We provide expert professional detailed assessments, diagnoses, profiles of strengths and recommendations of needs and individual intervention plans.

Our recommendations and interventions are based on the best international evidence to achieve improved outcomes. We have a team of different health and educational professionals who are experts in their field who see children aged 1-25 years of age.

The Roundway Centre provides independent expert comprehensive assessments for children and young adults with autism and a range of social communication, language, pragmatic and developmental needs from problems with understanding or using language to difficulties with conversation.

The full range of assessments, diagnostic and intervention services are provided by experienced consultants and senior specialist professionals.

• To request an independent expert comprehensive assessment or second opinion.

• To request a diagnosis for autism/ Asperger’s syndrome, neurodiversity, pragmatic impairment, language impairment and other related conditions.

• To request an in-depth report summarising the profile of language and social communication needs identified in the assessment.

• To provide an independent expert assessment as part of a request for a statutory educational assessment.

• To provide medico-legal reports and attend tribunal as an expert witness.

• To provide an expert report with recommendations of need, detailing the type of support required, the appropriate environment, professional expertise, therapy intervention, specify and  quantify provision necessary to meet the child’s or young person’s needs.

• To provide a report detailing individual strategies for teaching staff in school and the support parents can provide at home.

• To provide a re-assessment and report with recommendations of need for transitions to secondary school, college, higher education, university, independent living and

• To provide interventions tailored to individual needs.

• Assess the underlying developmental needs that contribute to secondary difficulties, such as social, emotional, literacy or behavioural difficulties, and provide advice and information on how to understand and minimise these needs.

Many problems are addressed more easily and quickly if help is given early and many secondary difficulties such as emotional, social and educational problems may be avoided.

If there is a concern, parents above all want to know how to help.

Difficulties with language and social communication development are extremely common. They are in fact one of the most common childhood difficulties, affecting one in five of all children, and parents experience a great deal of anxiety as a result. This development is extremely complex, but requires a great many factors to be satisfactorily in place in order for effective development to occur.