Comprehensive doctor-led ADHD assessments
Understand your child earlier. Unlock their potential.
Every child has a unique profile of strengths and challenges. ADHDX helps you understand both, and gives you a clear plan for what to do next.
Doctor-led ADHD & neurodevelopmental assessment for children aged 6-12
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Hear from a parent: their experience of the ADHDX assessment
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- NICE-aligned care
- DSM-5-TR / ICD-11
Sometimes everyone sees the behaviour. Nobody sees the child.
A child thinks differently and has strengths no one has seen yet. When their way of learning and behaving is misunderstood, life becomes harder at school and home. Gradually, people see the child as the problem. The child may start to believe it too.
Now imagine a different path.
We understand how the child thinks, help parents and teachers adapt their approach, support difficulties, and nurture strengths. Home becomes calmer. School becomes a place where the child can belong and grow.
Too often, children are understood too late, and too narrowly.
Parents struggle to be heard. Teachers lack the full picture. Long waits delay help. Assessments often focus only on a child’s difficulties, not their strengths. While everyone waits for answers, the child’s confidence and opportunities can slip away.
ADHDX exists to help children be understood earlier, and more fully.
Not just “Does my child have ADHD?” “Who is my child?”
An assessment should help you understand the whole child: what they find difficult, what they do brilliantly, and what could help them thrive. Our Strengths & Needs Profile covers nine areas of development to build a personalised plan that supports your child’s needs and nurtures their strengths.
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- Strengths
- Needs
- Understanding
- Support
- Potential
The ADHD diagnosis remains rigorous and clinically important, and it is included in the assessment. It sits within a richer understanding of your child.
What is the Personalised Management Plan?
Following our comprehensive assessment, we develop a 12-month personalised plan built around your child's unique Strengths and Challenges.
We prioritise the domains where intervention will make the biggest difference, creating practical action plans for both home and school, introducing one strategy at a time in manageable two-week steps.
Review progress every 2 weeks, with feedback from both parents and teachers, keeping what works, adapting what doesn't, and moving forward as new skills become part of everyday life.
The plan includes a separately charged clinician review at six weeks to assess progress and guide the next steps. Clinician reviews cost £195 per appointment at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months; these are separate from the two-week progress feedback from parents and teachers.
Step by step, brick by brick, we help your child build lasting skills, nurture their strengths, overcome challenges and unlock their full potential.
ADHD Medication: When Is It Helpful?
At ADHDX, we believe in helping children build on their strengths, including their energy and creativity, while developing practical strategies to manage the challenges of ADHD.
For some children, symptoms significantly affect daily life, and medication can make an important difference.
ADHD medications have been extensively researched and are effective for most children. Around 70% respond to the first stimulant medication, with alternative treatments available when the first is ineffective or poorly tolerated.
Treatment starts with a low dose, which is gradually adjusted under specialist supervision to achieve the best benefit with the fewest side effects.
Our approach combines medication, when appropriate, with personalised behavioural strategies to support long-term wellbeing.
Pioneering the school-based assessment model
ADHDX provides comprehensive assessments online, in our clinic in central London, and in schools.
We strongly advocate assessing primary-school children in their school environment since it:
- Minimises disruption and stress to children.
- Is more convenient for parents.
- Enables closer collaboration with SENDCOs and teachers.
- Gives a better understanding of the child in their everyday environment.
School partnership
St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary, Brent
- Comprehensive ADHD assessments delivered on-site
- Completed within 8 weeks of referral
- Collaboration with parents, teachers and SENDCO
- Detailed diagnostic reports and management plans
Could my child have ADHD?
Complete our free 5-minute parent questionnaire to understand whether your child shows symptoms commonly associated with ADHD. You will see your result straight away.
Screening tool only. It does not diagnose ADHD.
Why families choose ADHDX
- A doctor-led comprehensive ADHD assessment that looks beyond symptoms to understand the whole child.
- A complete Strengths & Needs Profile alongside a detailed report and personalised action plan.
- Support after the assessment includes personalised management plan reviews and medication management when appropriate, charged per appointment.
- Clear guidance on NHS next steps to help you understand what to do with the results.
- Clear, competitive pricing.
Our commitment to your family
The reassurance that you are heard, your child is understood, and we are finding a way forward together.
You know your child better than anyone. We listen to everything you’ve noticed, then use our clinical expertise to discover important details to help.
Together, we build a plan that works for your child and your family. We’ll help you put it into practice, review what’s working and support you as your child grows.
You don’t just leave with a diagnosis. You leave with a plan.
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What if your child’s greatest strength is something the world hasn’t understood yet?
The child who is always running and jumping might become an athlete. The child constantly building with Lego might design something none of us has imagined.
Or their path may be completely different.
Potential isn’t only about what a child becomes. It’s about helping them understand who they are.
