ASD Assessment

Every assessment begins with an intake consultation and questionnaire. 

First, we’ll set up an in-person or virtual meeting so that we can learn more about your situation and the questions you are hoping to answer through assessment. This gives you a chance to ask any questions you might have and make sure this is a good fit for you. This consultation takes about 30 minutes and is free of charge.

If you decide to proceed, you’ll be sent a secure online questionnaire to help us learn more about your/your child’s background, including medical, developmental, academic, social, emotional, behavioural, and cultural histories. 

Then, we’ll discuss the next steps, and book times for a cognitive assessment, academic assessment, and any additional testing that may be needed. Sometimes we may have questionnaires for parents and/or teachers to fill out, but this would all be discussed first. 

We will also go over some assessment measures specific to Autism assessment. This typically includes the Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI-R) and the ​Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2).

Once we have collected all the information we need, we work on interpreting and understanding the situation so we can answer the assessment questions. We prepare a report for you and we schedule a debrief meeting to go over the results. At that meeting, we go through the report together. We make sure there is plenty of time for any questions you might have. We also go over all the recommendations in order to ensure they make sense and are a good fit for your/your child’s situation. Once that meeting is done, we finalize the report and provide you with a signed copy.