Service categories: Counselling and therapies, Diagnosticians

Service URL: https://www.dhpsychology.co.uk/

• NICE compliant Autism assessments for children and adults that are accepted by NHS services, local authorities and schools. Assessments are experience-sensitive with adjustments made to suit each person's preferences and needs. All assessments are led by Dr Duncan Harris a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
• Assessments that are respectful and empowering, helping people move forwards in their lives in positive ways.
• Adjustments are made to suit the individual's preferences and needs.
• Online and in-person assessments are available.
• Assessment rooms are available across the UK.
• Compliance with best practice clinical guidelines (NICE guidelines for autism assessments).
• The use of gold standard assessments (for example the ADOS-2 and ADI-R interview) alongside a flexible approach to assessment to ensure the person is able to share all they want to about their experiences in life, including the coping strategies or habits they have used to navigate situations and places (for example, masking/social camouflaging and/or persistent drive for autonomy/pathological demand avoidance presentations).
• A team approach to assessments, with an appropriately qualified and experienced team formed that is relevant to the individuals needs, for example, involving a speech and language therapist if the person has speech and language differences.
• Assessments offered to individuals funding their own assessments as well as those who have received grants or funding, for example, through their employers, places of education or the family courts.

Aimed at: Adolescent , Adult , Child , Children under the age of 12 years, children with complex needs and their parents or carers, Parent or carer of under 18, Parent/carer of a child, Parent/carer of a young person, Parent/carer of an adult, Parents or carers, families, adults, Partner, Young person

Referral Sources: Education, NHS and Private, Social Care, Yourself

Covers: Cambridgeshire, East Midlands, East of England, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands

Specialisms: Autism, Autism and Neurodivergent , Challenging behaviour, Learning disability

Other specialisms: Dr Duncan Harris (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) is also an expert witness for the family courts. As such, diagnostic assessments for autism, ADHD and intellectual differences are able to be completed for children and adults who may have other areas of complex needs such as responses to trauma and adverse life events.