Autism Testing/Autism Spectrum Test
Temple Grandin
“The world needs all kinds of minds”
Have you or your child been struggling with reading social cues, anxiety when plans change, or repetitive behaviors?
Have you or your child been having difficulties with changes in routine, sensory sensitivity, or making connections with others?
Have you been told that you or your child may benefit from Autism testing?
As people in the society become more and more aware of neurodiversity, we also see an increase of information and personal experience sharing about autism. Autism is a neurological developmental condition that presents itself in various ways. Previously, Asperger's syndrome was commonly discussed as a diagnosis by itself. Now we refer to various symptoms of Autism as on the spectrum of Autism or Autism spectrum. Given that Autism is a neurological condition, it requires a comprehensive neuropsychological testing for psychologists to make diagnostic impressions.
At Sunburst Psychology, we offer Autism testing to help you gain insight about you or your child's neuropsychological functioning. The more we understand you or your child's unique strengths and challenges, the better we can identify resources and strategies to help you or your child to thrive in this modern society.
You can find detailed information below about our Autism testing service. If you cannot find answers to your questions, please don’t hesitate to email us.
3 simple steps to get your questions answered
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Clinical Interview
1-2 hours of information gathering with your clinician to better prepare a unique series of tests to help answer your questions.
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Test Administration
Your clinician will go through various tests and questionnaire with you, either in-person or virtually.
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Feedback Session
Meet with your clinician to review the comprehensive report, discuss the results, and ask questions. You'll receive a copy of the report afterwards.
FAQs
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We offer testing to clients age 6 to 65.
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All testing tools are in English. For test validity, conversational English is required
We have in-depth knowledge about immigrant experiences and ESL backgrounds. We provide affirming practice to folx who use English as a second language.
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Clinical Interview (in-person or virtual)
After completing of intake paperwork, you will meet with your clinician for a clinical interview. Depending on your goals for testing, the clinical interview can range from 1 to 2 hours. Your clinician will gather information about you or your child's symptoms, struggles, strengths, history. This will help the clinician better understand your concern and prepare a series of tests that works best for you or your child.
Test Administration, Scoring, and Writing
For test administration, we use questionnaires, interactive measures, self-complete measures, and information gathering from people who have close observations of you or your child to help us paint a comprehensive picture of the functioning, strengths, and weaknesses. After the testing, your clinician will spend time scoring the measures, reviewing the results and information gathered, and writing a comprehensive report on the questions you’d like an answer through assessment.
Feedback (in-person or virtual)
Once your clinician finalizes the report, we will contact you to schedule a feedback session. During this 55-minute session, your clinician will walk you through the results, share you or your child's strengths and weaknesses, answer the questions you have for the testing, and make recommendations according to the results. You can ask any questions you have during the feedback session and will have access to a copy of the final report afterwards.
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We provide superbills by the end of the assessment process to help you utilize your out-of-network benefits. Here are 3 ways to better understand if and how much your insurance plan will help cover the testing.
1. You can call the customer service number at the back of your insurance card.
2. Use this website for more detailed information: https://calculator.meetnirvana.com/
3. Use this service to get the most out of your out-of-network benefits: https://www.mentaya.com/patients
Your insurance company may ask for detailed CPT codes to provide a more accurate estimate of coverage. Below are the CPT codes you can utilize to obtain a more accurate estimate of the out-of-pocket cost for testing.
Clinician interview CPT code 90791
Test administration CPT code 96136, 96137
Scoring, interpretation, and writing CPT code 96130, 96131, 96132, 96133
Feedback session CPT code 96130
Our Fees
Gifted Testing
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N/A; mainly for the purpose of school adminission
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Clinical interview: 30 mins
Collateral interview: N/A
Test administration: 1-2 hrs
Data analysis, interpretation, & report writing: 2-3 hrs
Feedback session: 30 mins
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$1100
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Mood disorder diagnosis--$220
Neurodiversity Testing—Single diagnosis
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ADHD OR Autism
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Clinical interview: 1.5 hrs
Collateral interview: 1 hr
Test administration: 4-6 hrs
Data analysis, interpretation, & report writing: 4-6 hrs
Feedback session: 1 hr
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$3250
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Mood disorder diagnosis--$220
Neurodiversity Testing—Double diagnoses
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ADHD AND Autism
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Clinical interview: 2 hrs
Collateral interview: 1 hr
Test administration: 4-10 hrs
Data analysis, interpretation, & report writing: 4-10 hrs
Feedback session: 1 hr
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$5140
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Mood disorder diagnosis--$220