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Assessment & Therapy Fee Structure

  • Toronto Neurodevelopmental Centre Neuropsychologists, Psychologists and Psychological Associates are fully registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO).  All clinicial assessments and Coaching/Therapy services are billed as ‘Psychological Services’ and are eligible for insurance reimbursement under most benefits plans.

  • Our clinical treatment services are provided with expertise and extensive training in neurodevelopmental disorders, neuropsychology, mental health with further licensing, training and qualifications across all age groups (child/adolescent/adult), and all therapists are closely supervised by Dr. Robyn Stephens, a fully Registered Neuropsychologist/Clinical Psychologist with specialization in neurodevelopmental disorders, for all age groups.  Our Supervised Therapists may hold other professional designations and/or are registered with other professional bodies or they are completing the final supervised clinical practicum or internship hours required for registration within their Professional College or Graduate Level program, however all patient intakes, assessments, treatment plans and continued therapy progress are conducted under the direction of Dr. Robyn Stephens.

    All receipts and documentation issued include the name and credentials of the therapist/clinician who is in direct communication with each client, as well as the name of their supervising Psychologist, or registered Psychological Associate. Toronto Neurodevelopmental Centre receipts include the following disclaimer:

    Psychological services are provided by a Toronto Neurodevelopmental Centre clinician and supervised by a registered member of the College of Psychologists of Ontario.

  • Hourly Therapy Rates are based upon the level of therapist clinical training and academic credentials, years of clinical expertise, specialized training and licensing credentials, with a range from $245 to $485 p/hr.

All our Therapists have earned at minimum,  Master's Level clinical degrees, in addition to extensive graduate level clinical training and assessment/therapy experience, and are now completing final registration required clinical hours for their clinical doctorate program or for registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario.  All clinical students, psychological associates and psychologists are under the direct supervision of Dr. Robyn Stephens, PhD. C.Psych. C.Psychol.

All clinical intake sessions conducted by Dr. Robyn Stephens, are 60-90 minutes in length, and may include co-consultation with a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology or a Registered Clinical Psychologist in training. 

Dr. Stephens' rate for consultations and therapy is $485 per hour.   Hourly rates for therapists who are Graduate Level PhD Students and Registering Psychologists, under Dr. Robyn Stephens supervision, are $245-$285 per hour. 

Student therapy rates for elementary, secondary and post secondary levels are available.

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Diagnostic, Clinical, and PsychoEducational Assessment Fees

Including Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 1 ASD/Asperger), Tourette's Syndrome, ADHD, OCD, Anxiety, Learning Disabilities, Gifted Testing

Following a Consultation session discussing your unique questions, goals and requirements for you or your child's assessments, the specific tests to be administered, time required for the assessment, and overall costs will be quoted with a greater level of specificity and detail.

 School/Academic/Learning Disability/Placement Testing:

What are the benefits of a psychoeducational assessment?

  • You want to better understand you or your child’s strengths and learning challenges. An assessment is NOT just about finding out “what is wrong”, it is also about acknowledging and suggesting ways to utilise ones own strengths and individual ways of learning to achieve greater academic success
  • Knowing your or your child's cognitive profile allows you to advocate more clearly for support as schools typically have requirements they need to meet (e.g. a formal clinical diagnosis, specific cognitive or academic assessment results) before they are able to implement certain supports or accomodations
  • You are looking for specific recommendations for how to best support learning needs, to gain accomodations for elementary, secondary or post secondary education programs, or to put in place when writing professional school entrance examinations, including LSAT, MCAT, CFA, GRE, EPPP. 

The assessments we provide cover:

  • Cognitive abilities – measures your level of functioning for various cognitive abilities (e.g. working memory, cognitive processing speed, fluid reasoning). This information can provide information about strengths and challenges to help tailor academic program planning and identify beneficial supports.

