What we do / Adult Autism Assessment
Our team has a wealth of experience in providing a seamless diagnostic assessment service for adults. Our assessment meets the standards in the NICE guidelines and NHS requirements, and the requirements and standards of the Health Service Executive (HSE).
All assessments carried out at Lancefield Private Clinic are delivered by a multidisciplinary team. On completion of assessment, a detailed diagnostic report will be provided.
Once you contact our clinic, we'll email you some questionnaires and a booking form to complete. When we receive them, a clinician will contact you to decide whether a pre-assessment consultation may be helpful before a comprehensive autism assessment.
A virtual or face to face appointment to gather some background information from you, to help you decide whether an autism assessment would be beneficial for you.
The assessment has two key components. We aim to complete both parts in one day, with an hour's break in between.
A detailed interview of about two hours. The clinician will guide you through your early history and school years, as well as any present-day challenges. We encourage you to attend with a supporting parent, partner, sibling, close friend or carer who knows you well.
The adult module of the ADOS-2 is used as a framework. It is conversation based and designed to elicit features of autism within a relaxed and informal session.
After both parts of the assessment, your clinicians will give you some verbal feedback on the day. The clinical team will then complete a diagnostic formulation and write a detailed report using the DSM-5 criteria for autism.
Around three weeks after the assessment, you will be invited back to review the report and findings, face to face or virtually. We'll discuss any onward referrals or signposting to support as needed.
We endeavour to help adults understand their unique profile of strengths and challenges within the context of an autism diagnosis.
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