How we are different from other centres
- Our assessments are neuro-affirmative, and we identify and work with each client’s strengths
- We are a robust and ethical assessment centre and work only with children, adolescents and adults who meet the threshold for an assessment through our pre-screening consultation
- We will always see clients in person as part of their assessment. Informant interviews can be either in person or remote.
- We liaise widely with family, friends, partners and schools during the assessment
- Our detailed reports include personalised recommendations for each individual client
- Our assessments have been positively accepted by the NHS
- Every diagnosis is confirmed by a robust multidisciplinary team
- Our multidisciplinary team may be able to give a differential diagnosis in cases where neurodivergence is not evident during an assessment, for example Developmental Language Disorder etc.
- We work with schools and universities to develop an individualised support plan for each client
- We offer post-diagnosis support work for young people, adults, parents and couples
- We build ongoing relationships with our clients
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Will our private GAC Assessment be recognised by Schools/NHS?
Our assessments comply fully with the NICE guidelines (National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
Rarely, some local authorities say they will only recognise NHS assessments. Schools sometimes wrongly give this advice too.
Schools in the UK must accept a private autism assessment that meets NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines, as there is no legal difference between a private and NHS diagnosis if the standards are met. To ensure acceptance, the assessment should be conducted by a qualified, multi-disciplinary team, follow the diagnostic processes outlined in NICE guidelines (such as those in Autism Spectrum Disorder in Under 19s: Recognition, Referral, and Diagnosis), include clinical observation, and gather information from multiple environments.
GAC assessments exceed these standards
However, if you need a diagnosis for an EHCP for example, you may choose to contact your local authority to discuss this prior to making a booking with us. In all of our time as an assessment centre, we have only once had a diagnosis refused, and we successfully appealed it. We will always support you in an appeal if need be.
The local authority would need to know that the assessment is being conducted by appropriately registered professionals and using NICE guideline tools. We also video our ADOS-2 appointments. The video footage and assessment tools including that from educational settings would be available to the local authority should they need it.
A multidisciplinary disciplinary team (child and adolescent psychiatrists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, child and adolescent psychotherapists) are involved in the assessment. Our evaluation team have all worked, or are working, for NHS teams. Our multi disciplinary team is always led by a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.
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Getting in Touch for Professional Assessments
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