At Dynamic Psychotherapy Melbourne, we have trained and experienced psychologists who can conduct ADHD and ASD assessments.
Our dedicated team can conduct clinical and psychometric assessments such as IQ/cognitive, personality and other diagnostic psychological assessments of children, adolescents and adults, as listed below:
ADHD and ASD Assessment Details
| TYPE OF ASSESSMENT | TIME | AGE RANGE | USEFUL FOR | INVOLVES | COST STRUCTURE |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment | 2 hours testing 3 hours for school and parent questionnaires 5 hours report writing | Children 4-17 years& Adults | Suspected ASD | • Clinical Interview • Collateral Structured Interview • ADOS Testing as necessary • Report | $2500 |
| IQ Assessment | 1.5 hours testing 1.5 hour report | Children 4 – 17 years& Adults | Suspected Intellectual Impairment Baseline IQ | • Clinical Interview • Measure of Intelligence • Measure of Adaptive Functioning • Report | $950 + the initial $260/$214.41 consult. Total cost: $1174.41-$1210 |
| ADHD Assessment Options | Comprehensive 4 hours onsite & online testing 4 hours report writing | Children 6 – 17 years& Adults | Suspected ADHD | • Clinical Interview • Measures of Attention and Executive • Dysfunction Measures of other cognitive/IQ ability • Report | $1830 + the initial $260/$214.41 consult. Total cost: $2054.41-$2090 |
| Learning Disorders Assessment | 3 hours testing 3 hours report | Children 6 – 17 years& Adults | Suspected learning issues Mental Capacity testing Baseline Intellectual functions | •Clinical Interview •Measure of intelligence •Measure of Adaptive skills •Report | $1380 + the initial $250/$214.41 consult. Total cost: $1594.41-$1630 |
| Emotional & Behavioural Disorders in children Adolescent/Adult Personality &Mental Health Assessment | 3 hours testing 3 hours report | Children 6 – 17 years& Adults | Screening for: Diagnostic testing Personality Profile | • Clinical Interview • Personality testing & Questionnaires • Report | $1380 + the initial $250/$214.41 consult. Total cost: $1174.41-$1210 |
What you are looking for:
- Understanding the various nuances of ADHD diagnosis. How does it manifest in your everyday life?
- What are the characteristics of ADHD vs anxiety?
- Could I be having normal difficulties with attention like others? What thresholds qualify for ADHD?
- What could explain my difficulties if its not ADHD?
What we offer
Assessment in three stages:
- Stage 1: Intake: (1 hour) We do an initial intake to understand your initial needs and what are you expectations from the assessment. Sometimes people can be ambivalent about whether or not they want to get a diagnosis. A diagnosis doesn’t mean a life long sentence. It means that now you can understand your difficulties more together with a professional so that you can weave a way through it.
Fee: $280 (medicare rebate available) During the intake, we also help individuals decide if this is where they want to go, and the reasons to do so. - Stage 2: Assessment: this stage involves doing in-depth clinical interviews using questionnaires and a detailed developmental history to understand the trajectory of symptoms. This has been proven to be quite helpful for most clients, as it helps them understand their difficulties within the context of a larger picture than solely from a diagnostic point of view. The clinical interview is for 1.5 hours. Additionally we arrange a brief session with a significant other (can be a partner or parent) to understand their development across their lifespan. After this, questionnaires would be sent to the client and the informant separately. Clients usually take a week’s time to complete the questionnaires.
Fee: $800 (no medicare rebate). - Stage 3: Report &/feedback – (1 hour )here we help the client put together the information collected from various sources and arrive at a coherent undertstanding of the problem using results/graphs from the psychometric measures in stage 2. The client now knows whether they have ADHD or not. Additionally we also help them delineate the differences between their emotional difficulties resulting from ADHD, vs emotional difficulties that is making their ADHD presentation worse. In some cases, both could be present.
A copy of the report can be provided to the client to help them organize the information better in their own time after the last session.
Fee: $750 (no medicare rebate).
Where to go from the assessment?
How can I lead a life with ADHD? What does it mean to have ADHD?
What are some skills I need to work on?
Does behavioral coaching help?
What treatments are available? Pharmacological or psychological, or a combination?
What does therapy look like for ADHD?
Proper referral to therapy or psychiatric assessment or coaching as decided in stage 3 of the assessment process.
Our Psychologists Who Conduct Assessments
Here at Dynamic Psychotherapy, we have a professional, caring team of Clinical Psychologists, Psychologists, Counsellors and Therapists ready to help you. Click on any of the psychologists below to learn more about our psychologists who conduct ADHD and ASD assessments in Melbourne.
Moulya Ramesh Kumar
Clinical Psychologist
Adults, Young Adults, and Adolescents
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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so we may fear less.
-Marie Curie