MeadoWell Therapies Ltd

Neurodevelopmental Services

Gold-Standard Assessment Tools Used

• Autism assessments using ADOS‑2 & ADI‑R

• ADHD assessments using DIVA‑5 & Young DIVA

Our packages offer flexible pathways for individuals seeking clarity, guidance, and ongoing support with Autism and/or ADHD.

All assessments follow NICE guidance for both ASD and ADHD, to ensure best‑practice standards and are completed by HCPC registered therapists.

Whether you’re looking for a diagnostic assessment, tailored post‑diagnosis support, or a complete package that combines both, each option is designed to provide high‑quality clinical input and a supportive experience that meets you where you are.

We offer a 10% discount on our Post Diagnostic Support Packages when purchasing an Assessment Package

Our clinicians also hold roles within national organisations contracted to deliver NHS‑commissioned autism and ADHD assessments. This experience helps ensure that our clinical work remains aligned with current NHS standards, assessment tools, multidisciplinary best practice and quality frameworks, and follows processes consistent with those used in NHS pathways.

In practice, this gives our clinicians ongoing insight into NHS expectations for assessment quality, consistency and multidisciplinary working.

Ideal if you are unsure whether a full autism assessment is the right next step, this focused screening package offers professional guidance, structured questionnaires, and a brief written outcome. You will receive a clear recommendation within 3–5 working days, helping you make an informed decision with confidence.
Adults £175 | Children £225
✓ Screening questionnaires

✓ Review of relevant background information supplied by the client or parent/carer

✓ Brief written outcome

✓ Recommendation on whether full assessment is appropriate

✓ Signposting to next steps and support options
A comprehensive assessment package for individuals seeking clarity around Autism. This includes a full diagnostic evaluation, feedback session, and written report to help you understand your profile and plan next steps with confidence
Adults £1,295 | Children £1,495
What’s included in your autism assessment:
Clear answers, thoughtful understanding, and practical guidance for home, education, work, and everyday life.
✓ Multi-disciplinary autism diagnostic assessment, guided by DSM-5 and ICD-11 criteria.
✓ A structured assessment pathway that follows NICE guidance for both ASD and ADHD to ensure best‑practice standards.
✓ Developmental and clinical interview exploring strengths, needs, sensory profile, routines, flexibility, social communication, and current presentation.
✓ Recognised autism assessment tools used, including the ADOS-2 and ADI-R, where clinically appropriate.
✓ Additional input from someone who knows the client well, where appropriate.
✓ For children and young people, parent/carer input and education information are reviewed where available.
✓ Multidisciplinary diagnostic discussion, with thoughtful consideration of any co‑occurring needs.
✓ Clear feedback session explaining the outcome and next steps.
✓ Comprehensive diagnostic report usually provided within 5–10 working days, including:
- Client’s strengths
- Challenges & identified needs
- Outcome of the assessment
- Formulation & recommendations
✓ GP or professional letter where required.
✓ Individually tailored recommendations and signposting to support next steps.
A comprehensive assessment package for individuals seeking clarity around ADHD. This includes a full diagnostic evaluation, feedback session, and written report to help you understand your profile and plan next steps with confidence.
Adults £895 | Children £995
What’s included in your ADHD assessment:
Clear answers, thoughtful understanding, and practical guidance for home, education, work, and everyday life.
✓ Multidisciplinary ADHD diagnostic assessment, guided by DSM-5 and ICD-11 criteria.
✓ A structured assessment pathway that follows NICE guidance for both ASD and ADHD to ensure best‑practice standards.
✓ Developmental and clinical interview exploring attention, impulsivity, activity levels, organisation, emotional regulation, strengths, needs, and current presentation.
✓ Recognised ADHD assessment tools and rating scales used where clinically appropriate.
✓ Additional input from someone who knows the client well, where appropriate.
✓ For children and young people, parent/carer input and education information are reviewed where available.
✓ A multidisciplinary diagnostic discussion that thoughtfully considers any co‑occurring needs.
✓ Clear feedback session explaining the outcome and next steps.
✓ Comprehensive diagnostic report usually provided within 5-10 working days, including:
- Client’s strengths
- Challenges and identified needs
- Outcome of the assessment
- Formulation & recommendations
✓ GP or professional letter where required.
✓ Individually tailored recommendations and signposting to support next steps.
A comprehensive assessment package for individuals seeking clarity around Autism and ADHD. This includes a full diagnostic evaluation, feedback session, and written report to help you understand your profile and plan next steps with confidence
Adults £1,595 | Children £1,795
What’s included in your Autism and ADHD assessment:
Clear answers, thoughtful understanding, and practical guidance for home, education, work, and everyday life.
✓ Full multidisciplinary Autism and ADHD diagnostic assessment, guided by DSM-5 and ICD-11 criteria.
✓ A structured assessment pathway that follows NICE guidance for both ASD and ADHD to ensure best‑practice standards.
✓ Developmental and clinical interview exploring social communication, sensory profile, routines, flexibility, attention, impulsivity, activity levels, organisation, emotional regulation, strengths, needs, and current presentation.
✓ For children and young people, parent/carer input and education information are reviewed where available.
✓ Additional input from someone who knows the client well, where appropriate.
✓ Recognised Autism and ADHD assessment tools and rating scales used where clinically appropriate.
✓ Multidisciplinary diagnostic discussion, including co-occurring needs and overlapping presentations where relevant.
✓ Clear feedback session explaining the outcome and next steps.
✓ Comprehensive diagnostic report with strengths, needs, outcomes, formulation, and recommendations.
✓ GP or professional letter where required, with reports usually provided within 5–10 working days.
✓ Tailored recommendations and signposting to support next steps.
A package of three individualised support sessions, for individuals seeking support for Autism and/or ADHD.
£495

