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I think you’d struggle to get the assessment funded by adoption support or ASF assuming you’re in England.

I’ve paid for private assessments for my child - in her case it was a Slt and an EP assessment. Have you checked that your LA will accept a private diagnosis? Some do, some don’t. Now that you have the diagnosis will you apply for an EHCP?

Hi Donatella,

I am already in the process of EHCP and it should be finalised today with ASD as the primary area of need. During a meeting with the LA, they recommended I get a private assessment due to timings with him moving up to secondary school. They gave me a name of a company they use sometimes and agreed to accept his their assessment. The doctor who assessed him did say that Adoption support might pay though, so I was wondering if anyone else had gone down that route.

Thanks though.

I don’t think the ASF pay for assessments that are provided by other services and especially if he has already been assessed - if you check their website they give a list of what they can help with. My daughter had an assessment from the adult autism assessment service which was free and done really quickly. She subsequently had a private assessment for ADHD as the local MH services would not refer her for one (we asked for the Maudsley) - it was about £500 but done really quickly