FAQs

• Our Tribunal Specific Service offers a premium service with limited availability. We have availability to book appointments within the next 4 weeks. For more information, please click here.
• We have availability within the next 4 weeks for Autism/ and or ADHD assessments. For more information please click here.
• We have availability for Educational Psychology reports in contribution of EHCP plans and annual reviews.    Please note, these cannot be used in Tribunals.  For more information, please click here.
• If you require an urgent assessment, please let us know and we will try to accommodate.
• Our psychologists are available for support sessions to any of our existing clients, past or present, depending on availability there may be a wait list.
• Nikki Hammal, SEND Specialist, has availability for both in clinic and at home visits.
• James Turley, Specialist Teacher and Assessor has availability for play-based sessions, ADHD coaching and Dyslexia assessments.
• Victoria Kennedy, SEND Parent Consultant with specialist expertise dealing with the SEND system has availability for parent sessions.

Our what3 words location is: predict.refreshed.arranger http://w3w.co/predict.refreshed.arranger

Or, please click here for Google Map directions to us: The Old Dairy, Whitedale Farm, East Street, Hambledon, Waterlooville, PO7 4RZ.

We are very near to the village of Hambledon and the Hambledon Vineyard, about 10 miles north of Portsmouth.

We are easily accessible from both the M27 and the A3 by car.  The nearest train stations are Cosham, Rowlands Castle and Havant.

We kindly ask that clients do not arrive more than a couple of minutes early for any appointment or session.  This is because our psychologists are in sessions with clients and are unable to answer the door before your appointment time. Due to the layout of the clinic, early arrivals can disrupt ongoing sessions and we would be very grateful if you can respect the privacy of the client preceding your appointment by not arriving early.

Please see what our clinic looks like here:

Our Clinic

Our assessments follow National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, used across UK healthcare services, ensuring reports that are robust and evidence-based.

All of our clinicians are registered with their relevant professional bodies, including the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), so you can feel confident in the quality of your assessment.

Freddie will usually be in clinic.  On occasion, Freddie may be in doggy day-care if someone who is attending that day has let us know they are uncomfortable around dogs. Freddie is always on a lead in clinic and doesn’t bark at our visitors – he always wants a tummy tickle though!

As the clinic is very quiet and rural, extra noise can be distracting from the waiting room.  Should you wish to take calls while your child is in a session, in order to make sure the session isn’t interrupted, we kindly ask that you work from your car. Please ensure you are parked in the visitor’s car parking spaces which are located directly in front of the main entrance and within a meter or so of the room your child will be in.

During your child’s in clinic appointment, no matter what assessment they are having we are always take a child-lead, play-based and sensory approach.  The sessions run for approximately 50 minutes which means that any assessments we need to do which are more taxing, such as cognitive or attention testing, can be broken up by regulation breaks, sensory activities and play-based activities.

Please see here a short Facebook video on what children can expect when they come in:

https://www.facebook.com/tablapsychology/videos/832409038727974

Clinical Psychology appointment for child and teen autism assessments

During this 90 minute – 2 hour appointment, you will be asked lots of questions about your child’s development at around 4 – 5 years of age.  The questions are quite specific and it helps if you can prompt your memory before the appointment by reading back over nursery reports or having a look at photos of your child at that age.

Child and Teen Assessments

Comprehensive Pre-Screening = £350

Educational Psychology Assessment = £2,800

Tribunal Specific Service = £3,500

Autism Assessment = £2,700

ADHD Assessment = £1,900

Autism and ADHD Assessment = £3,800

ADHD and Dyslexia Assessment = £2,900

Learning Disability Diagnostic Assessment = £2,500

In-school Observation = £450

Dyslexia assessments = £500 (standard) £1000 (specialised).

Dysgraphia, Motor and Dyscalculia assessments = £700.

