No. Only a medical doctor (psychiatrist or paediatrician) can prescribe medication for ADHD. If appropriate, you will receive a diagnosis of ADHD at the end of the psychologist assessment however further medical valuation is required before getting access to a prescription for medication. This further assessment varies depending on your age. For individuals under the age of 16, Paediatricians often value multi-disciplinary input into assessments so you can share the comprehensive assessment report created by the psychologist and they may then be able to prescribe the medication after appropriate medical testing. For individuals 16 and over, you will need to see a psychiatrist who will often want to complete their own comprehensive assessment before providing a diagnosis and prescription for medication. While you may provide a copy of the report created by a psychologist, we have found that psychiatrists will request to complete a full assessment again so this may then involve a double up in your time and money. For this reason, if you are over the age of 16 and think you may be interested in medication, we recommend that you book in with your GP to get a referral to see a psychiatrist, rather than having an assessment by a psychologist.

Initial assessment sessions are typically conducted via telehealth and are scheduled depending on clinician availability. There may be a waitlist for this initial session, please contact us to find out if there is a current waiting period. By being on the waiting list, you will also be notified should there be a cancellation.

Each assessment is tailored to the individual and depends on factors such as the purpose of the assessment, the age of the individual and personal circumstances. Packages are therefore not available at this time, and assessment fees are instead charged at an hourly rate. An estimated cost for each type of assessment is included in the section above labelled Assessment Fees. These costs are estimates only but are all inclusive (i.e. initial assessment session, report writing and feedback session).

Unfortunately Medicare rebates are not available for psychological assessments. There are some rebates available for Autism Assessments for individuals under 25 years old. These require a specific referral from a Paediatrician or Psychiatrist, please see the following Services Australia (https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/medicare-items-for-complex-neurodevelopmental-disorders-and-eligible-disabilities)page for more information. If you have Private Health insurance, it may be worth contacting your provider to see if you are eligible for any rebates for psychological assessments.

This depends on a variety of factors such as your plan type and specific goals. It would be best to discuss this option with your support coordinator or plan manager. If you are able to use your NDIS funds to pay for the assessment, we would ask you to either seek pre-approval from the plan manager, or to seek reimbursement after the assessment. Please note that we are not a NDIS registered provider so are only able to provide services to those who are plan- or self-managed.

Where you have scheduled an initial assessment appointment, we ask that you provide 5 days notice of a cancellation to ensure that we can offer the slot to another person. Where this notice is not provided, a $50 administrative fee will apply. If less than 48 hours notice is provided, the full session fee will apply. For the other assessment sessions, we ask that you provide 48 hours notice of a cancellation. Without this notice, a $100 administrative fee will apply.