Assessments — Create Space Psychology

Neuropsychological & Cognitive Assessments

Assessment Offerings

ADHD & Autism assessments: neuroaffirming and experienced in understanding nuanced neurodivergent presentations (i.e., females, high-achievers, high-masking individuals, complex trauma etc).
Diagnostic assessments: assists with diagnostic clarification of various cognitive and psychological conditions.
IQ testing: exploration of cognitive strengths and weaknesses or to explore the presence of intellectual disability / giftedness.
Rehabilitation & Return-to-work: assessing severity of injury, determining treatment approaches, exploring recovery progression and assisting with return-to-work planning.
Return-to-driving assessments: clarification of cognitive skills which may impact an individual’s driving skills (primarily completed following a brain injury or dementia diagnosis).
Functional capacity assessments: comprehensive assessment of an individual’s capability across a range of daily activities and environments (i.e., self-care, cognitive skills, ability to engage socially etc). This is often a requirement for NDIS access.
Financial decision making: assessing an individual’s level of capacity in making financial decisions and helping to determine the appointment of an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA).

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Assessments are helpful for investigating:

Neurodevelopmental conditions (ADHD, autism, intellectual disability, learning difficulties etc)
Acquired Brain Injuries (traumatic brain injuries, stroke)
Memory problems
Concussion
Functional Neurological Disorder
Multiple Sclerosis
Neurodegenerative conditions (dementias such as Alzheimer’s, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s disease etc)
Psychiatric disorders (bipolar, schizophrenia, personality disorders etc)

How it works

Neuropsychological assessments help you to understand yourself better and answer important questions you might have related to your difficulties.

Although it can feel overwhelming our aim is to help empower you by providing explanations for your difficulties, identifying the strengths you can harness and giving you guidance for the future.

Here’s how it works:

We conduct a clinical interview with yourself and someone close to you (if appropriate) where we ask you lots of questions regarding your current functioning.
We also review all relevant records to help inform your assessment (e.g., academic reports, medical reports, past assessments etc).
You will engage in various tasks designed to assess your “thinking skills” such as your language, visual skills, memory, concentration and problem solving.
In some cases you will be guided through structured diagnostic interviews aimed to directly assess certain psychological conditions.
You will then complete self-report questionnaires which are typically emailed to you following the assessment.
Following the assessment we analyse all the information we have gathered (i.e., interview, past records, psychometric data) and present it in a comprehensive report to answer your questions.
This includes an explanation of your test results, a detailed formulation of your difficulties, diagnostic opinions where appropriate, recommendations for your next steps and examples of individualised strategies which harness your strengths.
We provide you with comprehensive feedback of your results (or in some cases we give this directly to your referrer).
During a 60-minute session we describe and provide context to the findings, explain any diagnoses and orientate you to the recommendations, strategies and next steps.