Have questions before beginning? Start here.
How does assessment work? What does a report tell you? When should counselling begin? How should parents participate? Find concise answers to the practical questions parents commonly have about assessment, counselling, confidentiality, process and next steps.
The questions parents ask before an assessment are remarkably consistent, and most of them are practical rather than technical. How long does it take. Does my child need to prepare. Who sees the result. What happens if the result surprises us. Can we do this without telling the school. The answers are collected here in the order people usually need them, and if yours is not on the list you can send it.
What is answered here
- Practical answers first — time, cost, preparation, privacy.
- Who sees a report, and who does not.
- A route for the question that is not on the list.
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The evidence behind all of this — who you would speak to, and what we will not claim — sits on the Parents page, where it belongs to the whole audience rather than to one service.
