Children’s and young people’s autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment

The children’s and young people’s autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder service is based 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

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.

Complete a referral form

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.