Assessments at My Psych Clinic
At My Psych Clinic, we pride ourselves on having a dedicated assessment team to collaborate with you to clarify your assessment goals and curate an assessment approach to your individual needs.
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Child & Adolescent Assessments
Assessments available for children and adolescents. Please note: My Psych Clinic does not currently offer assessments for children younger than 4 years old.
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Our team of highly skilled psychologists at My Psych Clinic specialises in conducting assessments for children and adolescents across various developmental areas. Our assessment services include:
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Diagnostic Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
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Cognitive Ability and Functioning Testing
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Evaluation of Learning Difficulties, including Specific Learning Difficulties
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Diagnostic Assessment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Adaptive Behavior and Functional Assessment for NDIS or other support purpose
How can a cognitive assessment benefit my child?
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A cognitive assessment provides valuable insights into your child's strengths and weaknesses, enabling them to maximise their learning potential, enhance areas of strength, and address areas of weakness. The results of the assessment are often utilised by schools and organisations, such as Education Queensland, to determine eligibility for additional support, programs, or services. While the assessment results do not guarantee access to these resources, they can aid in accessing various services.
Parents often find that cognitive assessments empower them to advocate for their child's needs within the school environment. It can help demonstrate:
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Your child is not misbehaving but rather struggling to keep pace and requires additional support
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Your child is not slow to learn but may face challenges in specific areas, such as reading or attention
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Support needed based on specific weaknesses, such as verbal communication or language skills
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Cognitive skills are developing appropriately, and any issues may be related to mood or social skills.
Assessments Available For Adults
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My Psych Clinic has highly skilled psychologists who are available to conduct assessments for adults in a range of areas, including:
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Diagnostic Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD);
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Cognitive ability / functioning testing;
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Learning difficulties, including specific learning difficulties;
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Diagnostic Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD);
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Adaptive Behaviour / Functional Assessment for NDIS or other support purposes.
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How can a cognitive assessment help me?
The results of the assessment show areas of strength and weakness which can help you to maximize your learning, further enhance areas of strength, and compensate or develop areas of weakness. The overall scores are often used by organisations (such as Centrelink) to determine if someone qualifies for additional support, programs, or even payments. The results of this test cannot guarantee any of these things, but may help a person access different services.
People often say that cognitive testing helps them to:
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understand their own abilities better
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focus on areas of strength and develop their potential in these areas
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understand what to do to overcome barriers to progress at work and home
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receive appropriate support from government services or other services
Neuropsychology Assessments
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My Psych Clinic has highly skilled Neuropsychologists and Neuropsychology Registrars that can conduct assessments for children, adolescents and adults. It is important that some assessments be conducted by someone with further training in neuropsychology in order to ensure thorough and accurate results and reports.
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A neuropsychological assessment may benefit you if you have any of the following conditions or require specific assessments such as:
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Acquired brain injuries
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Neurological conditions (e.g., Dementia, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Brain Tumours, Epilepsy)
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Neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., ASD, ADHD, learning difficulties)
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Comprehensive Neuropsychological Assessments
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Dementia Diagnostic Assessments
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NDIS Assessments
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Return to Work Assessments
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What is a neuropsychological assessment?
Neuropsychological assessment/testing is a process by which a person’s cognitive, psychological/emotional and behavioural functioning is comprehensively assessed. When our brain functioning is altered in some way (e.g., due to an injury, medical, or developmental condition), aspects of our thinking skills such as memory, language or motor ability can be impacted. A neuropsychological assessment will help in determining what changes have occurred and how these changes are impacting your life. This information can then assist in diagnosis, intervention planning and treatment.
Booking and Payment Information
To enquire about an assessment, please contact our reception team and discuss what you are seeking assessment for.
From there, one of our assessment psychologists will review your enquiry and provide a quote for the right type of assessment. Our fees generally range from $1500-$3000 depending on the assessment required. We are able to split these payments up for you.
Your appointments will then be split up into a number of sessions over a number of weeks and can include: an intake session, one or more testing sessions, and a feedback session where your psychologist will discuss the outcome with you. A comprehensive report will be provided.
We are able to offer payment plans to split the cost of our assessments. Please contact reception on 07 3349 5511 to enquire.