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Assessments Offered - Selecting the right assessment for you.
Hemispheres offers assessments most suited to your child's needs. Please do not worry, before we book you in for an assessment you will have a FREE 20-minute telephone consultation with a therapist so we can recommend the right assessment to suit your child's needs. If you do not require a written report and are keen to focus on therapy, you can also choose our 'assessment without report' option. We are very happy to explain and advice you more clearly, so please do not hesitate to ask for more information.
Assessment of Primitive and Postural Reflexes
This is our trademark assessment. We assess 14 early primitive and postural reflexes along with the associated neuromotor skills so we can build a picture of any underlying immaturities that are likely to be influencing your child's sensory, emotional, fine motor, gross motor coordination and academic performance. If you are a parent who is interested in treatment, using a tailored movement programme at home, then this is the assessment which will get you started. This assessment will give you access to the Hemispheres Reflex Movement Programme.
Package includes:
- 2-hour clinic appointment for the assessment.
- Provision of an Initial Reflex Stimulation and Inhibiting Movement Programme tailored to your child’s needs.
- Options: With or without a written report including recommendations and advise for school and home.
Assessment of Primitive and Postural Reflexes with Sensory Processing Profile
Especially designed for our neurodiverse clients, this assessment combines the 14 primitive and postural reflexes with an evaluation of sensory processing difficulties using the Sensory Profile 2, a standardised questionnaire of 125 statements looking at auditory, visual, tactile, vestibular, oral motor and multisystem processing. By combining the two assessments we can identify any potential immaturities in the Central Nervous System (CNS) which are contributing to and influencing the way the CNS is able to process and use sensory information for learning, function, and development. This assessment which will give you access to the Hemispheres Reflex Movement Programme.
Package includes:
- 2-hour clinic appointment for the assessment.
- 30 minutes scoring and evaluating the Sensory Profile 2
- Initial Reflex Stimulation and Inhibiting Movement Programme provided.
- Options: With or without a written report including recommendations and advise for school and home.
Neurological Occupational Therapy Assessment
If you are concerned about your child’s physical/sensory/social/emotional development and they are showing some difficulty in class, then this assessment offers you an all-round assessment of your child’s needs. The foundational assessment tool we use is our trademark assessment of the Primitive and Postural Reflexes. This will help to identify any immaturities that are affecting your child’s movement, sensory processing, emotional expression and learning skills. This assessment also includes an evaluation of handwriting, handwriting speed, visual motor integration, sensory processing and, if required, aspects of the Dyspraxia Screening. This assessment provides entry into all Hemispheres treatment packages.
Package includes:
- 3-4 hours clinic appointment for the assessment.
- Initial Reflex Stimulation and Inhibiting Movement Programme provided.
- Options: Without a report is an option if the information is for parents only. When the information is requested by a school or needed for diagnostic purposes it will always have to be booked with a report.
- Options: To add in the Movement ABC3, a standardised motor assessment - required if assessing for a diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) known as Dyspraxia.
Developmental Coordination Disorder or Dyspraxia is covered under a medical classification called The DSM V which requires evidence that a child has ‘Motor performance that is substantially below expected levels, given the person's chronologic age and previous opportunities for skill acquisition' and that it is ‘not better explained by intellectual disability (intellectual development disorder) or visual impairment and are not attributable to a neurological condition affecting movement.’’
Independent Occupational Therapy Assessment for EHCP Purposes
Many children’s needs require support from an Educational, Health Care Plan or EHCP, issued by the Local Educational Authority. This assessment is specifically designed to provide independent evidence of your child’s sensory / motor, functional and learning needs and the occupational therapy provision that is needed to meet those needs. This package provides a detailed and comprehensive occupational therapy report that is fit for EHCP purposes.
Package includes:
- 4-hour clinic appointment for the assessment.
- 10 -15 hours of administration time for reviewing other documentation, liaising with other professionals and composing a full and detailed report that is fit for EHCP purposes.
- Any additional administration time needed to attend meetings or amendments or any additonal report writing time is charged at the therapist's hourly rate, pro rata.
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