Psychology Assessments and Reports
Questions You Might Ask When You Are Thinking About Assessments Being Administered to either you, your child or your adolescent? See Below:
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Michelle Barratt Psychology is a Toowong and Redland Bay / Wynnum – Manly Clinical Psychology Practice, and aims to provide the best possible Psychological Treatment and Assessments for your requested needs in Brisbane. at the highest standard. The practice values implementing support and treatment that not only endeavours to support all children and adolescents feel safe, heard and understood, but also strives to offer effective treatment that will empower clients to learn new skills to support them in the future. If you are unsure about what you are dealing with, please don’t hesitate to contact us to support you through the next step of either working out what to do or how to proceed with an appointment.
1. Unlocking Insights: The Power of Psychological Assessments
At Michelle Barratt Psychology, we believe that understanding is the key to unlocking human potential. Our team of experienced psychologists in Toowong and Wynnum offer a range of assessment services designed to provide valuable insights into cognitive, emotional and behavioural functioning.
Why Choose Psychological Assessments?
Psychological assessments are a powerful tool for identifying strengths and challenges, informing treatment plans and enhancing overall wellbeing. By leveraging standardised tests and expert interpretation, our assessments provide a comprehensive understanding of an individual’s cognitive, emotional and behavioural profile.
Benefits of Psychological Assessments
Our assessments offer numerous benefits, including:
– Identifying underlying causes of symptoms or behaviours
– Informing diagnosis and treatment planning
– Enhancing self-awareness and personal growth
– Improving relationships and communication
– Supporting educational and vocational planning
– Facilitating access to disability support services
Our Assessment Services:
We offer a range of assessment services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. These include:
– ADHD assessments to diagnose Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and inform effective treatment plans.
– Autism Spectrum assessments to evaluate social, communication, and behavioural functioning.
– Cognitive assessments to evaluate various aspects of cognitive functioning, including memory, attention, processing speed, and executive functions.
– Assessments for depression and anxiety to identify symptoms and inform treatment plans.
– Functional capacity assessments to evaluate an individual’s ability to perform daily tasks.
– Personality assessments to provide a comprehensive understanding of an individual’s personality traits, values, and behavioural tendencies.
Accessing our Assessment Services in Toowong and Wynnum
Our experienced psychologists are dedicated to providing a supportive and non-judgmental environment, ensuring that our clients feel comfortable and empowered throughout the assessment process.
What to Expect:
Our assessment process typically involves:
1. Initial consultation: We discuss your concerns, goals and expectations.
2. Assessment session(s): We administer standardised tests and assessments.
3. Scoring and interpretation: We analyse and interpret the results.
4. Feedback session: We provide a comprehensive report and discuss the findings.
Take the First Step
If you’re seeking a deeper understanding of yourself or a loved one, our assessment services can provide valuable insights and inform effective treatment plans. Contact us today at our Toowong or Wynnum office to learn more about our assessment services and schedule an appointment.
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2. What Type of Assessments Are There?
There are many different types of Assessments administered by psychologists and can range from being very simple to being quite complex in application. Additionally, exactly what types of tests provided by your treating provider will depend on whether the tests will be done by a child, adolescent or an adult and what needs to be tested.
For your general information, these are the following assessment types:
- ADHD Assessment Tests
- Autism Spectrum Assessment Tests
- Cognitive Assessment Tests
- Depression and Anxiety Tests
- Functional Capacity Assessment Tests
- Personality Tests
3. How Much Time Is Taken For Assessment Administration?
The time needed for each test will vary according to the complexity (face to face, or received by email link) of the test, how many assessments will need to be administered, and of course the age of the client.
4. What Is the Standard Appointment and or Assessment Administration Time?
The standard appointment time for a psychological appointment is 50 minutes, and for a Psychological Assessment we use hours. However, some assessments might require only 1 hour of assessment administration, or some may require 3-4 hours. Your psychologist or our administration team will be able to support you here.
5. What Is the Standard Structure of Assessment Appointments When Being Administered?
Your 1st Appointment: A Clinical Intake Session (If you are not already a client of hers or have not seen her for a period of time).
A Clinical Intake Interview will be done to gather and review relevant background information in order for your Practitioner to make the right decisions about the types of the assessments required to be given to you.
If the child is under 18 years of age, a Parent Appointment will always be requested (unless the child under 18 years of age has no parents and or has been living on their own for a long period of time, however these cases are rare). A separate individual appointment will then be required to see the child (0-18 years old).
Sometimes:
- A. The completion of standardised questionnaires by the adult, parent, adolescent or child might be sent to you by your Practitioner via email link after your first appointment. However, costs incurred for these tests will need to be paid for before they are sent to you. Additionally feedback for these tests can only be provided once all costs incurred have been settled.
- B. Review/Research time of previous reports provided by you to your psychologist will also be charged accordingly by the time your psychologist takes to review your documentation/reports.
Your 2nd Appointment: Face-to-Face Assessment Administration Time:
If assessments need to be administered face to face, then this appointment slot will be used; these appointment times can range between 1-5 hours (depending on the number of assessments being administered). Administration time depends on many factors but for children who may require breaks to maintain attention and motivation to complete activities a minimum of 2-3 hours is required and parents need to be easily accessed to take the child to the toilet and to provide a snack if need be. However, snacks are provided in breaks only so as to not distract the child from concentration on their assessment time or psychological appointment.
- After this appointment a report by your practitioner will be written up and this can take from 2-6 weeks to be completed.
- ** Please note: No Report Feedback can be provided until payment for the Reports/Sub-tests and other provided reports by the client that are read by the practitioner are paid for. An invoice for this will be provided to you by the Administration Team.
Your 3rd Appointment: Report Feedback to Clients:
A one hour feedback session to explain the results of the assessment and discuss the report with parents.
6. What Would Be The Cost of Assessments?
Costing of assessments can be quite complex as it depends on what tests are sent and what time is required for administration of the test, as well as the time it takes your Practitioner to Score, Interpret and write up reports, but we have worked hard to make this as easy as a process as possible regarding scoring.
- Please speak to our Administrators about the basic process of booking appointments for assessments, and bear in mind that your Psychologist will need a Clinical Intake Appointment no matter what your requests are to determine exactly what needs to be done for you.
- Generally, Costs of Assessments to be administered are required to be paid 1-3 days prior to the Assessments being done; this can range between 50% to full fee.
7. What Types of Assessments Can Michelle Barratt Barratt Psychology Provide?
LIST OF ALL FORMAL ASSESSMENTS CARRIED OUT. |
WISC-V – Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition |
WAIS-IV – Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition |
WIAT-III – Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Third Edition |
ABAS-3 – Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System, Third Edition |
Conners 4 – ADHD Assessment for Children |
ASRS – Autism Spectrum Rating Scales |
DIVA 5 or Young DIVA – ADHD |
CAARS – Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales |
PAI+ – Personality Assessment Inventory Plus |
PAI-A – Personality Assessment Adolescent |
MMPI-3 – Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 |
NEO PI-3-NEO PERSONALITY iNVETORY, Third Edition |
Borderline and or Narcissistic Personality Tests |
Trauma Assessment Tests |
8. How Do I Provide Consent for my Assessments to be Administered?
In order for your assessments to be carried out, you will need to sign the Consent Form which is a PDF document provided below. You may also be requested to sign this document in the Practice or it might be emailed to you.
Consent form for Assessments to be Carried Out
We Are Here to Help
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