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Adult Executive Functioning Assessment Adelaide

Executive functioning affects how we plan, organise, start and complete everyday activities.

Our Adult Executive Functioning Assessment explores how your executive functioning influences everyday life at home, work, study and in the community. We focus on understanding your individual strengths, differences and support needs, combining standardised assessment with occupational therapy to identify practical strategies that may help.

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Looking For An Adult Executive Functioning Assessment?

Complete our short enquiry form and tell us a little about yourself or the person you’re enquiring for, their everyday experiences, goals and the areas of executive functioning where they may be having difficulty. Our team will review the information and help guide you through the next steps for arranging an executive functioning assessment.

‍There’s no obligation to proceed with an assessment. Your enquiry gives us a starting point to understand your circumstances, answer any initial questions and determine whether an executive functioning assessment may be appropriate for your needs.

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What Can an Executive Functioning Assessment Explore?

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Attention & Working Memory

Explore how you maintain attention and hold information in mind while completing everyday activities, particularly when tasks involve multiple steps, interruptions or competing demands.

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Task Initiation

Understand why some activities can be difficult to start and identify the conditions, strategies and supports that may make getting started more manageable.

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Planning & Organisation

Explore how you plan ahead, organise information, manage responsibilities and keep track of the things you need to do.

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Time Management

Understand how you experience and manage time, including estimating how long tasks may take, meeting deadlines, attending appointments and transitioning between activities.

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Prioritisation & Competing Demands

Explore what happens when several things require your attention at once and identify practical ways to prioritise tasks and manage competing responsibilities.

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Shifting Between Tasks

Understand how transitions, interruptions and changes in plans affect you and explore strategies that may support greater flexibility between activities.

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Managing Multi-Step Tasks

Explore how you manage activities involving multiple steps, such as preparing meals, completing work projects, studying or managing household responsibilities.

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Task Completion & Self-Monitoring

Explore what helps you maintain momentum, monitor your progress and follow activities through to completion.

What You'll Gain From an Executive Functioning Assessment

A Clearer Understanding of Your Executive Functioning

Develop a better understanding of your individual executive functioning profile, including your strengths and areas where everyday demands may require greater effort or support.

Practical, Individualised Strategies

Receive strategies tailored to your routines, environments, responsibilities and goals rather than a generic list of executive functioning tips.

Planning & Organisation Supports

Explore tools and systems that may support planning, organisation and memory, such as visual schedules, task breakdowns, checklists and external reminders.

Support With Starting & Completing Tasks

Identify what makes task initiation and completion easier or harder for you and explore strategies that can support you through different stages of a task.

Strategies to Reduce Cognitive Load

Explore ways to modify tasks, routines and environments so you do not need to remember, organise or manage everything mentally at once.

Support for Work & Study

Where relevant, explore how executive functioning affects work or study and identify practical strategies to support planning, attention, organisation and workload management.

Greater Independence in Everyday Life

Develop practical systems and strategies that can make everyday responsibilities more manageable and support greater independence.

An Individualised OT Report

Receive a written report explaining your executive functioning profile, how it may present in everyday life and practical recommendations relevant to your needs and goals.

Why Choose All Things Therapy?

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Celebrating Neurodiversity

We recognise that every person experiences, processes and responds to the world in their own unique way. Our neurodiversity-affirming approach values these differences and focuses on understanding each individual's strengths, preferences and support needs.

Rather than trying to change who someone is, we work collaboratively to develop practical strategies that support participation, wellbeing, confidence and independence in everyday life.

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Creating an Inclusive Environment

We are committed to creating a welcoming, respectful and inclusive environment where people feel safe, understood and valued. We recognise that executive functioning looks different for everyone and adapt our assessment approach to each person's individual needs, communication preferences and priorities.
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Our goal is to ensure every person feels comfortable, supported and involved throughout the assessment process.

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Respecting Individual Needs

We recognise that there is no single approach to supporting executive functioning that works for everyone. Our occupational therapists take the time to understand your strengths, preferences, routines, environments and goals, tailoring recommendations and strategies to your everyday life.

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Supporting Self-Advocacy

Better understanding your executive functioning can help you recognise and communicate what supports you to function at your best. We aim to provide you with greater insight into your individual needs and practical strategies that can support self-advocacy across work, study, relationships and everyday life.

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Collaborating With Your Support Network

Where appropriate and with your involvement, we can consider how strategies may be applied with partners, family members, support workers, employers, healthcare professionals and other members of your support network.

This can help make practical strategies more consistent and useful across the environments and activities that are important to you.

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Workplace & Everyday Participation

Executive functioning can influence many aspects of adult life, including work, study, household responsibilities and community participation. Where relevant, we can explore practical strategies and environmental supports to assist with planning, organisation, time management, task initiation, competing demands and completing everyday activities.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is an Executive Functioning Assessment?

An Executive Functioning Assessment is an occupational therapy assessment that explores how executive functioning skills affect everyday activities and participation. This may include attention, working memory, task initiation, planning, organisation, time management, prioritisation, shifting between tasks, managing multi-step activities and task completion.

Is an Executive Functioning Assessment an ADHD diagnostic assessment?

No. This assessment is focused on understanding your executive functioning in everyday life rather than determining a diagnosis. Our occupational therapists explore your individual strengths, differences, experiences and support needs to identify practical strategies that may support you at home, work, study and in the community.

Do I need an ADHD or autism diagnosis?

No. A formal diagnosis is not required. Executive functioning is different for everyone, and this assessment can be helpful if you would like to better understand how you plan, organise, remember information, start and complete tasks or manage everyday demands.

What assessment tools do you use?

Your occupational therapist may use a standardised executive functioning assessment, such as the Brown Executive Function/Attention Scales, alongside an occupational therapy assessment of your everyday functioning.
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A standardised score is only one part of the assessment. Results are considered alongside your experiences, strengths, routines, environments and functional needs.

How long does an Executive Functioning Assessment take?

The complete assessment process is approximately five hours. This includes pre-assessment information and questionnaires, your occupational therapy assessment appointment, interpretation of findings, report preparation and development of individualised recommendations.
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The face-to-face assessment appointment is generally around 1 to 1.5 hours.

Will I receive a written report?

Yes. You will receive an individualised occupational therapy report explaining your executive functioning profile, how the findings relate to your everyday activities and practical recommendations based on your needs and goals.

What kinds of recommendations might I receive?

Recommendations depend on your individual profile and may include planning and organisation systems, visual schedules, routines, checklists, task breakdowns, external memory supports, time-management strategies, task initiation supports, environmental modifications and strategies for reducing cognitive load or managing competing demands.

Can the assessment help with work or study?

Yes. Where relevant, your occupational therapist can explore how executive functioning affects work or study and recommend practical strategies or environmental adjustments to support participation.

Is this just a questionnaire?

No. A standardised questionnaire may form part of the assessment but it is not the end result. Your occupational therapist interprets the findings within the context of your everyday life and explores how identified patterns affect your activities, routines and environments.
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The focus is on translating assessment findings into an individualised understanding and practical recommendations.

Can the assessment be completed using NDIS funding?

Executive Functioning Assessments may be completed using NDIS funding where occupational therapy assessment is consistent with your plan and available funding.

All Things Therapy supports self-managed and plan-managed NDIS participants and also accepts private clients.