Assessments
Cognitive and behavioural assessments across the lifespan
What We Do
At Lilley Place, we believe that truly effective mental health support begins with clinical expertise. That’s why our services are led by experienced clinicians at every stage of your journey. From your initial assessment through to treatment planning, ongoing support, and possible reassessment, your care is guided by qualified psychologists and a dedicated multidisciplinary team. This clinician-led model ensures that every decision is grounded in best-practice, evidence-based approaches tailored to your unique needs. Our qualified clinicians can assess individuals from ages 6 years and above.
NEURODIVERSITY AFFIRMING ASSESSMENTS
Neurodiversity-affirming assessments recognise and value diverse thinking styles, focusing on identifying strengths, challenges, and support needs without pathologising differences. These assessments provide a holistic understanding of an individual’s ….
Cognitive assessments help measure an individual’s intellectual abilities, learning potential, and cognitive strengths and weaknesses. These evaluations are often used to identify academic difficulties, guide educational support, and inform intervention strategies to enhance learning and development.
Neurodegenerative assessments evaluate cognitive functioning to detect changes associated with conditions such as dementia and other neurological disorders. These assessments help identify early signs of cognitive decline, support diagnosis, and guide intervention strategies to enhance quality of life and long-term care planning.
Capacity assessments determine an individual’s ability to make informed decisions about their personal, financial, and medical affairs. These evaluations provide valuable insights into cognitive functioning, ensuring appropriate support and safeguards while respecting autonomy and legal rights.
Navigating your next steps – Understanding your assessment results is the first step toward meaningful action. This section provides guidance on interpreting findings, exploring support options, and developing a plan to move forward with confidence, ensuring the right resources and strategies are in place for your needs.
What we don’t do
- Guarantee a diagnosis
- Guarantee a diagnosis that won’t need confirmation by a specialist
- Guarantee that initial testing won’t yield further assessment needs, or onward referral where it is best practice for input by a Paediatrician, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, or other specialist.
Our Assessment Specialist
Rates & Timeframes
Hourly Rate
The HOURLY rate at all steps is $320. The full cost of your personalised assessment process will be confirmed with your clinician after a detailed intake session, and any amendment to pricing will be confirmed with you before proceeding further.
Do I need a referral?
Generally, assessments do not require a referral and are paid for privately.
Young people aged up to 25 are eligible to receive a Medicare rebate under the Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CND) scheme. Under this scheme, a referral from a paediatrician or psychiatrist is required. Please see the Medicare tab below for further information.
Funding Options
Medicare
Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CND)
Medicare rebates are available for assessment and treatment of Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CND) for patients under 25 years and CND is defined as a disorder that affects two or more neurodevelopmental domains.
Lilley Place has created “A guide for current or prospective CND clients” to navigate this Medicare referral process. Our client services team and/or clinicians can answer any questions you may have about this referral option, so please do not hesitate to contact us on (07) 3378 9130 to receive this step-by-step guide now.
NDIS
Participants of the NDIS can use their improved Daily Living budget to fund assessments if these are either self-managed or plan-managed.
Private Health Insurance
Clients may be able to claim a rebate from their private health insurer after full payment is made to Lilley Place if certain criteria are met (e.g. client’s policy covers assessment services).
WorkCover
Lilley Place is a registered provider with WorkCover QLD
Assessment Timeframe
Assessments are not quick processes due to their thorough nature and several steps. The timeline an assessment process takes to complete will depend on a number of factors such as:
- Number of assessment sessions required, which can vary considerably depending on a range of factors (i.e. impulsivity, the number of questions able to be answered, anxiety, perfectionism, longer thinking time, slower processing speed, fatigue, language difficulties, etc)
- Whether testing needs to be spread out across multiple shorter sessions (particularly with younger children or where there are attention and concentration concerns, etc).
- Complexity of the case
- Whether initial testing reveals a need for extra assessment
- The time taken to complete and return all assessments
- Availability of appointments
- Client attendance at all booked appointments
Report Timeframe
Timeframes for reports to be completed after the assessment process:
The usual timeframe would be 2-3 weeks for Detailed summary reports, and 2-4 weeks for Full comprehensive reports
Reach out to us today to start a conversation.
At Lilley Place, you’re more than a client, you’re a person with a unique journey and we’re with you every step of the way.
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