Assessment

SCP offers assessment and therapeutic work across the age range. However, we particularly specialise in the assessment of children, young people and their families/carers.

Assessments may be undertaken for the following purposes:

Assessment for therapeutic work

All SCP clinicians have spent a number of years working within the NHS, and continue to do so. We employ a variety of techniques to assess the nature of difficulties, environmental factors, scope/motivation for change and support networks. We use our assessment information to devise intervention packages. We have many years' experience in building positive relationships with children and adults regardless of the difficulties presented.

Legal work

SCP offers assessments for legal purposes in the following areas:

  • Assessment of children and carers for child care proceedings (e.g. psychological presentation, parenting capacity, relationships)
  • Assessment of mental state, competence, risk, vulnerability for young offenders facing court proceedings
  • Medico-legal assessments, particularly around trauma
Educational purposes

We offer assessments for children/young people who have been unable to access local authority educational provision. This includes, assessment of learning difficulties, poor academic attainment or delay, or specific assessments around memory, attention, perception and executive skills (e.g. problem-solving, insight, self-regulation).