Finding answers through assessment.

Here at Cultivate Psychology, we provide comprehensive psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and adults to help clarify strengths, challenges, diagnoses where appropriate, and practical support needs.

Assessments can assist with questions about learning, attention, development, intellectual ability, Autism, ADHD, and everyday functioning, with clear recommendations to guide next steps.

Initial Assessment Appointment

Prior to completing an assessment, we offer a 50-minute initial appointment to understand your concerns, gather relevant background information, and clarify which assessment pathway is most appropriate.

You do not need to know exactly what assessment is required before contacting us. The initial appointment helps ensure the assessment is tailored to the right referral question and that the process is suitable for your needs.

What Is Included?

Following the initial appointment, each assessment is tailored to the individual. Depending on the referral question, the process may include:

  • Review of relevant background information

  • Standardised assessments

  • Questionnaires or input from parents, teachers, partners, or other informants where appropriate

  • Interpretation of results

  • A comprehensive written report

  • A feedback session to explain findings and recommendations

Our Assessment Services

Please click to learn more about each option available.

  • Our cognitive and giftedness assessments help build a clearer understanding of a child or adolescent’s thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, memory, and learning profile.

    They may be helpful when a child appears advanced for their age, learns quickly, becomes disengaged at school, or shows an uneven pattern of strengths and challenges. Findings can help guide decisions about extension, enrichment, school supports, or further assessment needs.

    This assessment is generally available for children and adolescents aged 6 to 16 years.

  • Our ADHD assessments explore attention, concentration, impulsivity, activity levels, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and everyday functioning.

    They may be helpful when a child, adolescent, or adult experiences ongoing difficulties with focus, organisation, task completion, forgetfulness, time management, restlessness, or managing daily responsibilities.

    Assessment findings can assist with diagnostic clarification and provide practical recommendations for home, school, university, work, and daily life.

  • Our intellectual disability assessments help clarify a person’s intellectual and adaptive functioning.

    Adaptive functioning refers to everyday skills such as communication, independence, social understanding, personal care, daily living skills, and managing age-appropriate tasks.

    This assessment may be helpful when there are concerns about learning, reasoning, independence, daily functioning, or the need for ongoing support.

  • Our educational assessments help identify a person’s learning profile, including cognitive strengths and academic skills in areas such as reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics.

    They may be helpful when a student is falling behind, working much harder than expected, avoiding schoolwork, or showing a gap between their ability and academic performance.

    Findings can assist in identifying specific learning difficulties or learning disorders and guide practical recommendations for intervention, school adjustments, and learning support.

  • Our Autism assessments explore social communication, interaction style, sensory experiences, routines, interests, flexibility, adaptive functioning, and developmental history.

    They may be helpful when a person experiences differences in communication, social connection, sensory processing, emotional regulation, relationships, study, work, or daily life.

    Assessment findings can assist with diagnostic clarification and provide recommendations to support self-understanding, daily functioning, and wellbeing.

    Here at Cultivate Psychology, Autism assessments are currently available for people aged 17 years and above.

Combined Assessment Services

Sometimes concerns overlap, and a single-focus assessment may not answer the full question. Our combined assessments provide a more integrated understanding of how different areas of functioning may be interacting.

  • Our combined ADHD and educational assessments are designed for situations where attention and learning concerns may both be present.

    They consider cognitive profile, academic skills, attention, executive functioning, and everyday functioning to help clarify whether difficulties are related to ADHD, a learning difficulty, another area of need, or a combination of factors.

    Findings can guide recommendations that support both learning and day-to-day functioning.

  • Our combined Autism and ADHD assessments are designed for situations where both Autism and ADHD are being considered.

    Autism and ADHD can overlap in areas such as attention, emotional regulation, sensory processing, social experiences, routines, executive functioning, and daily life demands.

    A combined assessment can help clarify the person’s profile and guide appropriate supports.

    At Cultivate Psychology, combined Autism and ADHD assessments are currently available for people aged 17 years and above.

Enquire About an Assessment

If you are considering an assessment, you are welcome to contact us with a brief summary of your concerns. We will guide you through the next steps.