  • Functional academic testing – you will learn how you or your child's academic achievement in the classroom has progressed and whether there are "gaps" or areas of strength that are present in the learning profile. This information caan be useful as a baseline for trialling or understanding impacts of in-class support, program modifications and accommodation strategies and for confirming areas in need of academic intervention.

  • Learning difficulties or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) – results of PsychoEducational  assessments identify whether learning difficulties meet the criteria for a formal diagnosis of a Specific Learning Disorder.

  • Clinical psychosocial assessment – understanding any additional mental health difficulties that might be impacting learning, such as anxiety, depression, social development. Given the co-occurrence of educational challenges and other mental health difficulties, this will assist in identifying the most helpful support planning.

Brief Screening for Gifted Placement Inquiries
  • Gifted Screening:  A more brief examination of intellectual abilities, typically required for placement in advanced or Gifted Programs (includes select WISC-V/WAIS-IV Intellectual test components, Memory skills, Parent/teacher/observer/Self Report Questionnaires, Academic screening + Mood/emotional screening.  Results are presented during a Feedback session and a brief report is prepared with the findings: $2150

Comprehensive PsychoEducational Assessment with Learning Disability Identification

Typically, a psychoeducational assessment will include some or all of the following components:
  • Intake/initial consultation session
  • School/teacher consultation, Observational reports
  • Review of developmental, prior academic, medical history documentation
  • One-on-one session to discuss concerns, gather insights into learning challenges
  • Test administration and scoring
  • Test interpretation, results formulation and formal diagnostic report writing
  • Feedback session to discuss findings
  • Finalizing and presenting completed report

On average, the total time to complete PsychoEducational components is approximately 15-18 hrs.  We rovide a thorough assessment and include additional time allocations for liaising with your school and report writing, which allows your psychologist to spend considerable time developing a rich understanding of the unique learning profile. This is particularly important given that many of the tests used can’t be repeated for an extended period of time (e.g. 2 years).

Should any additional concerns or factors which may be impacting on learning (such as questions about possible ADHD or autism) emerge during the initial consulation or assessment, any additional costs of adding on further diagnostic components will be discussed, and the availability of incorporating additional testing into the PsychoEducational assessment timeline.

Based on the above range of 15-18 clinical hours, the base cost of a comprehensive PsychoEducational assessment, with learning disability/gifted diagnosis provided if supported by data, is $4500.00.      Should there be additional testing for ADHD or ASD indicated, the costs will be discussed prior to any further testing being initiated.   Your psychologist will be able to provide you a more specific estimate following your intake session

 

  • PsychoEducational Assessment  (WISC-V/WAIS-IV Intellectual testing+Assessment for Learning Disabilities/Giftedness, Academic Achievement levels, Executive Functioning/Problem solving, screening for attention issues, Memory and Learning skills and Social Development/Behavior): $4500
  • PsychoEducational Assessment + Comprehensive ADHD Assessment (Up to 18 years of age):  $6500
  • PsychoEducational Assessment + Comprehensive ADHD Assessment (18+ years old):  $5950

 Assessments may be requested to be conducted in French, with a French language report, for an additional fee of $600.

 

Clinical/Diagnostic Assessments:

ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)

  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity (ADHD) Assessment: (Clinical Interviews, Prior reports/medical history/academic review, MOXO dCBT Computerized attention test, Parent/Self Report/Teacher/Observational Questionnaires, Feedback and Diagnostic Report): $3150

 

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) & ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)

According to the most recent scientific literature, 50 to 70% of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) also present with comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). From a clinical perspective, this high rate of comorbidity is important to clarify and better understand during an assessment, so strategies for behaviour, symptoms and supports needed for academic, social, relationship and workplace accomodations and therapies can be fine-tuned to meet the needs of each individual and their concerns.  Therefore, from over 20 years of clinical experience, we decided to assess for both ASD and ADHD concurrently, to be able to offer the most constructive, detailed and targetted strategies and recommendations for symptoms and behaviours, and to lower the risk of missing critical diagnostic information and opportunities for support.