✓ Choice of three support sessions:
- Child and Family Support
- School Consultation
- Sensory Planning
- Emotion Regulation Planning
- Home Routine Planning
- IDP/EHCP - supporting letters or reports
- Trauma-informed support.
- Workplace needs assessments.
- Reasonable adjustment reports.
- Employer consultation.
- Return-to-work planning.
- Burnout prevention planning.
- School, college, or university support recommendations.
- Consultation to support neuroinclusive policies and practice
✓ Practical action plan following support sessions
This package can be accessed as a stand alone service, or added with a 10% discount, when purchasing any Assessment Packages
A diagnosis must be present to access this package
A structured and personalised therapeutic programme, which can include specialist psychological assessment, occupational therapy assessment and support plans to help you move forward with meaningful, sustained change.
Prices starting from £1,295
✓ Psychological Therapy assessment of needs
✓ Occupational Therapy assessment of needs
✓ Sensory profile and everyday functioning recommendations
✓ Personalised support and adjustment plan
✓ Recommendations for ongoing therapy, education, workplace, family, or daily living support
This package can be added to any of the above Assessment Packages or accessed as a stand alone service.
A diagnosis must be present to access this package.

Please note: Child assessment prices reflect the additional time often needed for parent/carer interviews, developmental history, review of school or education information, liaison with relevant professionals where appropriate, and child-focused recommendations.

*These packages begin with a free pre‑screening telephone consultation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We offer online and in person appointments at our offices in Mamhilad, Pontypool.
All our assessments are fully clinician-delivered, with no online checklists.
Full assessment fee is payable before we move forward with any detailed assessment stage. This enables us to begin preparing your individual assessment information pack and, where necessary, ensures that the assessment process can be tailored to your child’s age, needs and circumstances.
We offer a range of payment options, and full details will be provided when your assessment is confirmed.
Many families wonder whether a private autism or ADHD assessment will be recognised by schools, NHS services or local authorities. There’s a common misconception that only NHS assessments are valid. In fact, our clinicians also work with private providers contracted by the NHS, delivering autism and ADHD assessments. So, we are very familiar with the pathways, guidance, and standards involved. What matters is that the process is rigorous and evidence-based, just like ours.
While schools or the NHS don’t have to automatically accept private assessments, they can’t legally ignore them. We follow NICE guidelines, are HCPC-registered clinicians, and use gold-standard tools.
The key consideration is the quality of the assessment: who completed it, what evidence was gathered, whether recognised guidance was followed, & how clearly the outcome is explained.
A well-completed private diagnosis can provide helpful evidence when carried out by appropriately qualified professionals & supported by a clear report.
Organisations may still review the report through their own processes, but a robust assessment can help families move conversations forward with confidence.
Schools & other organisations should consider the person’s needs & available evidence. A clear private report can help families explain learning, wellbeing & support needs, including reasonable adjustments, EHCPs in England, or ALN/IDP support in Wales.
For ADHD, diagnosis & medication are separate. A private ADHD diagnosis may be clinically relevant, but NHS prescribing or shared care depends on local NHS arrangements and agreement from the relevant NHS service or GP.
Private & NHS assessments can both be clinically meaningful when completed by suitably qualified professionals using recognised standards. The main differences are usually access, waiting times & how the report connects with NHS or local pathways. NHS assessments are free but can involve long waits. Private assessments can often be arranged sooner, helping families gain clarity about needs & support. The report usually then needs to be shared with schools, NHS services, local authorities or other organisations.
Please note that MeadoWell Therapies does not provide out-of-hours or emergency mental health services. If you or a family member require urgent mental health assistance, please contact:
- Your GP or out-of-hours GP service
- The Samaritans on 116 123
- C.A.L.L on 0800 132 737 (Wales only)
- Text SHOUT to 85258
If you believe someone’s life is at imminent risk, call 999 immediately

Report Quality Checklist: Evidencing Recognised Assessment Criteria

What a robust report should include:

Appropriately qualified clinicians & clear professional accountability.

