The outcome has been unbelievably helpful.  We can now see our daughter’s strengths and challenges in a quantifiable chart, showing not only her level but also in relation to where the majority of her peers would be at the same age. The first day our daughter was born, our experienced midwife told us that she is a highly stimulated child.  Every year her teachers, since the age of two, have commented on how intelligent she is, a bright, out-of-the-box thinker who has wonderful ideas and is not shy to share them.  Our daughter has always been an imaginative, creative, confident, feisty girl and a deep thinker. She was considered well at the top of her class academically, until she began to read and write.  This is when she began to struggle, in class and while doing homework. She would take a very long time to complete her tasks and her confidence was affected.  Covid created further challenges, especially the lengthy time spent away from school, learning from home. Our daughter is now 10 years old, having just completed year 5.  While her school and teachers have acknowledged that she requires additional support and she has been placed in several targeted intervention groups during her school day, she was not considered to be “bad enough” to fit the criteria for an educational psychology assessment through the school. As concerned parents, wanting to see our daughter happy and reaching her full potential, we began to research our options. We wanted to know if she had a diagnosable condition/s, and if so, we wanted to know to what degree she had this / these and we wanted to know what definitive ways we could help and support her, both at home and at school. That is when we discovered UP and we can only sing their praises.  Two highly qualified professionals, clinical psychologist, Dr Alexandra Livesey and speech and language therapist, Louise Fox, assessed our daughter privately as well as within her school setting, using objective clinical neurodevelopmental assessments with her, her teacher and us, her parents. The outcome has been unbelievably helpful.  We can now see our daughter’s strengths and challenges in a quantifiable chart, showing not only her level but also in relation to where the majority of her peers would be at the same age. It confirmed what we suspected regarding a diagnosis, and it helped clarify and rule out additional areas of concern that we questioned. I don’t believe there’s a better way to obtain an accurate diagnosis. The report is extremely thorough with much attention on ways in which our daughter can be supported now as well as in years to come. The follow-up consultation was equally thorough and helpful as Dr Livesey explained in detail all aspects of the report and outcomes. We now know that our daughter is putting is a huge amount of effort to obtain her current results.  We know now that she is not reaching anywhere close to her ability.  We know what specific direction to test her further. And we know how best to support her. We feel optimistic about our daughter’s future. Our daughter feels relieved to know why she has been struggling for so long and that there is so much that can be done to make learning and life easier for her, now and in her future. We urge any families in a similar position to us to get the professional help and guidance from UP.  We have not looked back.