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The Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service is a specialist child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) for children and young people. The service offer assessments to determine whether a child or young person has a neurodevelopmental condition such as Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
- Base: Springfield University Hospital
- Service Contact: ndtcamhsadmin@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Service Category: Community
- Address: Trinity Building, Springfield University Hospital, 15 Springfield Drive, London, SW17 0YF
- Reception hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm
- Reception phone number: 0203 513 6716
About our care
The team is made up of CAMHS professionals from different backgrounds who work together to provide a multi-disciplinary assessment. This includes child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurses and speech and language therapists.
The neurodevelopmental assessment will look at a child’s strengths and weaknesses to provide a full developmental profile and inform whether they have or have not got a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder.
As part of this assessment, information will be required from the child's school and any other professionals involved in their care, such as educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and paediatricians.
The assessment process usually consists of two appointments, whatever the age of the child.
The first appointment is an interview with the child's parent/carer where a clinician will gather information on their developmental history and discuss symptoms and concerns. This typically lasts two hours.
The second appointment is a play-based assessment (taking into account ability) which includes an observation of the child in our outpatient clinic. This typically lasts 60 minutes and doesn't require any preparation.
Following the play-based assessment, the clinician leading this will meet with the child's parent/carer to provide feedback and inform them of any preliminary findings.
Waiting times for neurodevelopmental assessments for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) or Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) for children and young people are longer than usual at the moment, for further information see the “Patient Information tab” or the current waiting times.
Who is this service for?
The service accepts referrals for children and young people aged 5-18 who live in Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Kingston or Richmond.
Referrals and access
Referrals should be made by contacting the relevant borough's Single Point of Access (SPA) team.
Patient information
Waiting times for neurodevelopmental assessments for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) or Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) for children and young people.
We want to apologise because at the moment, some children and young people are waiting longer to access screening and assessments for neurodevelopmental assessments such as ADHD and ASC.
This is because more children and young people are being referred to us for a neurodevelopmental diagnostic assessment, which means that there are more children and young people on waiting lists for these type of assessments.
We understand what a difficult time this is for parents and carers who are supporting a young person with a suspected neurodevelopmental need.
For an update on our current waiting times please clink here.
If you live in Kingston or Richmond and you are waiting for a neurodevelopmental assessment with Achieving for Children then please visit their website here.
What to do while you wait
You can access some helpful resources on our CAMHS resources page.
Please note that a diagnosis of ADHD or ASC is not required for an EHCP.
