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

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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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