Equal Strands offer multidisciplinary diagnostic assessment in line with NICE guidance for children and adults.
Included in the diagnostic assessment is:
- Developmental history: this is an interview with someone who knows the child well such as a parent or carer. For diagnostic assessments with adults, we may use alternative ways of gathering this information.
- Observation of your child at school, clubs or with their siblings.
- Direct assessment such as Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS).
- Social communication and social thinking (cognition) assessments.