At The Hummingbird Centre, we are committed to empowering every individual we support by providing guidance on the tools and strategies needed to thrive. We accompany you and your family through each step of the assessment journey with compassion, professionalism, and care.
Our goal is to make the assessment process a positive and meaningful experience; one that brings clarity, understanding and tailored support. We combine best-practice, evidence-based methods with a neuroaffirming approach to deliver high-quality assessments for Autism, ADHD, cognitive functioning and learning or behavioural differences.
There are many reasons people seek an assessment, whether for themselves, their child, or someone they support. An assessment can:
We understand that travel can be a barrier. Our distance-friendly assessments combine phone consultations with tailored virtual and in-person appointments. We can also offer outreach packages to regional and remote communities by bringing our services closer to you
Assessments
We offer assessments for children, adolescents, and adults at the Newcastle, Broadmeadow and Warners Bay clinics. Assessments through the Maitland clinic will require visiting our Newcastle rooms for parts of the assessment series.
Our assessment process follows these 4 key steps:
We take the time to understand each client’s developmental, medical, social, and educational history. By gathering insights from caregivers, educators, and other relevant professionals, we ensure a comprehensive understanding of strengths and challenges.
Using structured interviews, observations, and validated tools, we explore each client’s functioning, strengths and challenges across relevant areas.
We apply gold-standard tools thoughtfully, ensuring accurate and holistic understanding without unnecessary testing.
Every assessment concludes with a detailed feedback session and a comprehensive, tailored report with personalised recommendations to support daily life, learning, and wellbeing.
Identifies social communication and behavioural traits associated with autism using gold-standard tools and observations.
Identifies attention, impulsivity, executive functioning, and behavioural patterns.
Exploring emotional and behavioural patterns to support wellbeing.
Identifies cognitive strengths and differences, learning styles and challenges or intellectual giftedness.
Individual Education Plans or learning advice from our Education Specialist Kim Bullock can be instrumental in navigating the school system when your child is neurodivergent.
An Individual Education Plan (IEP) is a customised educational program designed to meet the unique needs of a student who has learning difficulties, disabilities, or other special educational needs. It outlines specific learning goals, the services the student will receive, and how progress will be measured. Read more about IEPs here.
Our Psychologists can provide supporting evidence towards a Disability Support Pension application in either of 2 categories:
From 2023 the Australian Government now recognises evidence provided by a Psychologist as well as a Clinical Psychologist.
