Ds adhd assessment - is this normal

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Ds 9 diagnosed asd at age 4, clearly has adhd too, starting a special school in September after 4 years of battling for his ehcp. Whole thing has been a nightmare. Anyway...

School put in a referral for adhd to paediatrics last June , had a letter a few weeks ago saying ds is on the waiting list, today I got a letter saying he has an appointment at the local health centre with dr so and so, and it says to bring an age appropriate toy that ds can use in the appointment.
Why would this be ? And would an adhd assessment really be at a local health centre?
When he was diagnosed autistic this was at nhs hospital for things like that.

Can anyone share their kids experiences with getting assessed ? I thought it involved a proper dsm (sorry can't remember the correct name for it)

Anyone ?

My son has an ADHD diagnosis though an NHS paediatrician.

he had to have a QB Test. This prints out results on the scoring of attention and hyperactivity on the front of the brain using an infra red light that hits a band with a ball on round their head.

Our ASD assessment was in a health centre

Thank you. Just can't find any info about the toy!! He doesn't play with toys, obsessed with his ipad and gaming!!

If anyone else can advise what to expect that would be great

My son diagnosed with ADHD by community paediatrician at a health centre. We had the Vanderbilt form from his school and one from us. Our paediatrician lost all the paperwork and so for future appointments I took a file of printed out paperwork. Perhaps the toy is to distract the child whilst you are talking? My son was climbing the walls for half the meeting and on his tablet for the other half! The Dr asked lots of negative questions and I hated talking about my son in front of him. Why they don't have an assessment of the child and then talk to you separately I don't know. (Well I do!) Again at future appointments I took headphones for sons tablet, so that I could talk more privately. Not child centred at all!

https://psychology-tools.com/test/vadrs-vanderbilt-adhd-diagnostic-rating-scale

Yeah that sounds awful and I never thought about it that way, how I'm going to have to talk about him in front of him ! When he was little being diagnosed asd he didn't understand really but he's so mature for his age aswell and has big ears !!

I do hate how when your child goes for these assessments, they’re in front of you and it’s all very negative talk what the child is hearing

I've had to develop a technique of saying the negative stuff in a way that doesn't sound so negative over the years

eg "one area that causes difficulty every time is..." instead of "DS can't do..."

Yup, it's odd when they are literally experts in children, you would have thought they would arrange the assessment process to benefit the child, not to be what i consider actively damaging!