Comprehensive Consultant Clinical Psychologist-led autism and ADHD assessments for children, young people and adults
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At Turnaround Psychological Services, our autism and ADHD assessments are intentionally thorough, highly individualised and led throughout by an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
 

We understand that seeking an assessment is an important decision. Most people want more than a diagnostic label: they want to understand why they or their child experience particular strengths and difficulties, whether these are best explained by autism, ADHD, both conditions, or something else, and what may help afterwards.

Our assessments therefore take time to understand the whole developmental and clinical picture rather than relying on brief screening measures or a single assessment tool. We use evidence-based diagnostic approaches informed by recognised diagnostic frameworks and criteria (ICD-11 and DSM-5) and relevant NICE guidance, integrating developmental history, clinical observation, standardised assessment measures and information from different settings where appropriate.

 

A deliberately individual service

Turnaround Psychological Services is intentionally not a high-volume assessment service.

 

We maintain a purposefully limited assessment caseload so that appropriate clinical time can be devoted to each person: understanding their developmental history, considering potentially competing explanations for their presentation, integrating the assessment evidence and producing an individually formulated report.

For our clients, this means continuity, senior clinical oversight and an assessment designed around the individual rather than a production-line process.

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Consultant-led from initial assessment to report

Unlike high-volume assessment services, we maintain a deliberately limited caseload so that appropriate clinical time can be devoted to each individual.
 

Your Consultant Clinical Psychologist remains closely involved throughout the assessment process—from understanding the initial concerns and undertaking the clinical assessment to integrating the evidence, considering alternative explanations, reaching the diagnostic conclusion and producing your report.
 

Importantly, we do not begin an assessment with the assumption that a diagnosis will be made. Autism and ADHD can overlap with each other and with other developmental, emotional and psychological difficulties. Careful differential diagnosis is therefore an important part of our approach.

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More than a diagnostic label

Our aim is to provide you with clarity: a clinically robust understanding of the individual's particular profile of strengths, difficulties and needs, together with practical recommendations where appropriate.
 

Following assessment, you will receive a comprehensive and highly detailed written report that brings the different sources of evidence together into a clear clinical formulation rather than simply providing test scores or a list of diagnostic criteria.
 

For children and young people, assessment may also incorporate information from their educational setting and a direct school-based observation of your child. This can help us understand how a child's strengths and difficulties present in everyday life as well as during their clinic-based appointment.
 

Our reports are written to a high professional standard and are designed to communicate the assessment findings clearly to families and individuals and, where appropriate, to professionals within education, healthcare, universities and the workplace.
 

Turnaround Psychological Services is intentionally not a high-volume assessment service. Our limited caseload allows us to preserve the quality, continuity and depth of clinical understanding that we believe a comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessment requires. We offer all assessment appointments within 1-3 weeks of enquiries being made.

To book an initial screening assessment with one of our Clinical Psychologists or to find out more about our service, please use the form located on our contact page and a member of our team will be in touch.​