Autism Assessments FAQs

To track the progress of your application please contact our Family Services team on 0345 300 1348 or familyservices@caudwellchildren.com

We offer charity-funded (means-tested) autism assessments for eligible children and self-funded assessments for those who don’t meet the eligibility.

Children must be referred by a health, social care or education professional using the form on our website.

Once the referral has been clinically accepted, our applications team will get in contact with you to complete the financial application process. 

Day one of the assessment will be completed by telephone or video conferencing, but the family must attend the centre in Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme for their day two appointment.

At the moment we don’t assess for anything else other than autism. If during the child’s autism assessment we observe indicators that maybe suggestive of other diagnosis such as ADHD, we would recommend that parents/guardians discuss this further with their GP and or Paediatrician.

Our process involves collecting Financial information, and information from home and school, and once all this has been returned, we conduct a risk assessment. 

We do not assess children younger than 4 years old or older than 11 years old. You should contact GP for advice.

Any health, social care or education professional that knows your child and has observed potential autism indicators that would benefit from an autism assessment can refer the child. We do not accept self/parental referrals. Your health, social care or educational professional will need to complete the make a referral form. You may also find our referral guide helpful.

Our centre is based in Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The full address is: Innovation Way, Caudwell International Children’s Centre Keele Science & Innovation Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 5NT. Day one of our assessment is completed via telephone or video conferencing software such as Zoom. Day two of the assessment is completed at Caudwell International Children’s Centre, on Keele Innovation and Science Park, located on Keele University in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

We ask about the developmental history of the child.

Yes, as long as the referral is completed before the child’s 12th birthday.

Yes. The first day of assessment is completed by telephone or video conferencing software such as Zoom. Day two of the assessment requires the family to attend Caudwell International Children’s Centre on Keele Innovation and Science Park, located on Keele University in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Caudwell International Children’s Centre is the UK’s first purpose-built centre dedicated to autism. We are able to complete the assessment in two days as we have everything we need in one place, including our own in-house multi-disciplinary clinical team.

No, regardless of the outcome of any previous assessment, we do not offer a 2nd opinion or repeat assessment for any child that has already undertaken an Autism Assessment