Inform Neuropsychology is able to support you with the following:
Medico-Legal Assessment
A medico-legal assessment investigates an individual's capacity to make informed decisions relating to their financial, medical, or lifestyle matters. Testamentary capacity assesses an individual's capacity to create or amend an existing will.
Neuropsychology Assessment
A comprehensive neuropsychology assessment explores an individual's cognitive abilities in all domains (such as basic and complex attention, visuospatial skills, language abilities, executive function, learning and memory, processing speed), and targeted specifically to the referral reason. This type of assessment can assist in identifying cognitive strengths and weaknesses, as well as informing diagnosis. Recommendations are typically included within the report to advise of future planning and support where relevant.
Cognitive / Intellectual Assessment
A cognitive assessment is the administration of a cognitive battery (such as a WISC or WAIS) that generates an intelligence quotient (IQ). This can provide an opinion on intellectual developmental disorder (intellectual disability) in children or adults.
Educational Assessment
Educational tests explore the academic abilities in reading, writing, and maths. This can help in understanding where a child or adult is performing in these areas to assist with identifying support needs, or in diagnosing a specific learning disorder (such as dyslexia or dyscalculia).
ADHD Assessment
An ADHD assessment explores a possible diagnosis of ADHD, which can be performed in children or adults.
What to Expect
As part of the assessment, you can spend anywhere between 2 to 4 hours in a face-to-face session with your clinician, depending on the assessment type. This can be done over 1 or 2 sessions.
In this time, you will have the opportunity to discuss your current cognitive or behavioural concerns, along with your personal history. Following this, you will work through a number of activities with the clinician, by viewing images, responding to questions, and participating in pen and paper tasks.
After your session, your clinician will spend several hours (depending on the assessment type) scoring and interpreting tests, and forming an opinion based on all information collected, in order to write up a thorough report. This time does not involve your participation.
Once your assessment is completed, you will be able to meet again with your clinician to ask questions and discuss the assessment results.
Please bring along any hearing or visual aids needed (for example, hearing aids or prescription glasses).
Feel free to contact Inform Neuropsychology to find out more.