Psychometric Assessments

All assessments include an information gathering interview, standardised psychometric tools, full report and feedback session upon completion.

  • An academic achievement test helps build a clear picture of how a child is progressing with key learning skills, such as reading, writing, spelling, and maths. It doesn’t measure intelligence or potential; instead, it shows how a child is performing on the specific skills taught at school.

    The results highlight both strengths and areas that may need extra support, giving families and teachers practical guidance on how to help the child learn with confidence.

    Our academic achievement test uses the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, and is useful in investigating a child’s strengths and challenges in the classroom, and investigating specific learning disorders.

  • An adaptive skills assessment is used to determine whether an individual is showing age-appropriate development in skills needed for everyday life. These skills include areas of communication, social interaction, motor skills, and self-care skills.

    Our adaptive skills assessment uses the Vineland Scales of Adaptive Behaviour (Vineland-3), and is useful in understanding which areas an individual is struggling, to be able to tailer recommendations to support them to reach their potential or achieve their goals. This can also be useful information for school.

  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a “a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development” (DSM-5).

    If you, or your loved one, has difficulties with concentration, attention, hyperactivity or impulsivity, which is effecting their ability to functioning without support - it may be beneficial to investigate ADHD.

    Our ADHD assessments utilise the Conners-4, BRIEF, DIVA-5 structured interview, and other assessments as needed.

    Madison is not medically trained and therefore cannot prescribe medications - everyone investigating ADHD will need to work with a paediatrician or psychiatrist to confirm diagnosis and for any medical treatment.

  • Our comprehensive autism assessments are designed to provide families with a clear, evidence-based understanding of their child’s neurodevelopmental profile. We combine clinical interviews, behavioural observations, and gold-standard psychometric tools such as the ADOS-2 to explore social communication, sensory processing, and behavioural patterns. This thorough approach enables us to identify Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) across a diverse range of presentations, including subtle or complex profiles.

    Each assessment includes tailored recommendations to guide support planning across home, school, and therapeutic settings. We prioritise compassionate collaboration with caregivers and educators to ensure that every child’s strengths and needs are clearly understood, empowering families to move forward with confidence.

  • A cognitive assessment is completed to understand a person’s thinking ability and the way they process things around them.

    Cognitive assessments can be used to area’s of strengths and difficulties for individual’s, including if someone has an intellectual disability.

    Candid Specialist Consulting can complete cognitive assessments for children, young people and adults; ages ranging from 6 years and above, utilising the Wechsler Intellectual Scale for Children (WISC-V) or Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales (WAIS-IV) as appropriate.

  • An educational assessment investigates an individual’s academic achievement in specific areas. Comparing the information obtained from the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-III), to the individual’s cognitive potential measured by a cognitive assessment, it can be determined whether they are performing in line with their potential or if they have specific learning difficulties.

    If a cognitive assessment has been conducted within the last two years and a detailed report can be provided, an achievement test only will be conducted at a reduced fee.

  • Including a structured interview and psychometric assessment tools, our formal behaviour assessment screens for some psychological conditions (such as oppositional defiant disorder, anxiety disorders, or neurodivergence) and can be helpful for understanding your child’s behaviour and how to support them to reach their potential.

    Our formal behaviour assessment utilised the Behaviour Assessment System for Children (BASC-3) and other useful assessment tools, can be useful for school funding applications under the criteria of Severe Behaviour Disorder. 

  • Our functional capacity assessment is designed to evaluate an individual’s capacity to perform various psychological or cognitive tasks, and offers a baseline measurement of that person’s current symptom’s and functional impairments.

    Our psychological functional capacity assessment uses a wide range of assessment tools, depending on the need of the individual; including (but not limited to) a semi-structured interview, Vineland-3, Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), and BASC-3.

    This can be completed with children, young people and adults, and can be useful for NDIS applications or support among other things.