Type of service: Assessment, Diagnostic services

Website: https://www.purpleoctopusmanagement.website/

Type of service: Assessment, Diagnostic services, Diagnosticians, Interventions, short and long-term psychotherapeutic therapy.

Assessments & Psychotherapeutic Services: Our service provides child and adolescent psychotherapeutic interventions and support, assessments and post-diagnoses support children, teenagers, and adults, from 18 months (for some assessments).

Registrations & Approaches Specialisms: Has autism-specific elements.

Registrations and professional qualifications/charterships: British Psychological Society (BPS), Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC , British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists (NCIP), North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT).

Full Autism and ADHD Assessment Services: We are a professionally recognised provider of a wide range of assessments including:
• Full Autism Assessment (ASC) • ADHD & Full Autism Assessment (combined) • ADHD Assessments • Cognitive / Psychological / ADOS Assessments (standalone) • Parental Capacity Assessments • Medical/Legal Assessments for Court Proceedings • Speech & Language Assessments.

We follow the current published NICE guidance, which allows for a gold standard approach to completing assessments. We also provide a comprehensive and full report of the outcome to conclude the process.

We use the following assessment protocols for our assessment process: Pre-assessment consultation/screening TONI-4 ADI-R ADHD-RS ADOS-2

Our report includes recommendations and our findings. The final element is the option for a follow-up meeting to discuss the report, and whether on-going therapy may be recommended. 

Gender: All genders

Approaches and tools used: ADIR - Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), ADOS2 - Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule