Please follow the steps below to refer your child for an assessment. If you have any questions about the assessment process, take a look at the Assessment FAQ page.
1. Download Forms
This is the quickest way to make a referral.
Click the button to download a Referral Form and Parent/Carer Information Form. They are Word documents, so you need to save them to your computer to complete them. These forms help me to plan what tests to use.
The fees are listed on the Referral Form.
There is also a School/Nursery Information Form to be completed by your child’s educational setting. I do not carry out assessments without School/Nursery involvement. If you have any concerns with regards to this, please telephone to discuss further. This form is not required for children who are home educated.
If you would like an assessment for exam access arrangements only, typically used for 11+ exams, GCSEs and A Levels, please email hannahmorris@edpsych4kids.com. Please do not fill in these referral forms.
If you would like to proceed with a full educational psychology assessment, please read the second set of instructions below BEFORE submitting the referral forms. Thank you.
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2. Complete and Email Forms
Please read carefully to avoid delaying your child’s assessment.
What's included in the assessment and report?
- Your child’s strengths and needs in the following areas*:
- Intelligence
- Processing and memory
- Literacy and maths
- Attention and other executive function skills
- Social skills, language and communication
- Motor skills and sensory processing
- Emotions and behaviours
- Everyday life skills
- Expressive arts
- *It is not always possible to cover all areas of development, eg if a child is very young or becomes dysregulated, but I will always try to explore as much as possible.
- Recommendations are made for supporting your child at school, eg teaching strategies, useful resources, exam access arrangements and additional targeted teaching.
- Where relevant: Advice for school transitions, supporting mental health and medical needs (eg Tourettes, epilepsy and diabetes) or how to help if your child has been bereaved or experienced bullying.
- If there is evidence of dyslexia, dyscalculia, general learning difficulties or high learning potential, these will be diagnosed.
- If there are indicators of autism, ADHD, dyspraxia (DCD) or any other differences, advice will be given for support at school and which other professionals to refer your child to for diagnostic assessments.
- Where relevant: Advice and recommendations for an EHCP, eg individual support, environmental adjustments and staff training. Information is specific and quantifiable.
What should be emailed?
If you would like to proceed with a full educational psychology assessment:
- Click the ‘download forms’ button on this page.
- Save the word documents to your computer.
- Complete and return the forms. There are 2 forms for parents/carers and 1 for school/nursery. Please check to ensure you answer all questions on the forms and sign/date at the bottom (both parents if you are a two-parent household).
- If your child has recently started a new school, or your child has recently started home education, please ask their previous setting to also complete the school/nursery form, and let me know if there are any problems arranging this.
- Children who have been home educated for more than 3 months do not need a school/nursery form completed.
- Email any other professional reports and your child’s EHCP (if they have one). It is particularly important that I see reports with test scores and/or diagnoses, even if they are from when your child was much younger.
Where will the assessment take place?
Most assessments take place at my home (J22 of the M25), but some children require their assessments to take place at their home or school. I will confirm the location after reading the referral forms.
Is a school observation required?
If there are concerns regarding social skills or aggressive/unusual behaviours, then an observation at school is advised, otherwise this is optional. It may not be possible for me to observe your child if their school location is further than I travel for work. I will advise further once I have read the referral forms.
Do I need a Form 8?
If your child is in Year 9 or above, your child’s school may want to use test scores from an EdPsych4Kids assessment to request exam access arrangements for GCSEs and I will need to fill in a Form 8. If you select this option under the Fees section of the main referral form, you will only pay the Form 8 fee if I complete a Form 8.
Do I need outcomes?
Outcomes can be used to inform the content of EHCPs, at the Local Authority’s (LA) discretion. When writing EHCPs, LAs often include outcomes from professional reports. As there is currently a shortage of Educational Psychologists, some LAs are accepting private reports. Outcomes are an optional extra as not all children require them in their EdPsych4Kids report. If outcomes are included, they are specific and quantifiable.
When will I be given an assessment date?
Assessment dates will only be offered after all the documents listed above have been received, with all sections completed and forms signed.
Referral forms were updated on 5th February 2025. Please ensure you have downloaded the latest versions. Email the completed forms directly to hannahmorris@edpsych4kids.com
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If you need help to read or type on the forms, please telephone me: 07540 529661