✓ Our reports identify the clinicians involved, their professional roles & relevant registration and specialist assessment experience.

Use of recognised guidance & diagnostic criteria, such as NICE guidance, DSM-5-TR or ICD-11 where appropriate.

✓ We work in line with recognised guidance, including NICE guidance for Autism & ADHD assessments, & we consider relevant diagnostic criteria such as DSM-5-TR or ICD-11 where appropriate.

Evidence from more than one source wherever possible, including history, interviews, questionnaires & education or workplace information.

✓ We gather a range of information so the report reflects both developmental history & current day-to-day impact.

Consideration of strengths, needs, functional impact, co-occurring needs & alternative explanations.

✓ We describe the person’s profile clearly & explain how the evidence supports, or does not support, a diagnosis.

A clear diagnostic outcome, clinical reasoning & practical recommendations.

✓ Our reports set out the outcome, explain the reasoning & include recommendations for home, education, work, healthcare or further support.

Transparency about the scope of the assessment & how the report may be used.

✓ We provide balanced reports that support informed decision-making while recognising that organisations may have their own review processes

Additional Support Services

Appointments are available in person or online

Packages can be adapted where clinically appropriate

Additional written reports or professional liaison can be quoted separately

Individually Priced Sessions Depending upon Clinical Need

Please contact us if you require any of the following:

School Consultation
Sensory Planning
Emotion Regulation Planning
Home Routine Planning
Education Adjustment Planning
IDP/EHCP - supporting letters or reports
Psychological therapy sessions
Occupational therapy sessions.
Family therapy sessions.
Dietetic sessions.
Trauma-informed support.
Workplace needs assessments.
Reasonable adjustment reports.
Employer consultation.
Return-to-work planning.
Burnout prevention planning.
School, college, or university support recommendations.
Consultation to support neuroinclusive policies and practice.

✓ Detailed parent/carer developmental interview, including early development, communication, play, sensory needs, routines, sleep, eating, anxiety, behaviour, emotional regulation, social interaction, learning, and daily functioning.

✓ Review of family priorities, current concerns, strengths, support needs, and what the family hopes to gain from assessment.

✓ School, nursery, college, or education information where available, including teacher feedback, school reports, IDP/EHCP paperwork, behaviour plans, support plans, or previous professional reports.

✓ Child-friendly assessment using conversation, play, activities, observation, or structured tasks depending on the child’s age, communication style, and presentation.

✓ Breaks, sensory adjustments, and flexible pacing offered where needed.

✓ Adapted approach for anxious, highly masked, demand-avoidant, neurodivergent, or minimally speaking children where clinically appropriate.

✓ Parent/carer feedback session to explain the outcome, answer questions, and discuss next steps.

✓ Child-friendly feedback or explanation where appropriate and agreed with the family.

✓ Consideration of co-occurring needs such as ADHD traits, anxiety, sensory processing differences, sleep difficulties, eating or feeding differences, emotional regulation needs, learning needs, trauma, attachment considerations, or demand avoidance profiles where relevant.

✓ Recommendations tailored for home and education settings, including support for ALN processes, school planning, reasonable adjustments, routines, communication, sensory needs, emotional regulation, and daily functioning.

✓ Consent from parents/carers and child assent where appropriate, with confidentiality and safeguarding responsibilities explained clearly before assessment.

Additional Information for Child Assessments

Child assessments are completed using a child-centred, age-appropriate and neuroaffirming approach. We aim to make the process as comfortable as possible, with communication needs, sensory preferences, anxiety, attention, demand avoidance, and the child’s pace considered throughout.

Why Clients Choose Us

✓ Clear, Structured Support from Specialist Clinicians

✓ A Warm, Respectful Therapeutic Environment

✓ Expert Care for Neurodevelopmental Needs

✓ Flexible, Personalised Packages Tailored to You

✓ HCPC‑Registered, Highly Qualified Professionals

✓ Multidisciplinary Team Delivering Joined‑Up Care

✓ Evidence‑Based Practice Across All Services

✓ Transparent Assessment Pathways with Clear Recommendations

✓ A Friendly, Premium Client Experience from Start to Finish

✓ Person‑Centred, Trauma‑Informed Therapeutic Approach

✓ Support for Children, Adults, Families & Professionals

All assessment and treatment is delivered by experienced, professionally registered clinicians with specialist knowledge of neurodevelopmental needs, psychological and occupational therapy, mental health and rehabilitation.

Clinicians are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

If you are looking for support, you are welcome to get in touch for an initial conversation about what might feel right for you. Located in South Wales, UK, we provide face‑to‑face therapy from our welcoming offices at The Wellbeing Hub, Mamhilad Park Estate, Pontypool. This central location makes us easily accessible to clients across Torfaen, Monmouth and Gwent, including Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Ebbw Vale, Caerphilly, Newport, Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil.

We also work with clients anywhere in the UK through secure and flexible online therapy sessions, giving you access to specialist support wherever you are.