Parental Support
Referral Routes
Referring your child for external assessment
The referral process for ASC or ADHD on the NHS can be initiated by the school or by your GP. The route to referral has recently been updated and now a This Is Me Needs Summary meeting is held. A set of support strategies are put in place, and the Neurodiversity Team for Kent and Medway are contacted after a 6-12 week process of embedding the support strategies. Families are then entitled to proceed with a request for referral. Families may choose to use the Right to Choose option once on the waiting list for referral.
Is there a private route? Is it quicker?
Yes. We do prefer referrals to be made via the NHS, but if you are certain that you would like a private assessment, we can give details of organisations that other parents have used. Private referrals are quicker but please be aware they do incur a significant cost
