Avicenna Centre for Brain Health provides ADHD assessment for children, teens, and adults at our North Delta clinic, serving Delta, Surrey, and the wider Fraser Valley. If you or your child is struggling with attention, focus, impulsivity, organization, or follow-through at school, work, or home, a proper assessment can clarify whether ADHD is present and what support makes sense next.
Our ADHD assessments use a team-based approach that may involve psychologists, clinicians, nurses, social workers, and physicians, all within a full multidisciplinary mental health clinic. We are currently accepting new adult ADHD referrals.
Avicenna’s ADHD Clinic supports patients 8 years of age and older. ADHD is not diagnosed with a blood test, a brain scan, or a single questionnaire. A proper assessment looks at symptoms, history, behaviour, and functioning across more than one setting. For children and teens, that includes information from parents, caregivers, and school. For adults, it includes current symptoms, childhood history, work or school difficulties, relationships, mental health history, and daily functioning.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition that can affect attention, impulse control, organization, emotional regulation, and activity levels. It presents differently from person to person. Some people mainly struggle with focus and organization, while others experience impulsivity, restlessness, or difficulty finishing tasks, and many experience a mix. ADHD can also overlap with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and learning challenges, which is one reason a structured assessment matters. You can read more on our ADHD program page.
A child, teen, or adult may benefit from an assessment when ongoing difficulties affect daily life, such as:
Not everyone with these symptoms has ADHD. An assessment helps determine whether ADHD is present or whether something else better explains the difficulties.
Many adults seek an ADHD assessment after years of struggling with focus, procrastination, disorganization, or emotional regulation. Adult ADHD can affect work, school, relationships, finances, and self-confidence. Some adults were never assessed as children and only begin to wonder after seeing similar traits in a child or partner, while others were diagnosed earlier and want an updated assessment or treatment recommendations. Our adult assessment may explore current attention difficulties, childhood symptoms, work and school functioning, emotional regulation, sleep and mood, previous diagnoses, and medication history. We are accepting new adult ADHD referrals now.
Children and adolescents may be referred when attention, behaviour, impulsivity, or school functioning concerns are affecting daily life. For young people, assessment usually requires information from more than one setting, so it may involve parent or caregiver input, school information, questionnaires, and clinical review. We look at attention and focus at school, behaviour at home and in class, hyperactivity, impulsivity, emotional regulation, learning concerns, sleep, and developmental history. Keeping your contact details current with our ADHD team helps us coordinate appointments smoothly.
ADHD is assessed through the review of symptoms, history, behaviour, and functional impact, not through blood tests or brain scans. Our process generally includes initial contact or referral, intake and coordination with our ADHD Clinic Coordinator, information gathering through questionnaires and clinical history, the clinical assessment itself, and then recommendations covering diagnosis, treatment planning, school or work supports, medication discussion, or follow-up with the right providers.
Attention and focus problems can be related to anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep issues, stress, or learning difficulties, and restlessness or impulsivity can overlap with mood and emotional regulation concerns. Because Avicenna is a full multidisciplinary clinic, your ADHD assessment can be considered alongside the broader picture of your mental health. Learn more about our psychiatric services.
An ADHD assessment may include both a physician-led component and a psychological assessment. The psychiatric consultation is covered by the Medical Services Plan (MSP) when you have valid BC coverage. The psychological assessment is a private-pay service billed directly to the patient, and it may be reimbursed in part by extended health benefits. Current fees for adult and child or adolescent ADHD assessment are listed on our Fees and Payments page.
To begin, connect with our clinic or ask your family doctor or nurse practitioner about a referral. Our ADHD Clinic Coordinator will reach out to explain the process and answer your questions. See our referral information for details, or contact our Delta team directly.
Our clinic is at Unit 216, 7313 120th Street, in North Delta on the Scott Road corridor, near the Delta and Surrey border. It is easy to reach from across the South Fraser area by Highway 91 and the Alex Fraser Bridge, and it is served by transit through nearby Scottsdale Exchange. Call 778 590 8334 to ask about an ADHD assessment.
Families come to our North Delta ADHD clinic from across the Fraser Valley and South Fraser, including North Delta, Surrey, Ladner, Tsawwassen, White Rock, Langley, Richmond, and New Westminster.
ADHD assessment at Avicenna sits inside a full psychiatric and mental health clinic, not a single-test service. That means a team-based assessment, the ability to consider ADHD alongside any overlapping concerns, and coordination with the rest of your care when it helps, all from one established Fraser Valley clinic.
Yes. Our North Delta clinic provides ADHD assessment for children, teens, and adults, and we are accepting new adult ADHD referrals.
Our ADHD Clinic supports patients 8 years of age and older.
Through assessment of symptoms, history, behaviour, and functioning, not through blood tests or brain scans.
Referral requirements can vary by the type of assessment. The psychiatric portion is accessed by referral from a family doctor or nurse practitioner. Contact our Delta team to confirm what applies to your situation.
The psychiatric consultation is covered by MSP. The psychological assessment is private-pay and may be partly covered by extended health benefits.
Yes. ADHD symptoms can overlap with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, stress, and learning challenges. A comprehensive assessment helps clarify what is contributing.
To get started, ask your family doctor or nurse practitioner for a referral, or contact our Delta team. You can also learn more about our broader ADHD program or return to our Delta mental health clinic overview.
