The Autism Service is a private assessment and intervention service for children and adults with – or who are suspected of having – Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
The service consists of healthcare professionals who are experienced in working with ASD. They are trained in and knowledgeable about all areas of development, and in completing diagnostic assessments. This requires a high level of specialist skill that is often not readily available.
The practice of each clinician is regulated by an independent body, which means the public can be confident about the standard of care provided.
The Autism Service aims to provide assessments that are high quality, reliable and helpful, and interventions that support children and adults with ASD to achieve their potential in terms of their development and mental health.
They offer Mental Health consultations as well as Child and Adult autism assessments.
Child Autism Assessment
Are you worried that your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and you do not want to wait several months to see a specialist? Are you feeling dissatisfied
with the outcome of a previous assessment – perhaps the clinical team was not able to decide about ASD – and would like a further opinion?
The Autism Service can complete a diagnostic assessment with your child. The outcome of this will either be a diagnosis of ASD or confirmation that your child does not have ASD. The diagnostic assessment they offer is thorough and based on several years’ experience, plus knowledge of relevant guidance and research.
The Autism Service team understand what works and what does not work in terms of completing reliable diagnostic assessments. There are no short-cuts and less robust assessments are more likely to result in diagnoses being missed or children being incorrectly diagnosed.
For more information on the assessments carried out and costs please see their website here
Adult Autism Assessment
Are you worried that you have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and you do not want to wait several months to see a specialist? Have you always felt ‘different’ to other people and would like to know if there is a reason for this?
The Autism Service can complete a diagnostic assessment with you. The outcome of this will either be a diagnosis of ASD or confirmation that you do not have ASD. The diagnostic assessment they offer is thorough and based on several years’ experience, plus knowledge of relevant guidance and research.
The team understand what works and what does not work in terms of completing reliable diagnostic assessments. There are no short-cuts and less robust assessments are more likely to result in diagnoses being missed or people being incorrectly diagnosed.
The Autism service diagnostic assessment consists of:
- Clinical interview, including taking a developmental history
- Direct observation of your communication and interaction skills in clinic
- Review of information from informants (in person or via reports)
- Diagnostic discussion by assessing team
- Feedback meeting with you
For more information and costs please see their website here
Mental Health Consultation
Are you worried about your or your child’s behaviour or mental health and not quite sure what help you need? Have you been told that
you must wait several months to see a psychologist to find out what the problem is?
The Autism Service can meet with you for around two hours and complete a psychological assessment of your development, behaviour and mental health.
The outcome of this is a formulation or ‘story’ of what they think is causing you distress based on their extensive knowledge of psychological theory and different conditions, and recommendations for what they think will help.
For some people, just understanding themselves better is therapeutic; but for others further assessment or therapy is useful. Either way, you will be able to move forward in terms of accessing more appropriate help and support.
See their website or Contact The Autism Service for more information
