NSW Assessment Services
This section provides a listing of Assessment Centres in NSW. It is intended to assist Disability Liaison Officers within NSW universities to refer students with suspected learning difficulties for an appropriate assessment to identify a Learning Disability. This section does not focus on individuals who provide services as NSW Peak Bodies maintain and update extensive databases of appropriate contacts. The Assessment Centres and Services identified were included on the basis of;
- Assessment services for adults with a Learning Disability
- Services that offered a range of adult specific services and interventions
- Not individual based services unless it provided a range of services and specific interventions for adults with Learning Disabilities
- Currently used by NSW Disability Liaison Officers.
The following list is intended as a guide only. As the list is not necessarily exhaustive, the Project Co-ordinator would be pleased to hear of any other NSW Assessment Centres that could be included here.
University Assessment Centres:
Other Assessment Centres
- Albury Central Psychology Group
Telephone: (02) 6023 1800
- Nexus Consulting Services Pty Ltd - Albury
- Paramedical Centre - Sydney, Earlwood, Campbelltown and Blacktown
Telephone: (02) 9558 8800 (Central number for all centres)
- READ Clinic - Gosford
- Sherbrooke Consulting Psychologists - Wodonga VIC
Telephone: (02) 6056 6567
- SPELD NSW Inc - Specific Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Association of NSW
Website: via AUSPELD
Diagnostic Services
Irlen Dyslexia Centres
Irlen Dyslexia Centres are devised to specifically diagnose Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome. It is important to note that the Irlen Dyslexia Centre does not investigate, diagnose, or 'cure' Learning Disability. Remnant learning difficulties that may have developed as the result of Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome may still need intervention that is not offered by the Irlen Dyslexia Centre.
Contact Details
Address: Level 1, 74 Burwood Road, Burwood NSW 2134
Telephone: (02) 9747 1122
Fax: (02) 9747 1422
Email: darrengt@dyslexiaservices.com.au
Website: http://www.dyslexiaservices.com.au/1.html
ADD / ADHD National Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd
This service focuses on individuals with attentional difficulties, and will accept adults as well as children as clients. Its purpose is to carry out ADHD Screenings using, among other tools, the computerised assessment instrument, Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA). As a service, ADD / ADHD National Diagnostic Services p/l strives to achieve identification and treatment of ADD/ ADHD by working in a non-drug environment.
Contact Details:
1. Level 1, 48 Albany Street, Crows Nest, NSW, 2065
2. Suite 1, Level 1, 299 Old Northern Road, Castle Hill, NSW, 2154
Telephone: (02) 9437 5071 (centralised telephone service)
Fax: (02) 9906 5438
Email: rolex@geko.net.au
Email: Kay.Dean@newcastle.edu.au