Anyone can make a referral to our PAAD Clinic! We will add your child to our wait list and gather all necessary paperwork from your child’s physician. Someone will contact you to confirm your placement on the wait list and gather any additional information by phone. There is no packet of paperwork required by our clinic! Once your child is at the top of our wait list, we will begin the evaluation process. Since we serve young children through the PAAD Clinic, we purposefully divide your appointments up into different days which allows for better assessment participation, multiple opportunities to view behaviors and skills, and avoids testing fatigue. Your child’s testing process will likely include: an hour-long phone interview to gather medical and developmental history and complete an autism-specific interview (from the comfort of your home), speech and/or occupational therapy evaluations (if not already done by an outside agency), and an in-person autism evaluation alongside a developmental evaluation. Once all assessment pieces are complete, your child’s report will be sent to your pediatrician for their review and diagnosis. We will contact you to let you know once they have reviewed the report so you can reach out to them to receive the results and a copy of the report. We look forward to helping you and your family through this process!