Dyslexia (SpLD) and ADHD assessments for post 18 year olds
To address the need for ADHD assessments for DSA funding our HCPC registered psychologists have relevant training and can identify learning difficulties and patterns of behaviour that together indicate the presence of characteristic features of ADHD.
Our psychologists have all completed additional appropriate training on ADHD and are able to make make relevant recommendations for support at Further and/or Higher Education institutions and in the workplace on the basis that the person presents with above threshold symptoms and impairments according to the DSM-5 criteria for ADHD.
Such assessments should be accepted by Student Finance England (SFE) in support of an application for the Disabled Students’ Allowance or for Access to Work funding.
Our psychologists will collect background information in advance of any assessment. They will question parents and/or carers carefully about attentional difficulties, as well as restless, overactive or impulsive behaviour, noted before the date of the assessment. The assessor will then be aware in advance of the areas that they may need to explore and describe characteristics of ADHD in detail.
Our reports should provide details of the evidence for the identification of the characteristic features of ADHD and recommendations for the level/type of educational or occupational support required. It is also a requirement that the report provides guidance on possible future action which may include information on how to seek a medical diagnosis and access to pharmacological and talking therapies.