Psychological assessments we can help with:
- Diagnosis:
- Autism
- ADHD
- Learning disability eg. dyslexia
- Intellectual Disability
- Cognitive profile
- Giftedness
- Strengths and weaknesses
The Assessment Process Explained
The Step by Step Process
Make an Enquiry
You can make an enquiry via our contact form here or by email at admin@mindliftpsych.com
Initial Phone Call
An admin team member will contact you to gather essential information and determine the purpose of your assessment, such as diagnosis, strategies, or recommendations. This call may involve collecting the following details:
- Your name, age, and contact information to open a file.
- Information about your current issues and symptoms.
- Any relevant documentation to assist the psychologist in the assessment process.
This information will help the admin team match you with an appropriate psychologist based on their availability and capacity to conduct the assessment.
Following the call, your initial assessment session will be scheduled, and you will receive an email containing the online intake form to complete before the session.
Initial Assessment
Your psychologist will first conduct an initial assessment (60 minutes) to gather background information. This will help determine if further testing is appropriate and the psychometric tests required in your assessment. Expect to be asked questions about your family, educational, medical, and psychological history.
Screening Assessments
Your psychologist will send you an email with a link to a series of screening assessments. This helps your psychologist finalise the appropriate psychometric test for your assessment.
Assessment Quote
Your psychologist will send you an Assessment Quote outlining the proposed assessments required and the associated costs. Your approval of the assessment proposal will be needed before proceeding. Once approved, the admin team will schedule your assessment sessions. Payment for the assessment will be made progressively as each part is completed.
Psychometric Tests
Psychometric tests include:
- semi-structured interviews
- self-report questionnaires
- standardised cognitive, memory and attention tests, and
- structured observations
Expect to be asked if other people in your life can contribute to your assessment such as parents or caregivers, other family members, teachers, partners and friends. An assessment often involves gathering data from various perspectives to capture a thorough picture of your referral question.
If you are participating in a standardised cognitive, memory or attention test, expect these tests to take up to 2-3 hours to complete.
This is the longest part of the assessment process. Expect up to one month for this process to be completed.
Feedback
Your psychologist will provide feedback on your assessment findings. This will be a regular 60 minute appointment.
Report
Your psychologist will provide a report of the assessment findings along with any recommendations if required. This report will be provided following your feedback appointment, once payment has been processed.
Fees
Below is a quote of cost for comprehensive assessments and the time required for your psychologist to complete them. Please note that further tests may be required in your assessment. Your psychologist will discuss this with you in consultation.
An assessment without a report or a brief assessment will attract a lower fee.
Registered Psychologist Rate
Provisional Psychologist Rate
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can I get a Medicare rebate?
Do I need a referral?
Why are assessments so expensive?
When you have an assessment it is important that it is done thoroughly. Your psychologist will spend many hours with you during your intake, assessment and feedback sessions and will spend even more hours outside of these times.
This time includes:
- planning for your assessment
- speaking with others to gain more information such as parents, partners and school teachers
- scoring and interpreting the results, and
- writing a comprehensive report
The time it takes to complete the assessment from beginning to end is considered in the cost of the assessment.
Do I need a report?
No. This is not a requirement for an assessment but may assist if you are applying for government and education assistance (eg. Centrelink, NDIS, Education Queensland). Please let your psychologist know if you require a comprehensive report to assist funding.
Some individuals find it helpful to get an assessment for their own understanding and will not require a report.