What matters today is that someone sees their curiosity, understands their challenges, and helps them find where they thrive.
At ADHDX, we help families nurture what makes each child unique while providing practical support for what they find difficult.
So being themselves can feel less like a struggle and their future can feel full of possibility.
How the Assessment Works
ADHD symptoms can overlap with other developmental, learning and emotional needs. That’s why our doctors bring together information from parents, school and the clinical assessment rather than looking at symptoms in isolation.
Questionnaires are completed online, at your own pace.
Speak to a doctor (free)
15 minutesA free 15-minute call to discuss your concerns and whether an assessment is right for your child. Advice only, with no obligation and no pressure.
Book your assessment
5 minutesIf an assessment is the right next step, book a time during the call or online afterwards. We confirm instantly and send you everything you need to prepare.
Questionnaires
At your own paceYou and your child’s teacher complete structured questionnaires online. School reports or GP records help, but aren’t essential.
The assessment
Your child meets an experienced doctor specialising in ADHD and neurodiversity, who explores your child’s story in depth and reviews everything you’ve shared.
Strengths & Needs plan
Same appointmentWe discuss your child’s individual profile and the plan to address it: behavioural strategies, holistic support, NHS resources, and the role of medication where appropriate.
Report & next steps
You receive a detailed written report and action plan. With your permission we share it with your GP to support an NHS referral, and we recommend sharing it with school.
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Clarity now, not in 3 years
2-3 years
typical NHS wait for a child’s ADHD assessment
18 weeks
the recommended standard we work to
~70%
of parents report significant improvement following treatment*
*Following medication treatment, where clinically appropriate.
The earlier a child is understood, the earlier the right support starts: at school, at home, and within the NHS care pathway.
Clear, upfront fees
One fee covers the assessment, the written report and a 12-month personalised management plan. Clinician reviews and medication appointments are charged separately, per appointment.
Initial Child ADHD Assessment
Doctor-led, for children aged 6-12
£950
- Comprehensive diagnostic interview
- Structured evaluation
- Formal written report
- Personalised management plan
Ongoing care fees
Personalised management plan reviews support your child’s progress. If medication is recommended, titration involves careful review to safely optimise dosage. All ongoing fees are per appointment.
- Medication Titration Appointments£245 / appointment
- Stable & Optimised Repeat Prescription£95 / appointment
- Personalised management plan reviewAt 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months£195 / appointment
One key advantage of private assessment is significantly shorter waiting times, typically weeks rather than years compared to NHS pathways.
Shared Care Agreements (SCA)
Following private diagnosis and stabilisation, the NHS general practitioner (GP) may agree to assume responsibility for prescribing. Shared care arrangements are not guaranteed and are subject to the policy of the individual GP practice. Alternatively, ongoing treatment is provided by the local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) unit. Medication and follow-up will remain under private care until alternative NHS arrangements are established.
Is a private ADHD diagnosis recognised by the NHS?
These assessments adhere to the gold standards established by the NHS, are reviewed and signed by two physicians, and are accompanied by a formal written report that is recognised as credible for NHS ongoing care and educational support.
What families say
“What stood out most was how stress-free the entire process was, both for me and my child. Everything was handled professionally, with empathy and understanding, making me feel supported throughout. … I personally came away feeling listened to, informed, and much more confident about the next steps.”
“The assessment and diagnosis helped us understand our daughter’s needs more clearly and gave us useful guidance on how to support her. … Dr El-Emam explained everything clearly, was very informative, and I received the diagnosis report very quickly.”
“I would highly recommend ADHDX to any parent who feels that their child may need help but isn’t sure where to start.”
“Excellent service and very helpful throughout assessment. Explain everything clearly, and guided us with great understanding and professionalism.”
Frequently asked questions
No, you can book directly. With your permission we share the report with your GP afterwards to support NHS ongoing care.
Yes. ADHD affects girls as strongly as boys but often presents differently, so it’s frequently missed or mislabelled as shyness or anxiety.
Around 60% of children with ADHD continue to experience symptoms as adults. Early support changes the trajectory.
ADHD affects about 5% of the population, yet fewer than 0.1% are on ADHD medication. Rising diagnoses reflect better awareness, not over-use.
No. For mild to moderate symptoms, behavioural therapy and a holistic approach (sleep, exercise, diet, creative outlets) is often most effective. Where medication is appropriate, we discuss benefits, safety and monitoring fully before any decision.
Because the assessment is comprehensive, it also considers autism and other conditions, so you leave with clarity about what is going on, not just what isn’t.
You get a detailed action plan; we can share the report with your GP for NHS referral, and we advise sharing it with school so they can put support in place.
Ready for clarity?
The first step is a free 15-minute call with one of our doctors, with no obligation and no pressure.
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