Our Services

Psychological Assessment

Brain Blox currently offers different assessments with our psychologist Codie. Clients seek assessment for many reasons, such as trying to understand certain emotional, social and behavioural concerns, explore potential diagnosis, and to understand individual needs. Sometimes clients are referred by other professionals, or self-referred. We currently offer the following assessments:

Cognitive (and Functional Capacity) Assessment - children and adults

Cognitive assessments are often completed when there are concerns about a person’s cognitive ability. A cognitive assessment may be necessary if problems are experienced in areas such as learning, problem solving skills, decision making, attention/concentration, and memory.

ADHD Assessment - children and adults

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can present quite differently among individuals. Those seeking assessment for ADHD may experience differences in areas such as- attention and concentration, impulse control, emotional regulation, hyperactivity, fidgeting, following instructions, or sitting still. Assessment involves clinical interview, observation, and standardised questionnaires (self, parent, and teacher report).

Autism Assessment - children

Autism, like ADHD, can present very differently in each individual. Those seeking assessment for Autism may experience differences in areas such as- social participation and communication, emotional regulation, sensory experiences, routines and preference for sameness, literal thinking patterns, intense interests, or repetitive patterns of behaviour. Sometimes these differences are not clear due to masking in order to “fit in”. Assessment involves clinical interview, observation, and standardised questionnaires (self, parent, and teacher report).

Educational Workshops

Brain Blox offers educational workshops to individuals, businesses, and organisations. Workshops are tailored to meet individual needs and therefore some notice is required upon booking. Workshops can be flexible to individual needs, such as length of the workshop depending on the topic (from 1 hour to full day workshops available). Workshops may interest a variety of groups such as education providers, corporate settings, not-for-profit organisations, or retail/sales settings.

Some areas of education and development that we can offer may include (but not limited to):

• Supporting Autism in education settings (childcare, preschool, primary school, and high school).

• Supporting ADHD in education settings (childcare, preschool, primary school, and high school).

• Understanding your participant better: a workshop for NDIS service providers (such as support coordinators, plan managers, support workers, recovery coaches, personal carers etc.). This workshop can be tailored to specific disability, such as Autism, Intellectual Disability, Schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder.

• Wellbeing in the workplace: a workshop that employers can arrange to provide employees with a new sense of wellbeing at work and at home.

• Mindfulness: covering a range of topics such as the basics of mindfulness, living a mindful life, workplace benefits of mindfulness, and practicing mindfulness.