Dr Sonia A is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who can undertake assessments of adults and children. Her areas of expertise are as follows:

• Autism Assessment with children and adults using:
  • Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders (Lorna Wing Centre, National Autistic Society)
  • The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
  • The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R)
• Risk Assessment and Management
• Assessments to provide information to help inform services on how to support parents with learning disabilities
• Psychometric assessments, including:
  • WAIS IV (gold standard IQ assessments)
  • WPSSI IV
  • WMS III and WMS IV (gold standard memory assessments)
  • Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (adaptive functioning assessment)
  • Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test
  • Griffiths
  • Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System (ABAS)
  • The Functional Living Scale (TFLS)

• Awareness and assessment of the Mental Capacity Act

• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)
• Parenting Programme based on Webster Stratton Incredible Years
• Safeguarding and Multi Agency  Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)