Child and Youth ADHD Assessments

Fees for a psychological assessment are not covered by the Medical Services Plan of B.C. If you have extended health benefits that cover psychological assessments, you may be able to submit for reimbursement of the fees to the extent that your plan covers. It is your responsibility to inquire about this with your benefits provider. We are unable to advise you of your coverage, we cannot direct bill your provider, and we are not liable if coverage is refused. If you’re relying on insurance coverage, please contact your insurance company prior to engaging in working with us if you have any questions about your coverage.

Please attempt to submit your claim to your insurance provider before asking our team for modifications to your receipt(s). We are unable to adjust appointment dates, payment dates, or client names on the receipts, so we recommend submitting the claim before asking for adjustments. If the claim is denied, please ask for an explanation of why the claim was denied from your provider and contact our team with this reasoning. We will try our best to assist you while keeping with ethical guidelines; however, we are not liable if coverage is refused.

The client will pay 50% of the assessment cost prior to booking the assessment appointments and pay the remaining 50% of the assessment cost on the date of the debrief appointment. Each retainer payment will be held in trust, and payments will be processed as laid out from the credit. The first 50% retainer will cover file review, the intake appointment, and testing appointments, and the second 50% retainer will cover the debrief appointment and report writing fees. We will not produce a final report until all fees are paid in full. Please note: if a Third Party agrees to pay for a client’s assessment, we require 100% payment from them before booking the intake appointment.

The client will receive receipts for each individual assessment appointment and component, not for the 50% payments. Each receipt will state ‘Psychological Services’, as well as the price per hour. We are unable to adjust any of these dates for insurance or other purposes. All receipts will be listed under the client’s name (if the client is under 19, it will be the child’s name). We are unable to adjust the name of the client on the receipts.

The cost for your assessment will ultimately depend on your clinical circumstances. Our assessments include a standardized battery of tests, and includes review of historical information provided, intake assessments, testing and scoring, report writing, review meetings, and final report production.

Occasionally, based on information shared at intake or findings that emerge during testing, we may recommend additional record review or testing to ensure we have a complete and accurate understanding of your concerns. This helps us provide the most appropriate recommendations, diagnostic clarity, and a report that is clinically sound and genuinely useful to you.

If additional review or testing is recommended, we will discuss this with you first, explain why it may be beneficial, and provide clear pricing information. We will always obtain your signed consent before proceeding with any additional services.

Please note that while you are never obligated to proceed with recommended additional testing, there are situations where we may be unable to finalize or release a report without the full assessment process being completed, as doing so could result in incomplete or invalid findings.

We understand that extra communication and paperwork before a first appointment isn’t everyone’s idea of a fun time. Our goal is to make sure that we can provide you with the testing and associated report you need, in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible. If you can help us out by getting us the information we need ahead of time, we will do our part in ensuring we’re the right fit and getting you through an assessment as smoothly as possible.

We understand that you might be hesitant to pull your child out of school for testing appointments, however our team does recommend scheduling morning appointments whenever possible. Alternatively, afternoon appointments work as well, but in these cases we recommend keeping your child home from school the morning of the appointment. This reduces fatigue, which is optimal for testing.

If there is a separation or divorce between caregivers and the child is under the age of 19, we will require copies of all legal documents related to custody, guardianship, and/or family decision-making prior to beginning the process, as well as consent from both parents via our online consent forms. This helps us to be aware of which caregivers are required by law and the ethics of the profession to consent for their child’s assessment. Unless the legal documents say otherwise, we require both parents to sign the online consent forms for the assessments.

If the client is 19 years of age or older, we require them to sign the releases of information and/or consent forms themselves – parents cannot sign for them.