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Psychology Assessment Services

Assessment Services at Healthy Young Minds

At Healthy Young Minds, we provide comprehensive, evidence-based assessments for children and young people experiencing learning, behavioural, emotional, developmental, or neurodevelopmental challenges.

Our assessments are designed to help families better understand their child’s strengths, challenges, and support needs, while providing clear recommendations for home, school, and therapy support.

We understand that assessments can feel overwhelming for families. Our goal is to make the process supportive, thorough, and easy to understand.

 

What Makes Our Assessments Different?

✔ Comprehensive and evidence-based
✔ Child-friendly and neuroaffirming approach
✔ Clear explanations and practical recommendations
✔ Cognitive, academic, behavioural, and emotional assessment where appropriate
✔ Collaboration with parents, schools, paediatricians, and allied health professionals
✔ Detailed reports suitable for school supports and external professionals
✔ NDIS-friendly assessment services where appropriate

 

Autism (ASD) Assessments

We provide comprehensive autism assessments for children and young people, including:

  • Developmental history

  • Behavioural and emotional profile

  • Autism-specific assessment tools

  • Parent and teacher questionnaires

  • ADOS-2 assessment where appropriate

  • Cognitive assessment (for older children where clinically indicated)

Our assessments aim to identify how autism may impact social communication, emotional regulation, sensory processing, learning, behaviour, and everyday functioning.

 

Assessment Fees

  • Autism Assessment (Under 4 years): from $1500

  • Autism Assessment (Over 4 years): from $2000

 

ADHD Assessments

Our ADHD assessments explore attention, impulsivity, executive functioning, learning, behaviour, and emotional functioning.

Assessments may include:

  • Parent interview and developmental history

  • Cognitive testing

  • Behavioural rating scales

  • Attention and executive functioning measures

  • School feedback where appropriate

Assessment Fees

  • ADHD Assessment: from $1500

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Learning, Dyslexia & Educational Assessments

We provide assessments for:

  • Dyslexia

  • Dysgraphia

  • Dyscalculia

  • Specific Learning Disorder (SLD)

  • Learning difficulties

  • Academic challenges

  • Giftedness and twice-exceptionality

 

These assessments help identify how a child learns best and whether specific learning difficulties are impacting academic progress.

Assessments may include:

  • Cognitive assessment

  • Academic testing

  • Literacy and numeracy assessment

  • Processing skills assessment

  • Written report with recommendations

 

Assessment Fees

  • Dyslexia Assessment: from $1900

  • Dysgraphia Assessment: from $1900

  • Combined Learning Assessment: from $2500

 

Cognitive & Giftedness Assessments

We also provide cognitive assessments to better understand a child or young person’s thinking and learning profile.

These assessments may assist with:

  • Identifying intellectual strengths and weaknesses

  • Understanding learning difficulties

  • School support planning

  • Giftedness identification

  • Twice-exceptionality (giftedness alongside learning or developmental challenges)

  • Early school entry applications

  • Educational planning and recommendations

 

Our cognitive assessments explore areas such as:

  • Verbal comprehension

  • Visual-spatial reasoning

  • Working memory

  • Processing speed

  • Fluid reasoning

 

Assessment Fees

  • Cognitive Assessments: from $950

  • Giftedness Assessments: from $1200

Fees may vary depending on the complexity of the assessment, the referral questions, and whether additional academic or behavioural testing is required.

 

​​Early Childhood Assessments

We provide early childhood assessments for young children who may be experiencing developmental, behavioural, emotional, learning, communication, or school readiness concerns.

These assessments help identify a child’s developmental strengths and support needs during the important early years of development.

Early childhood assessments may assist families who are concerned about:

  • Social communication difficulties

  • Autism characteristics

  • Attention and behavioural concerns

  • Emotional regulation difficulties

  • Language and communication challenges

  • Developmental delays

  • School readiness

  • Learning and pre-academic skills

  • Sensory or adaptive functioning concerns

Assessments are tailored to the child’s age, developmental stage, and presenting concerns.

 

Assessments May Include:

  • Parent interview and developmental history

  • Observation and play-based assessment

  • Autism-specific assessment tools where appropriate

  • Cognitive and developmental assessment

  • Behavioural and emotional questionnaires

  • Early literacy and numeracy screening

  • School readiness assessment

  • Functional recommendations for home, kindergarten, or school​

Assessment Fees

  • Early Childhood Assessments: fees vary depending on the assessment type and complexity

  • School Readiness Assessments: from $950

  • if you are not sure what assessment to do, ask for an initial consultation with our Psychologist to discuss your concerns and create a plan.

Our team aims to provide practical, supportive recommendations to help children thrive at home, kindergarten, school, and within the community.

 

Why Do Assessment Fees Vary Between Clinics?

Assessment fees can vary significantly depending on:

  • The number of sessions involved

  • The complexity of the assessment

  • The types of testing completed

  • Time required for scoring and report writing

  • Whether cognitive, academic, behavioural, or autism-specific testing is included

At Healthy Young Minds, we aim to provide high-quality, thorough assessments that are both clinically comprehensive and practical for families.

 

What Is Included?

Our assessment packages generally include:

✔ Initial parent consultation
✔ Assessment sessions
✔ Standardised testing
✔ Questionnaires and rating scales
✔ Scoring and interpretation
✔ Comprehensive written report
✔ Feedback session with parents

 

​Book an Assessment

If you are concerned about your child’s learning, attention, behaviour, emotional wellbeing, or development, our team can help guide you through the assessment process.

📍 9 Ormond Boulevard, Bundoora, Melbourne


📞 (03) 8406 7555 

 

🌐 info@healthyyoungminds.com.au

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