Adult Assessments

Comprehensive Pre-Screening £350

ADHD Assessment £1,800

Autism Assessment £2,200

Learning Disability Diagnostic Assessment = £2,500

Personality, Careers and Cognitive Assessment = £2,500

Deposits non-refundable

You will be aware of costs as these are displayed on the website. By signing our terms of business,  you are aware of the cost of the service you have chosen.

With the exception of the Tribunal Specific Service, support sessions, school observation and comprehensive pre-screening, where payment in full is required at point of booking, you will be required to pay 50% of the cost of the assessment when you book your appointments for EP, Autism and ADHD assessments.  The final 50% of the fee  is due 10 working days before the report is ready.  The report is not released without final payment.  Additional assessments are charged the same way, 50% is taken when the additional appointment is booked in, and and the final 50% is due when the report is ready.

While every attempt is made to avoid fee increases across the year, we reserve the right to change our fee structure.

Our services are exempt of VAT.

We understand that using health insurance can sometimes feel confusing, so we aim to make the process as clear and straightforward as possible.

At present, all clients are asked to pay for their appointments in advance. However, many patients are able to reclaim the cost of their assessment or therapy through their health insurance provider.

After your initial enquiry, we will provide you with details about the recommended assessment or therapy, including the information your insurer may need. You can then share this with your insurance company to check whether your policy covers the treatment.

Before booking your appointment, we recommend that you contact your insurer to confirm that they will cover the full cost of treatment at our clinic. If your treatment is approved, your insurer will usually give you an authorisation code. We can include this code on your invoice receipt to support your claim when you request reimbursement from them.

Please note that any difference between the amount covered by your insurer and the clinic’s fee will need to be paid by you.

If you have any questions about how this works, please feel free to contact us before booking your appointment. We are always happy to help and guide you through the process.

As we are a psychologist-lead service, we cannot directly prescribe, but we are able to liaise with prescribers.  As our assessments follow all NICE Guidelines and DSM 5 criteria, our linked prescribers are able to accept our ADHD diagnostic reports.  We receive no referral fee from any service we may recommend clients access as a next step.

Our clinic is based in the beautiful South Downs National Park.

We recommend the Old Forge Tea room for lunch:  theoldforgetearoom.co.uk

For cake and tea (or lunch) we recommend The Bat and Ball pub:

https://www.batandballclanfield.co.uk/

A nice local playground is:

Denmead Playpark or, Hambledon Village Hall play area

Local Woodland:

https://www.forestryengland.uk/creech-wood

There are also some lovely local walks around Hambledon Vineyard.

Within a 30 minute drive shops and restaurants of Winchester and Portsmouth are available.

Parking is available directly in front of our clinic with visitor spaces by the front door.

While our consulting rooms are large so that we can be as playful as possible with our client group, our waiting area is small.  We simply don’t have the space to have more than one family in the wait room at a time.

Therefore, we kindly ask that clients do not arrive more than a couple of minutes early for any appointment or session.  This is because our psychologists are in sessions with clients and are unable to answer the door before your appointment time. Due to the layout of the clinic, early arrivals can disrupt ongoing sessions and we would be very grateful if you can respect the privacy of the client preceding your appointment by not arriving early.

Due to the sensitive nature of the assessment, the amount of information which is gathered and the multi-professional meetings which are held (depending on the assessment) to ensure the right outcome and appropriate recommendations, we ask for your patience with respect of the report being sent to you.

We do try our best to get these reports out to clients as soon as possible.  However, the reports are long and complex (up to 100 pages depending on the assessment) which must comply with all regulatory requirements and as such, please expect the outcome and the report 6 weeks after the final appointment, when it will be sent out to you.

Please be aware that due to the nature of our work, at times there are safeguarding or court issues which must take priority, and mean that service delivery is impacted.  As such, we cannot give an exact date as to when the report will be with you.   Should you wish to have the report by a specified date that is before the 6 week deadline, we will charge additionally to send it to you by that time as this will involve working outside of office hours for staff. Please send a request to our admin team to see if this is possible.