Lancashire Autism Assessments
Help your child or teenager reach their full potential by getting an autism diagnosis early enough. An autistic brains works differently and often affects how your child communicates or interacts with their environment. Inner Circle Psychology’s team offers early diagnosis and professional intervention through thorough autism assessments in Lancashire. This empowers autistic teenagers and children to thrive in school and other areas of their lives.
Understanding Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a complex neurodevelopment spectrum that affects children, teenagers, and even adults. It is identified or diagnosed by a professional who uses a set of symptoms and behaviours during an assessment. These behaviours or symptoms include obsessive interests, difficulties with social interactions, communication challenges, and sensory processing differences.
Autism or ASD isn’t the same for everyone. The symptoms and severity varies significantly from one person to another. Thus, the symptoms or behavioural difficulties can range from a mild awkwardness in social settings to profound disability. Therefore, it’s recommended to consult a professional instead of trying to diagnose ASD on your own.
The earliest symptom of ASD in children is differences in sensory processing. For example, your child may show that they’re under-sensitive to touch, taste, sounds, pain, balance, light, and smell. This is because your child’s sensory processing abilities reflect the spectrum and will be different from those of your child’s peers.
In some cases, the sensory processing in autistic children may be described to be detailed, other times, it may be described like not detailed enough. Your child may easily feel overwhelmed by some sensory. If you suspect your child has signs of ASD, it is recommended to consult a professional and get a professional assessment.
Professional Autism Assessments in Lancashire
At Inner Circle Psychology, we offer thorough autism assessments for children, teenagers, and young adults. The moment you realize that your child has difficulties processing some sensory or finds it challenging to initiate and participate in social or group activities, contact us and schedule an appointment. We have experienced and certified child psychologists who are trained to perform thorough autism assessments in Lancashire.
The ‘gold-standard’ approach to autism diagnosis in kids is to have several experts involved. To this end, our child psychologists will take the time to interact with your child and carefully perform a series of evidence-based tests. For example, before the assessment day, we’ll request that you or your child's teachers complete a pre-assessment questionnaire.
The questionnaire will require you to provide information about your current concerns about the child, social skills, behavioural challenges, and more. Our multi-disciplinary team comprises child educational psychologists, counselling psychologists, neurodevelopmental experts, and speech and language therapists. We’ll work with you and your child to understand your child better and the challenges he or she faces.
Over the years, we have perfected our evidence-based autism assessment process. Therefore, we will be very thorough and will ensure the assessment includes all relevant information. If your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder, we’ll provide the professional support your child needs. Contact us today and schedule a consultation or autism assessment in Lancashire.
