests are completed by the individual to identify personality traits, and can determine if you are a good fit to a team, type of organisation, or a way of working. Personality assessments can be completed online without an in-person appointment.

Skills testing

We examine the profile of strengths and weaknesses as a result of brain damage, a psychological disorder, or developmental condition, and these include measuring:

  • General ability, full scale Intelligence Quotient (IQ), cognition, abstract reasoning
  • Academic achievement, literacy, numeracy
  • Language skills
  • Attention
  • Learning and memory
  • Visual perception
  • Executive functioning, i.e. planning and judgement
  • Motor function
  • Adaptive behaviour, Social Skills and communication
  • Affect Regulation

Schools readiness & giftedness

Psychometric assessments are used to clarify if a child has the strengths and skills to be ready to start school.

The best predictor of school readiness is the child's development of cognitive abilities and social skills. Sometimes a child may be gifted, with intellectual skills and academic knowledge ahead of their chronological age. This assessment using Wechsler ability and attainment batteries produces recommendations for home and school, to support developing their potential.

Further assessments & resources

ADHD Assessments | Adults & Children

ADHD Assessments | Adults & Children

Not sure where to start?

Send an assessment enquiry and Gill will help you work out what kind of assessment is right for you.

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