Bridging Psychology provides various assessments for children, adolescents, and adults. Assessment services include psychological, educational, and neurodevelopmental assessments that involve multiple methods of gathering information such as interviews, observations, formal testing and questionnaires.

Bridging Psychology aim at providing individuals with understanding their diagnosis and focus on their strengths and differences.

Some of the assessments we utilise for diagnosis are below.

• Monteiro Interview Guidelines for Diagnosing the Autism Spectrum – Second Edition (MIGDAS-2)
• Social Responsiveness Scale – Second Edition (SRS-2)
• Gilliam Autism Rating Scale – Third Edition (GARS-3)
• Gilliam Autism Rating Scale – Second Edition (under 22yo; GARS-3)
• Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
• Conners – Fourth Edition (Conners-4)
• Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales – Second Edition (CAARS-2)
• Behaviour Assessment for Children – Third Edition (BASC-3)
• Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale – Third Edition (Vineland-3)
• Wechsler Preschool and Primary School Scale of Intelligence – Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV)
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition (WISC-V)
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Forth Edition (WAIS-IV)
• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – Third Edition (WIAT-III)

COSTS

Costs vary depending on your unique circumstances and the type of assessment required.

In general, hours spent on your assessment can vary from 9 hours – 15 hours at $230 per hour.

At times, due the complexities of the individual’s presentation our clinician may require an additional session or time to ensure a correct diagnosis or non-diagnosis is provided. If your assessment is complex and we estimate more time is needed, we will inform you about the need for an additional session as early as possible in the assessment process.

Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder and brain-style difference that influences how an individual socialises, communicates, thinks, and processes information. Autistic people experience and interact with the world differently than non-Autistic people.

Given their pattern of differences, Autistic people can find it challenging to naturally connect with neurotypical people, manage unexpected changes and/or filter out sensory sensations.

At Bridging Psychology, we focus on recognising strengths and differences in autistic individuals and utilise neurodiversity-affirming assessments to identify whether an individual meets the diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) according to the DSM-5-TR.

Assessments usually include multiple interviews with the Individual or parent/caregiver and any other relevant professional in the person’s life. A formal observational assessment of your child, review of relevant documents and consultations. A written, comprehensive and tailored report of the results, diagnosis and recommendations with a final feedback session. This requires our clinicians to engage in 14 hours of work. If your assessment is complex and we estimate more time is needed, we will inform you about the need for an additional session as early as possible in the assessment process.

Please get in touch with Bringing Psychology to discuss your assessment process. 

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition and brain-style difference that affects an individual’s self-regulation, executive function, attention and/or impulsivity.

Individuals with ADHD experience and interact with the world differently compared to their neurotypical peers. Some of the differences, high energy, noticing a lot of things at once making difficulty to stay attentive and focusing intensely on things they enjoy. A comprehensive assessment can assist in identifying whether an individual meets the ADHD criteria for a diagnosis.

Assessments usually include multiple interviews with the individual or parent/caregiver and any other relevant professional in the person’s life. A formal observational assessment of your child, review of relevant documents and consultations. A written, comprehensive and tailored report of the results, diagnosis and recommendations with a final feedback session. This requires our clinicians to engage in 11 hours of work. If your assessment is complex and we estimate more time is needed, we will inform you about the need for an additional session as early as possible in the assessment process.

Please get in touch with the clinic to discuss tailoring the assessment specific to your needs.

Cognitive assessments, which are commonly referred to as “IQ tests”, provide insight into an individual’s ability to think and reason. It involves the administration of different tasks that measure a person’s language, problem-solving, memory and processing speed abilities. A cognitive assessment can also identify whether an individual meets the criteria for a diagnosis of intellectual developmental disorder (i.e., intellectual disability) or global developmental delay (GDD).

Bridging Psychology conduct cognitive assessments for ages between 2.5 years old and 50+-year-old.

Assessments usually include multiple interviews with the individual or parent/caregiver and any other relevant professional in the person’s life. Review of relevant documents and consultations. A written, comprehensive and tailored report of the results, diagnosis and recommendations with a final feedback session. This requires our clinicians to engage in 9 hours of work. If your assessment is complex and we estimate more time is needed, we will inform you about the need for an additional session as early as possible in the assessment process.

Please get in touch with the clinic to discuss tailoring the assessment specific to your needs.

A learning profile identifies the individuals’ abilities in reading, writing, spelling or maths. It can also help to identify strengths and any difficulties in certain areas of academic achievement and identify specific learning difficulties such a dyslexia or dyscalculia.

Bridging Psychology conduct Learning and Educational Assessments for school aged children and adults.

Assessments usually include multiple interviews with the individual or parent/caregiver and any other relevant professional in the person’s life. Review of relevant documents and consultations. A written, comprehensive and tailored report of the results, diagnosis and recommendations with a final feedback session. This requires our clinicians to engage in 13 hours of work. If your assessment is complex and we estimate more time is needed, we will inform you about the need for an additional session as early as possible in the assessment process.

Please get in touch with the clinic to discuss tailoring the assessment specific to your needs.