Your journey with Thrive
As a gold‑standard service provider, we ensure that your pathway to support adheres to both NHS and NICE guidelines. Your journey starts with an initial assessment which is essential to ensure the right support is offered to you from day one.
Step One
Complete Screening Questionnaire
A screening questionnaire for autism is a short set of structured questions designed to identify whether someone may show characteristics associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and whether a full diagnostic assessment should be considered.
Screening questionnaires do not provide a diagnosis. They are an important first step in understanding needs and guiding appropriate next steps.
Complete your online screening questionnaire provided by Novopsych*
Autism screen
for children
ADHD screen
for children
Step Two
Book an initial assessment
We will invite you to a face-to-face initial assessment at our practice in Westhoughton, Bolton.
Here we take a detailed history and determine the best path for you or your child.
We will share a clinical formulation with you and work with you to decide on the next steps of your journey.
Your onward journey
Depending on the results from the Initial Assessment, we will be able to advise you on the best course of assessment of treatment for your child or young person.
• If we think an autism assessment is required, we’ll discuss a full autism assessment with you at this point.
• If we feel that an autism assessment would not be beneficial, we will discuss other support and treatments which could be beneficial to your child or young person.
*Novopsych References:
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Find us:
58 Market Street, Westhoughton.
BL5 3AZ.
Contact us:
thrive@munrotherapyservices.co.uk
01942 387033
About us:
Munro Therapy Services has an established team of Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation Assistants specialising in neurological care for adults and children, offering one off or continuing assessments, medico-legal reports, recommendations or a programme of one-to-one treatments.
Office Hours:
Monday – Friday
9am – 5pm