
ADHD Assessment

Acorn provides ADHD Assessments for children and youth aged 6-18.
Our screening process includes interviews and questionnaires with family, whānau and teachers, observation of your child at school, and interdisciplinary consultation as needed. We provide you with a report you can share with your child’s paediatrician or a psychiatrist who, if appropriate, can prescribe medication.
Our Assessment Process
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One of our psychologists will meet with you for one hour to learn as much as possible about your current concerns, your child’s development, strengths, interests, challenges and educational history.
The psychologist will also give you standardised assessment questionnaires to be filled out by you and by your child’s teacher: Conner’s Rating Scale, 3rd Edition.
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One of our psychologists will observe your child in their school environment and meet briefly with their teacher(s)- for one hour.
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The psychologist will meet with our interdisciplinary assessment team to go over the information gathered and analyse the data.
The team will formulate their clinical impressions, feedback and recommendations for the report.
The team may recommend further evaluation using more specialised tools at this time to rule out other co-occurring diagnoses.
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The assessments will be scored and the results analysed.
A comprehensive report will be written summarising and explaining the results, as well as giving recommendations.
The psychologist will meet with you to discuss the findings and recommendations.
An additional meeting with your child’s school team is available upon request.

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