ADHD Assessment in Melbourne
Gain a Clear Understanding of Attention, Executive Functioning, and Daily Performance
ADHD can affect attention, organisation, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and everyday life in different ways across childhood and adulthood. At Flourish Horizon, we provide comprehensive, individually tailored ADHD assessments for children, adolescents, and adults using evidence-based, gold-standard assessment tools.
Our assessments are designed to provide a thorough understanding of each individual's strengths, challenges, and support needs, helping guide appropriate interventions, educational planning, workplace accommodations, and ongoing care.
Who May Benefit from an ADHD Assessment?
An ADHD assessment may be appropriate for individuals who:
- Have difficulty maintaining attention or concentration
- Are easily distracted or frequently forgetful
- Experience organisational or time management difficulties
- Struggle with impulsivity or hyperactivity
- Find it difficult to complete tasks at school, university, work, or home
- Experience emotional dysregulation alongside attention difficulties
- Have previously been diagnosed and would like an updated assessment
- Suspect they may have ADHD as an adolescent or adult
- Require diagnostic clarification where Autism, anxiety, or learning difficulties may also be present
What Does the Assessment Involve?
Every ADHD assessment is tailored to the individual's presentation and referral questions. Depending on clinical needs, the assessment may include:
- Comprehensive clinical interview
- Developmental, medical, educational, and psychosocial history
- Review of current functioning across multiple settings
- Standardised ADHD questionnaires completed by the individual, parents, teachers, or significant others (where appropriate)
- Cognitive assessment when clinically indicated
- Assessment of executive functioning, attention, memory, and processing speed where appropriate
- Screening for co-occurring conditions such as autism, learning disorders, anxiety, or mood difficulties
- Feedback session
- Comprehensive written report with practical recommendations
Our Tailored Assessment Approach
No two individuals with ADHD present in the same way. Rather than following a fixed assessment battery, we carefully select assessment tools based on each individual's age, developmental history, presenting concerns, strengths, and referral questions.
Depending on clinical needs, assessments may incorporate a range of evidence-based measures, including:
- Conners-4
- BASC-3
- DIVA
- VANDERBEIT
- Additional executive functioning, behavioural, emotional, or adaptive functioning measures where clinically indicated.
When ADHD may coexist with Autism Spectrum Disorder, learning disorders, anxiety, or other neurodevelopmental or mental health conditions, our assessment process is designed to explore these presentations comprehensively to provide greater diagnostic clarity.
Our goal is to understand not only whether ADHD characteristics are present, but also how they affect learning, work, relationships, emotional wellbeing, and everyday functioning.
Who We Assess
Children
Supporting early identification of ADHD to guide intervention, school support, and family understanding.
Adolescents
Helping young people understand attention, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and academic challenges during secondary school and beyond.
Adults
Providing comprehensive assessments for adults seeking diagnostic clarification, workplace or university accommodations, or a better understanding of lifelong attention and executive functioning difficulties.
What Will You Receive?
Following your assessment, you will receive:
✔ A comprehensive written psychological report
✔ A clear explanation of findings and clinical formulation
✔ Individualised recommendations for home, school, university, or workplace
✔ Strategies to support attention, organisation, and executive functioning
✔ Recommendations for further intervention or referral where appropriate
✔ Guidance that may assist discussions with your GP, paediatrician, psychiatrist, school, or other healthcare professionals