Individual assessment, diagnosis, SEN plans and therapy for children and young adults

We provide comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments, diagnoses & therapy for autism, ADHD, speech and language and learning; achieving excellent outcomes guided by a personal plan following NICE Guidelines & SEN law (two to twenty-five years of age)

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Welcome to the Roundway Centre

Roundway Centre is a multidisciplinary team of speech and language therapists, education consultants and educational psychologists who are all experts in their fields with over 20 years of experience. The team liaises with outside professionals, including paediatricians, psychiatrists and occupational therapists.

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How we help

We support children, adolescents and young adults (2-25 years)

We take a holistic approach to supporting children, adolescents, and young adults, combining specialist expertise with warmth, understanding, and collaboration. Every plan is unique, just like the young people we support.

Expertise

We apply our specialist knowledge and experience to deliver thoughtful, informed assessments and support.

Individuality

We recognise and respond to each person’s unique profile, adapting our approach to fit their strengths and goals.

Empowerment

We help young people and families build confidence, communicate their needs, and take an active role in shaping their future.

Support

We work collaboratively with families, schools, and professionals to provide consistent, practical support.

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Our Services

For Families

The Assessments

We provide autism, social communication, speech and language, ADHD and cognitive assessments, diagnostic reports, individual therapy and education support plans.

Autism / ADHD Diagnosis

Our diagnostic assessments and reports follow the NICE guidelines (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) and pioneering research using international standard instruments.

Guidance for a young person

Everyone has an individual profile, and the assessment is a way of understanding the person’s strengths and needs to better understand and support them.

Video Assessments

Advanced video analysis has improved the accuracy of assessments, contributing to an individual profile, diagnosis, personal plan and intervention.

Therapy

The therapist helps children and young people with a range of social-emotional, communication, interaction, and learning needs.

Medico-Legal Assessments & Reports

We provide expert independent medico-legal assessments and reports that adhere to the NICE guidelines.

Our Services

For Schools

Support for Schools

We help schools deliver early support and reasonable adjustment and gain evidence to complete the APDR (Assess Plan Do Review) framework to contribute to the individual child profile.

Special Educational Services

We provide expert support to schools in meeting the needs of children and young people with specialist educational needs (SEN).

PACT

PACT works to understand, nurture and respond positively to the development and communication needs of neurodivergent and autistic children.

The principles of our approaches are natural and easy to embed into daily life to make changes to foster the best supportive environment. ‘Less is more’ is a key principle of individualised intervention.

Dr Catherine Aldred

Founder of Roundway Centre

How we’ve helped families

Testimonials

We are so grateful for your time and our great session today.

We are so grateful for your time and our great session today. I have to say that your assessment and your work ethics were incredible. We felt at ease during the whole process and didn’t really realise that 2 hours had passed just like that. We are delighted that our son felt at ease as well and he managed to go through the whole process, keeping up at his own pace. Parent, Feb 2025

Our first meeting with Denise Anthony felt like a break through.

Our first meeting with Denise Anthony felt like a break through after months of struggles. It was a revelation to find somebody who understood what were going through. It feels like we are now at the start of a pathway which will help our son find his way and help us support him going forward. Parent February 2025

As a family, we felt stuck on long NHS waiting lists for professional appointments.

As a family, we felt stuck on long NHS waiting lists for professional appointments and were frequently told that the services we desperately needed for our son, were overwhelmed. We were struggling to get answers about our son’s needs and the support he needed so when we found The Roundway Centre, it felt like gold dust. The centre has supported us as a family to understand our child’s needs in a thoughtful and caring way. The detailed report we received after his assessment will be important for us to get the early intervention and support he needs. I can’t recommend The Roundway Centre enough, it’s the best money we’ve spent. Parent

The support of the Roundway Centre has been a turning point for my daughter.

The support of the Roundway Centre has been a turning point for my daughter. Her grades have improved from ‘D’ to ‘B’ or ‘A’, and our home life is happier as we understand each other better. Thank you! Especially to Denise, I found her so clear and helpful during the diagnosis part. Parent

I am crying writing this, thank you so much for the report.

I am crying writing this, thank you so much for the report. It is an absolute true representation of him, a representation I have been trying for years to get people to understand. I cannot thank you enough. It is so challenging with ADHD as I struggle massively with executive function and I myself get so overwhelmed. I can see this in him and always have so I understand his frustrations more. Again I am indebted to you. I just want him to have the best start; he tries so hard he is my absolute hero xx Parent

We cannot thank you all enough for the support you have given us.

We cannot thank you all enough for the support you have given us in helping to better understand our son and identifying his needs. The report you sent us was outstanding and really helped us to understand our son better and the ways in which we can work towards him achieving his full potential. Your help and ongoing support to us as a family has been invaluable and very much appreciated, and we are confident that with the right support now in place, our son will flourish at school and beyond. ou guys have/are a real pleasure to work with and we cannot recommend you all enough! ???? Parent

We would like to thank Dr Catherine Aldred for her patience, support and expertise.

We would like to thank Dr Catherine Aldred for her patience, support and expertise. She was calm and reassuring through an incredibly difficult and challenging time for us. Her diagnosis and report meant we were able to secure the right setting for our daughter, which will be nothing short of life changing for her. As parents, we are also developing our understanding through our PACT sessions with Denise Anthony. Her gentle approach and guidance is giving us the confidence to support and nurture our daughter in the way that she needs. After five long years of feeling lost, we are finally connecting with our daughter and are so very hopeful now for her future. Parent

We recently visited Dr Aldred with our 9 year old after having difficulties at school.

We recently visited Dr Aldred with our 9 year old after having difficulties at school. From the first meeting we felt so relieved, we have a better understanding of him. After trying a few of the tips given the impact on our family has been huge. We feel so much more positive about the future and know with a few strategies he will flourish. So grateful we found Dr Aldred and the Roundway Centre. Parent

Thank you to all the team at the Roundway Centre.

Thank you to all the team at the Roundway Centre. You helped us all immensely with our 8 year old son who has autism and speech a speech and language disorder. With your help and support we have been granted an EHCP for our son so he can now have the help he needs in school. You have also helped us as parents and as a family understand him better and access his world. This has been ongoing support through SALT and emotional literacy sessions. We can not thank you enough. Jade Block

Dr Aldred was very helpful, available, knowledgeable and informative.

Dr Aldred was very helpful, available, knowledgeable and informative both about our daughter’s condition and the EHCP process. We found her help invaluable and are very grateful. Parent

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