The Assessment Process
Clear and Straightforward
We want the assessment process to feel clear and straightforward from the very beginning. Our team will guide you through each stage and help you understand what to expect.
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Start with a Free Consultation
Your journey begins with a free 30-minute consultation with one of our therapists. This gives us an opportunity to listen to your concerns, understand your child or young person’s needs and discuss whether an Occupational Therapy assessment would be appropriate.
We’ll also help you identify which type of assessment is most suited to the questions you would like answered.
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Information Gathering
If you decide to proceed, we will send you a referral pack containing the relevant service information, quotation, consent forms and Occupational Therapy history.
Gathering information about your child’s development, strengths, everyday experiences and current difficulties helps us begin to build a picture before the assessment takes place.
Once the required information, consent and initial payment have been received, our team will arrange the assessment.
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Assessment
Your Occupational Therapist will complete an individualised, comprehensive assessment based on your child’s needs.
Depending on the assessment required, this may include standardised assessments, questionnaires, clinical observations, functional activities, specialist sensory assessment, school or education-setting observations and liaison with other professionals.
We don’t simply look at what a child finds difficult. We explore why it may be difficult and how this is affecting their participation in everyday life.
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Report & Recommendations
Following the assessment, you will receive a comprehensive Occupational Therapy report bringing together the findings and explaining what they mean for your child or young person.
Recommendations are practical, individualised and focused on everyday life. They may include environmental adaptations, sensory and regulation strategies, support for independence, school-based recommendations, equipment or activity adaptations, Occupational Therapy intervention or further specialist assessment, where appropriate.
Our aim is for you to leave the assessment process with greater understanding of your child, clear recommendations and practical next steps to support their participation, independence and wellbeing.
Cost
Free 30-minute consultation
Sensory Screening Consultation [one-hour clinic appointment and short report]: £250
Occupational Therapy/Sensory Integration Therapy Assessment is £1,000 [privately funded by parents]
Occupational Therapy/Sensory Integration Therapy Assessment is £1,200 [funded via NHS, Schools/Academies/ Local Authority]
Evaluation and Assessment of Sensory Integration Assessment only: £700
Integrated Sensory-Cognitive OT Assessment and Intervention Block of 6/10/12 sessions: £1000/£1,400/£1,600
Sensory Diet [including home and school consultations, plus sensory diet report]: £600
Autism Screening: £350
Autism Assessment: £2,000 [minus the £350 screening]
Attendence at Annual Reviews [2 hours]: £200
Intervention is quoted separately and is individually costed according to the child or young person’s assessed needs, recommended type of intervention, and the frequency and number of sessions required.
Mileage will be priced at £0.50p per mile over and above 10 miles from clinic base for any visits (HU13 9LU). Travel Cost will be charged at £35 per hour over and above 30 minutes from clinic base (HU13 9LU).