Cognitive & Learning Disability
Cognitive Assessment Process
& Learning Disability Assessment Process
Cognitive Assessment Process
- Background Discussion – This is a comprehensive appointment, which focuses on current differences or difficulties, as well as trying to understand your earlier years. This discussion allows us to gather lots of valuable information. This usually takes place online. Prior to this discussion, we will ask you to complete some questionnaires to help inform the assessment.
- Informant Discussion – For adult assessments, it is really valuable to gather information from someone who knows you well, such as a parent, partner, sibling or friend. Please don’t worry if you cannot think of anyone who could complete this part of the assessment; this is something we can discuss in our pre-assessment consultation.
- Activity Appointment – This appointment takes place in person at our clinic rooms. We do a number of activities together.
- Multidisciplinary Team Meeting – The Team meet to consider all of the information we have gathered during the assessment process and to determine the outcome of the assessment.
- Feedback Discussion – This is an online appointment, where we meet to share and discuss the outcome of the assessment.
- Report – A comprehensive report is written, detailing all aspects of the assessment process, and giving recommendations to support you. This is sent to you to review; please note, we are able to amend any factual inaccuracies, but are unable to change other aspects of the assessment report.
Learning Disability Assessment Process
A learning disability assessment involves a cognitive assessment, as described above. In addition to this, we also complete:
- An Assessment of Daily Living Skills – We complete a measure of daily living skills together, this is normally done online.
- School/Informant Information – For children and young people, we contact school to get information about the young person’s presentation in this context. We also complete a measure of daily living skills specific to school.
- For adults, we think with you about an informant (for example a partner, parent or sibling) who could also provide information to inform the assessment.