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Neuro-Developmental
Assessment
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Typical assessment includes a parent
interview, observations of your child
playing in home and school environments, autism and ADHD screening, and formal neuro-developmental testing for social-emotional,
communication, motor skills, adaptive skills and academic functioning.
Assessment and report will cost
$650-$950
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Functional
Analysis of Behaviour
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Direct observation and assessment
will assist in understanding the purpose of your child's behaviours. Children with ASD often exhibit non-functional or self-stimulatory
behaviours. A plan will be designed for the whole family to assist your child to modify these non-desirable behaviours
in an supportive manner. The plan will include strategies for prevention and response.
A behaviour plan will cost $500-$1000
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Social-Emotional Skills
Training
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Social skills training uses social scripts, role-playing, and imitation games to teach the child how to interact with
their peers and adults in a variety of environments.
Symetry Psychological Services encourages families to implement a picture symbol system such as PCS Boardmaker (TM) or
software using photographs of emotions.
Social skills training is included in all my home-based intensive intervention programmes.
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The pre-frontal cortex is associated with attention, planning and problem-soving skills (executive
functions) and social awareness.
Symetry Psychological Services aims to incorporate activities
specifically designed to encourage frontal lobe development and to improve the child's ability to generalise
their new skills to other learning environments.
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Intensive Early Intervention Programmes
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Symetry Psychological Services - specialising in highly individualised intensive home-based interventions.
Assessment can be undertaken
in your home or in my office.
Depending on your families needs,
I can personally conduct a
regular weekly session with your child, or
a monthly assessment session to check on your child's progress.
A 1-hour weekly fee is
charged for programme review and
supervision of the therapy team.
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Verbal Behaviour Programmes
If implementing a verbal behaviour programme, you will need software such as Boardmaker or Pics for Pecs or Flash! Pro 2, computer, printer, laminator, and system
for organising picture cards. This will cost between $500 - $1000 to set up.

Laminating can be done at home with your own laminator.
A Copy Centre will charge about $4.00 per page.
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Create a picture communication library.
You can create PECS yourself with your digital camera, or purchase a CD-ROM of images.

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If you don't have time to do this, I can arrange for PECs to be created for you.
Beyond Play supply pre-made folders and Ellie Cards.
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If you are interested in establishing
any of these types of interventions for your child please email me.
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