Child and Adolescent Assessment Services
The goal of our professional psychometric assessment service is to provide quality, useful and compassionate assessments.
Our team of experienced psychologists are dedicated to helping families and individuals understand their child’s strengths, challenges, and needs.
Our assessment services can provide valuable insights into a child’s cognitive abilities, learning style, and overall potential.


Assessments can be beneficial for children and adolescents who:
- Struggle with reading, writing, or maths
- Have difficulty planning, paying attention and / or staying focussed
- Act impulsively / appear hyperactive
- Don’t seem to be reaching their potential
- Experience social difficulties
- Are struggling academically, behaviourally and / or socially at school.
Psychometric assessments can help by providing:
- A better understanding of your child’s cognitive abilities, learning style, and potential
- Identification of any underlying conditions that may be impacting your child’s learning and behaviour
- Recommendations for tailored educational support to help your child succeed in school
- Information that can help guide your child’s educational and career choices
Our assessment services include:
We listen to you
We understand the importance of accurate and timely assessments and strive to provide a supportive and friendly environment for children and adolescents. Our team of experienced psychologists will work closely with you, your child and their school to provide the best possible outcome.
To schedule an appointment or to learn more about our child and adolescent assessment services contact us

The Assessment Process:
Step 1: The Referral
In the first instance, if you are worried about any aspect of yours or your child’s functioning, development or mental health, we recommend you start by discussing your concerns with your General Practitioner. Your GP is your primary health provider, and it is always beneficial to have your GP involved in your health concerns. However, a GP referral is NOT required for an assessment service.
Step 2: Contact Us
Contact our friendly team on (02) 9136 0481 or via our online form below. Our team will provide you with a detailed explanation of the assessment process and provide estimated costs and time frames.
Step 3: Intake Session
Following best practice guidelines, all of our child and adolescent assessments start with an intake session. In this session, the psychologist will ask you and your child questions about your concerns, abilities, strengths, difficulties / challenges and developmental history.
Step 4: Assessment
Your child will then attend the assessment session with the assessing psychologist. The number and type of assessments required will be tailored to your child’s individual concerns and needs and will be informed by the initial intake session. Assessments are conducted in a relaxed environment using standardised tools.
Step 5: The Deep Dive
Your psychologist will then take a deep dive, spending many hours reviewing your intake and assessment sessions thoroughly and completely. They will then formulate your written report, recommendations and feedback session.
Step 6: Feedback and Report
A feedback session will be scheduled approximately 2-4 weeks after completion of the assessment. In this session, your psychologist will provide you with a written report and verbal explanation of the assessment results and recommendations.
Assessment Information
Our assessments are comprehensive, use validated psychometric assessment tools, and include practical evidence-based recommendations for next steps. Early intervention is key to obtaining the best results for each individual, which is why most assessments are conducted with children. We know that this can be a daunting process for all involved, so we have put together some information below for children and their caregivers in understanding the process.
The assessment process is different for each child depending on a number of things such as what the clinician is investigating, previous assessments completed, or the child’s capacity to sit through the assessment. All of our assessments are comprehensive and use Gold Standard validated tools. An assessment session typically lasts anywhere from 1.5-4 hours. We know that 4 hours can be a long time for a child to sit through, so this includes breaks and strategies to assist with focussing. If the clinician observes that the child’s capacity to sit through the assessment has diminished, or that they are not getting the best results from the child, the session will be ceased, and the remainder rebooked for another time. Below are the most common tools we use; however, from time to time, the clinician may also recommend adding other screening questionnaires or tools to assist in the assessment process.
Cognitive/educational: Weschler suite of products including WISC-V, WAIS-IV, and WIAT-III A&NZ.
ADHD: Weschler suite of products and Conners-4.
Autism Spectrum Disorder: ADI-R, ADOS-2, Sensory Profile 2, and Vineland.
Children can become very anxious if they hear the word ‘test’, which is why we like to use the word ‘assessment’
instead. Throughout the assessment process, it is important for your child to know that there is no passing or
failing the assessment, even if some of the questions or tasks are really tricky. Rather, the purpose is to find out
what they are good at and what they might need some more help with. It may be helpful to let your child know
that they will be participating in a range of different activities – some of which may be similar to what they do
at school, and some that may involve playing games or solving puzzles. A lot of children find that the activities
are quite fun!
Optional Services:
Second Feedback Session
Liaison with schools


Online Self-Paced 8 Week Course
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FAQS
The cost of an assessment depends on many factors, and a price will be provided to you after you have submitted an enquiry. However, as a guide you can expect to pay between $1500 and $2400 for an assessment.
Our client support team is available to support you with questions and enquiries. Booking your appointment is easy, call us on (02) 9136 0481 or click here to complete our online form.
Make an enquiry
To find out more or make an appointment please call us on (02) 9136 0481 or fill in the contact form.