Autism Assessments for Preschoolers, Children & Teens
CASE Psychology’s team of registered psychologists – based in Burlington, Ontario – are highly trained and experienced in providing comprehensive autism assessments for toddlers, preschoolers, children & teens, as well as autism consultation, caregiver-led behavioural intervention, and psychotherapy support.
Common indicators of autism (ASD) in children can include speech or language delays, differences in social interaction, differences in social and communication skills, engaging in repetitive behaviours or repetitive play, and reduced eye contact.
In Ontario, families with young children and adolescents presenting with autism concerns are first encouraged to check with their family doctor, or a paediatrician. In some cases, a developmental paediatrician may be able to diagnose your child with autism, and that’s usually covered under OHIP. In other cases, a private autism assessment, as offered at CASE Psychology, can provide your child with an official autism diagnosis, including comprehensive testing and reporting across different areas of functioning, and relevant recommendations for behavioural and social support, parenting support, access to local resources, and government funding support.
Autism assessments for Toddlers & Preschoolers (ages 2 to 5)
Our autism assessments for toddlers & preschoolers (ages 2 to 5) begins with a 1-hour online video initial consultation with the parent and the psychologist, where you discuss the child’s developmental history and the details of the presenting concerns. The psychologist will let you know if they need you to submit any documents as additional sources of information.
A couple weeks after the initial consultation, the psychologist has another online video parent interview, about 2.5 hours long, to deep-dive your concerns, including your child’s functioning, development, social and communication skills, preferences and sensitivities, and behaviours.
A few days after the 2.5-hour online video parent interview is your child’s 3-hour in-person testing session with the psychologist at our mental health clinic, located at 5045 South Service Road, Burlington, Ontario. The psychologist administers standardized psychological tests with your toddler or preschooler to measure language, cognitive abilities, and social-communication skills and behaviours, usually with the parent observing some parts of the assessment.
Finally, a few weeks after your child’s in-person testing session, the psychologist completes the autism assessment report, and hosts the parent-only 1-hour online video feedback meeting, presenting the results and diagnoses, with clear recommendations. The autism assessment report is shared with the parent immediately after the feedback meeting.
Our autism assessment for toddlers and preschoolers costs $ 3360 total.
Autism assessments for Children & Teens (ages 6 to 18)
For children and teens, an autism assessment is often completed together with a full psychoeducational assessment to evaluate for any co-occurring learning, attention, or processing issues, as attention and learning problems often occur together with autism.
Our psychoeducational + autism assessment for children and teens costs $ 4560 total.