The Assessment Process
We want the assessment process to feel clear and straightforward from the very beginning. Our team will guide you through each stage and help you understand what to expect.
Understanding comes first.
Individualised Occupational Therapy assessments look beyond a diagnosis or a list of difficulties to understand a young person's strengths, experiences and participation in everyday life.
Your assessment pathway.
1. Start with a Free Consultation
Your journey begins with a free 30-minute consultation with one of our therapists. This gives us an opportunity to listen to your concerns, understand your child or young person's needs and discuss whether an Occupational Therapy assessment would be appropriate. We'll also help you identify which type of assessment is most suited to the questions you would like answered.
2. Information Gathering
If you decide to proceed, we will send you a referral pack containing the relevant service information, quotation, consent forms and Occupational Therapy history. Gathering information about your child's development, strengths, everyday experiences and current difficulties helps us begin to build a picture before the assessment takes place. Once the required information, consent and initial payment have been received, our team will arrange the assessment.
3. Assessment
Your Occupational Therapist will complete an individualised, comprehensive assessment based on your child's needs. Depending on the assessment required, this may include standardised assessments, questionnaires, clinical observations, functional activities, specialist sensory assessment, school or education-setting observations and liaison with other professionals. We don't simply look at what a child finds difficult. We explore why it may be difficult and how this is affecting their participation in everyday life.
4. Report & Recommendations
Following the assessment, you will receive a comprehensive Occupational Therapy report bringing together the findings and explaining what they mean for your child or young person. Recommendations are practical, individualised and focused on everyday life. They may include environmental adaptations, sensory and regulation strategies, support for independence, school-based recommendations, equipment or activity adaptations, Occupational Therapy intervention or further specialist assessment, where appropriate. Our aim is for you to leave the assessment process with greater understanding of your child, clear recommendations and practical next steps to support their participation, independence and wellbeing.
Explore the assessments
Each assessment is individualised to the child or young person and the reason for referral. Choose an assessment to read about it in detail:
- Sensory Screening Assessment — a focused one-hour starting point
- Paediatric OT Functional Assessment — the everyday activities that matter
- Ayres Sensory Integration Assessment — understanding sensory processing
- EASI Assessment — detailed sensory integration assessment
- Sensory Attachment Intervention — support after trauma and neglect
Assessment fees
We discuss the right pathway and provide a quotation before you proceed. Intervention is otherwise quoted separately according to assessed needs, type and number of sessions.
- Free 30-minute consultation
- Sensory screening consultation (one-hour clinic appointment and short report) — £250
- OT / Sensory Integration assessment — £1,000 privately funded by parents; £1,200 when funded by NHS, schools, academies or local authorities
- EASI assessment only — £700
- Integrated Sensory–Cognitive OT assessment and intervention block: 6 sessions £1,000; 10 sessions £1,400; 12 sessions £1,600
- Sensory diet with home and school consultations and report — £600
- Autism screening — £350; autism assessment — £2,000 less the £350 screening fee
- Attendance at an Annual Review (2 hours) — £200
Travel costs
For visits more than 10 miles from our Hessle clinic (HU13 9LU), mileage is charged at £0.50 per mile beyond the first 10 miles. Travel time beyond 30 minutes from the clinic is charged at £35 per hour.
Not sure where to begin?
We'll help you work out the right next step.
Ready when you are.
Start with a free 30-minute conversation about your child, your questions and what might help.