Neuroads for individuals and families
Neuroads offers neuroaffirming assessments for children from age 2, adolescents and adults. Each assessment builds a clear picture of how you or your child think, learn and experience the world, with practical recommendations for home, school and work.
Dr Garance Delagneau, clinical neuropsychologist, is based in Wollongong and sees people across NSW and the ACT, at home, in local venues and online.
Assessments
Start from the question you want answered. If you are unsure, the intake form or a callback will help work out the right pathway, and combined assessments cost less than separate ones.
Suits: For you or your child if attention, organisation, energy or impulse regulation keep getting in the way at school, work or home.
Explores: Attention, executive functioning and everyday regulation, with care to recognise profiles that are often missed: internalised presentations, girls and women, and people who mask.
Explore ADHD assessmentsSuits: For children, adolescents and adults exploring whether autism explains differences in communication, sensory experience, interests or social energy.
Explores: Your autistic profile, including masking, gender and cultural context, and demand-avoidant (PDA) profiles. A Medicare rebate is available for people under 25 referred by a paediatrician or psychiatrist.
Explore autism assessmentsSuits: When both questions are open, or when the two may be overlapping or masking each other.
Explores: ADHD and autism together in one process, which avoids repeating shared components and reduces the overall cost.
See combined assessment feesSuits: For questions about intellectual functioning, giftedness or twice-exceptionality, or to understand why learning feels harder or easier than expected.
Explores: Reasoning, verbal and visual skills, working memory and processing speed.
Explore IQ assessmentsSuits: For students who need evidence for school support, HSC disability provisions, or university and TAFE adjustments.
Explores: Reading, writing, spelling and maths, alongside a cognitive assessment, to identify specific learning differences.
Explore learning assessmentsSuits: When you want a fuller picture than IQ alone: how memory, attention and executive functions work together day to day.
Explores: A broader cognitive profile that goes beyond IQ, to characterise strengths and support needs. It does not assess dementia or brain injury.
Explore neuropsychological assessmentsSuits: When trauma and neurodevelopmental differences may both be shaping how someone thinks, feels and copes.
Explores: Carefully teasing apart neurodiversity from the effects of developmental or relational trauma, with a multidisciplinary approach when needed.
Explore trauma-informed assessmentsSuits: For people applying for NDIS access or preparing for a plan review.
Explores: Everyday functioning, including communication, social participation, emotional regulation and independence, written up as clear evidence of support needs.
Explore functional capacity assessmentsWhat to expect
Where and when
What you receive
Neuroaffirming in practice
Sessions follow your energy levels and comfort, not a fixed script.
Breaks, fidgets, snacks and comfort items are encouraged throughout.
Reports describe strengths and areas where support helps, rather than deficits.
Testing can happen at home, where many people feel more relaxed and day-to-day behaviour is easier to see.
Common questions
More answers are on the FAQ page, and the full process is on the assessments page.
This is one of the most common worries. Every assessment ends with a detailed profile of strengths and support needs and practical recommendations, whether or not a diagnosis is made.
No. Psychologists cannot prescribe medication. A GP, paediatrician or psychiatrist makes decisions about medication, and your report can support that conversation.
No, you can refer yourself or your child. For autism assessments, people under 25 can claim a Medicare rebate when referred by a paediatrician or psychiatrist.
Anxiety and depression are screened as part of the assessment. If a more in-depth assessment or ongoing support would help, Garance will recommend where to go next.
Neuroads does not assess acquired brain injury, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, language disorders, decision-making capacity or dementia.
A $500 booking fee is due within a week of booking. Flexible payment plans are available, and the report is released once the full fee has been paid.
Take the next step
If you are looking for a clear, neuroaffirming assessment process for yourself, your child, or someone you support, complete the intake form or request a callback to talk through the next step.