 

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)Assessment + Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)(6-16 yrs): (Clinical Interviews, Parent/Self Report/Teacher/Observationaal Questionnaires, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), prior reports/medical history/academic review, MOXO dCBT Computerized attention test, tests of attention/fine motor skills, Observational components, Academic screening, Social/Emotional screening, Formulation/Results Feedback and Diagnostic and Customized Recommediations report): $6500
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) + ADHD Assessment (18+ yrs): (Clinical Interviews, Adolescent/Adult ADOS Components, Self+ Observer Questionnaires, Social/emotional testing, prior reports/medical history/academic review, MOXO dCBT Computerized attention test, tests of attention/fine motor skills, Observational components, Academic screening, Social/Emotional screening, Formulation/Results Feedback, and Diagnostic and Customized Recommediations Report): $5950      

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) + ADHD Assessment + PsychoEducational Assessment: (Comprehensive ASD and ADHD assessments  plus + PsychoEducational (Intellectual Ability/Memory skills/Executive Functioning/Learning Skills/Academic achievement):

  • Child/Youth:  6-17 years of age: $9500 package price          (regular price: $11,000)
  • Adult: 18+ years old: $8950 package price                            (regular price: $10,450)

 

TICS/TOURETTE'S SYNDROME

 


During the course of all our Assessments, clinical screening (not testing) for ADHD, ASD, OCD, Anxiety and Tourette's Syndrome may be included. Based on findings recommendations may be made for further testing, therapy, or outside referrals based on the unique findings from each assessment.

If more than one clinical diagnostic assessment is requested a packaged fee may be available to help reduce costs.

**Additional Neuropsychological of Clinical Assessment Components (such as more indepth functional testing, visual-perceptual, visual-motor integration, processing speed, high level executive functioning and targetted cognitive measures) which may be beneficial to achieve further clarity and understanding of any additional potential diagnoses and learning differences identified.  Additional testing/screening will be suggested if a clinical need is identified and you will be offered the option to add-on further tests or measures.

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Does my Health Insurance cover the fees?

Depending on your current Private health insurance provider or employee benefit plan, it is possible for Psychological or Neuropsychological assessment and therapy fees to be covered in full or in part. Please contact your insurance provider directly to verify how your plan compensates you for psychotherapy/psychological services.

We’d recommend asking these questions to your insurance provider to help determine your specific benefits:

  • Does our health insurance plan include mental health benefits?  Are all family members covered?
  • Does our Insurance plan limit how many therapy sessions per calendar year we can have? If so, what is the limit?
  • Do we need written approval from my primary care physician in order for therapy or assessment services to be covered?
  • Are the fees for a Psychoeducational, Neuropsychological (ADD/ADHD, ASD) or Clinical Psychology (Anxiety/Depression) covered under our insurance?

 

How am I reinbursed?

All Clients must remit payment to the Toronto Neurodevelopmental Centre directly for services rendered. Once payment and services have been received, we will provide you with a detailed insurance receipt to submit to your provider for personal reimbursement. Toronto Neurodevelopmental Centre does not submit insurance receipts to providers on behalf of our clients.

Other important notes to consider about insurance receipts:

  • An individual’s name can only be included on the receipt if he/she attended the appointment.
  • The receipt must include the actual date of the appointment, and cannot be changed to reflect any reimbursement deadlines.
  • Once a receipt has been submitted to your insurance provider, the names listed on the receipt cannot be changed so please verify all information in advance.
  • Insurance receipts cannot be provided in advance of services being rendered.
  • Psychological services can only be provided in the province of Ontario.

 

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Payment

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Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend a session, please make sure you cancel at least 24 hours beforehand. Otherwise, you may be charged for the full rate of the session.

Any Other Questions

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Online Client Forms

Forms will be available to be completed during the first scheduled session or will be emailed and sent out to you directly.