Children’s and young people’s autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment
Located in Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire.
The children’s and young people’s neurodevelopmental pathway offer autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments. Learn more about our children’s and young people’s neurodevelopmental assessments.
For post diagnosis support, see our children’s and young people’s attention deficit hyperactivity disorder post diagnostic service.
If you have concerns about your child’s mental health, see our child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS).
How we can help
The neurodevelopment service is a specialist service for children and adolescents that offers:
- diagnostic assessments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- a neuroaffirming approach which includes personalised recommendations to support needs and recognise strengths
- signposting to partner agencies and other organisations for additional support
Non-urgent advice: How to get help
We offer autism assessment’s from ages 5 to 18 years across all 3 localities in terms of our Doncaster, North Lincolnshire and Rotherham teams.
For an ADHD assessments the child must be aged 6 to 18 years in North Lincolnshire and aged 7 to 18 years in Doncaster and Rotherham.
We will only accept referrals from schools or education settings. If the child or young person is electively home educated the Electively Home Educated team or Education Inclusion Services can refer. If the child or young person is not in education, employment or training (NEET) please contact us for additional guidance.
The service has developed the “Tree” form to be used as part of the Neurodevelopmental Pathway referral process. This form needs to be downloaded to be completed. The supplementary information is intended to be completed collaboratively, by the school and parent or carer together.
We cannot accept parental, self or extended family member referrals. Please take note that all people with parental responsibilities need to consent to this referral.
If you have any queries or require advice regarding the submission of a referral to the pathway, please contact the local team below to book in a phone consultation slot.
Contact the service
Make a request online
Registering to use our online system also allows you to:
- contact our admin teams online and receive text or email responses
- cancel appointments online (if you are cancelling with less than 24 hours’ notice, please call us instead)
You can read more on managing your appointments online using SystmConnect.
Your opinion
Tell us what you think of our service, simply visit our regional care opinion page and leave us your feedback:
- Rotherham neurodevelopment service feedback
- Doncaster neurodevelopment service feedback
- North Lincolnshire neurodevelopment service feedback
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Page last reviewed: November 03, 2025
Next review due: November 03, 2026
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