Toronto & Mississauga Locations
While every individual will have their unique experiences, those seeking an ADHD only assessment may report having challenges with fidgeting, maintaining their focus, following appropriate conversational cues, strong emotional reactions, and staying organized.
Our ADHD-only assessments are for clients 16 years and older with a specific question around ADHD and are not looking to address learning-based difficulties (e.g., Learning Disabilities), or socio-emotional challenges outside of ADHD (e.g., mood or anxiety challenges). Clients may be directed to the appropriate services if these issues emerge.
To address the question of ADHD, a multi-informant, multi-modal assessment is essential. Specifically, the assessment will include a thorough intake to understand current concerns and history of challenges, questionnaires to be completed by the individual and others (e.g., spouse, teacher, parent), standardized testing (IQ for cognitive ability, executive functioning, measures of attention), direct consultation with the supervising psychologist and a thorough feedback with the psychologist to discuss the results.
First appointment is in-person at either our Toronto or Mississauga office and involves the intake and testing portions of the assessment, typically for about 3 hours.
After the testing is complete a video consultation appointment will take place with the Registered Psychologist. The purpose of this appointment is to follow up on any information that came from the interview, testing and/or questionnaires. Following this, the results of the tests and consultation will be analyzed and a report written.
The final appointment will also be with the Registered Psychologist to discuss the results and recommendations. This appointment will be held via video or phone. Following the appointment, arrangements will be made to provide the full written report.
