COGNITIVE AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS
What are cognitive and clinical assessments?
Cognitive and Clinical assessments are a series of specially designed tools to help understand the impact a person’s mental health challenges are having on their ability to live their life to the fullest.
These assessments can help you and your support team understand these impacts relating to thinking, conceptual, language testing, psychometric testing, problem-solving and more.
See below for examples of the types of assessments we can provide.
Contact us if you would like to discuss our full comprehensive range of assessments available.
Cognitive Assessments:
- WAIS-IV (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition): Comprehensive assessment of neuro-cognitive functioning of adolescents and adults.
- WISC- V (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fifth Edition) : Comprehensive assessment of neuro-cognitive functioning of children.
- WMS-IV (Wechsler Memory Scale - Fourth Edition) : Evaluate memory capabilities as part of an adult psychological evaluation.
- MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) : Detects Cognitive Impairment. Used in several clinical situations it can help identify mild cognitive impairment.
- RUDAS (Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale) : A multicultural cognitive assessment to detect dementia in a client.
Clinical Assessments:
- DASS-21 (Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 item) : The DASS is a clinical assessment that measures the three related states of depression, anxiety and stress.
- GAD-7 (Generalised Anxiety Disorder - 7 item) : The GAD-7 is a simple, 7 item, questionnaire that measures for generalised anxiety disorder.
- PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale) : Measures the symptom severity of people with schizophrenia.
- SCL-90-R (Symptom Checklist-90-Revised) : An instrument that helps evaluate a broad range of psychological problems. This assessment is also useful in measuring client progress or treatment outcomes.
- The Dissociative Experience Scales (DES) : A psychological self-assessment questionnaire that measures dissociative symptoms.
Neurodiverse Assessments:
- Vineland-3 (Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales - Third Edition) : Measures adaptive behaviour, often part of ASD assessments.
- CARS-2 (Childhood Autism Rating Scale- Second Edition) : A rating scale for idenitfying the level of autism.
- SRS-2 (Social Responsiveness Scale - Second Edition) : Used to measure social functioning associated with autism.
- BROWNS (Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales) : Identifies executive functioning impairments.
- AQ (Autism Spectrum Quotient) : A self-administered questionnaire used to measure autistic traits in adults (16+).
- Connors-4 (Conners - Fourth Edition) : A rating scale to identify and monitor ADHD in adolescents and adults.
Psychosocial Assessments:
- WHO Disability Assessment (WHODAS) : A generic assessment instrument for health and disability. It covers 6 domains of function including, Cognition, Mobility, Self-Care, Getting Along, Life Activities and Participation.
- HONOS (Health of the Nation Outcome Scales) : A clinician rated instrument comprising 12 simple scales measuring behaviour, impairment, symptoms and social functioning for those in the 18 - 64 years old age group.
- LSP-16 (Life Skills Profile) : A clinician rated instrument that contains 16 items which provide a key measure of function and disability for people with a mental illness.
- ABAS-3 (Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System - Third Edition) : A standardised test used to assess an individuals adaptive skills and functional abilities.
- canSAS (Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal) : A tool used to assess the needs of individuals.
