An ADHD assessment in Vasant Kunj is a finite piece of work with a written report at the end of it, not an open-ended course of therapy. The centre is in Vasant Kunj itself. This page sets out what the assessment involves, what the report is and is not accepted for, and who would carry it out.
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Centre: eMbrace Vasant Kunj
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Address: C-7, Sector C, Pocket 5, Basement, Grand Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070
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Nearest metro: Munirka on the Magenta Line is nearest, Chhatarpur on the Yellow Line is the usual access point for the Vasant Kunj sectors
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Phone: +91 99715 76800
Our Vasant Kunj centre
This is the one locality page where the centre really is in the locality. eMbrace Vasant Kunj is at C-7, Sector C, Pocket 5, in the basement of Grand Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070.
It is our largest team, and the practical consequence is choice: if a clinician is not the right fit for your child, or you need a particular language, there is somebody else in the building rather than a wait for the one person who does that work.
Families reach us here from across south-west Delhi, including Vasant Vihar, Munirka, R.K. Puram, Safdarjung Enclave, Anand Niketan, Shanti Niketan, West End Colony, Moti Bagh and Chanakyapuri.
Unlike therapy this has a defined end: two or three appointments over a few weeks plus report writing, so it is a handful of trips rather than a weekly commitment, and we group the testing where the journey is long. One part cannot happen at our end at all. Teacher rating scales need filling in by someone who sees your child in a classroom, and how quickly school returns them usually decides the timeline.
For parking, the nearest drop-off point and the quickest route at your particular time of day, ask on the intake call. Traffic and parking around every one of these centres change enough through the day that current directions from someone who works there beat anything we could fix on a web page.
When an ADHD assessment is worth doing
Assessment is worth doing when the answer would change something. If a diagnosis would unlock accommodations at school or work, settle a long-running disagreement about whether a child is careless or struggling, or open the door to medication, it earns its place. If nothing would be done differently afterwards, it is worth saying so before you spend the money.
- Difficulties present before age twelve and showing up in more than one setting, not only at home or only at school
- Attention, organisation or impulsivity problems that are out of step with the person’s ability
- A bright child working far harder than classmates for the same result
- An adult who recognises the pattern in themselves, often after a child has been assessed
Symptoms, treatment, classroom accommodations, ADHD at work and ADHD in adults each have their own page on our ADHD hub.
What the assessment actually involves
ADHD cannot be diagnosed from a single questionnaire, and anywhere offering that is not doing an assessment. Ours combines a detailed developmental and clinical history, standardised rating scales completed by more than one person, and direct testing of attention, memory and executive function, drawing on instruments such as Conners 3, CBCL, BASC-3, BRIEF-2, NEPSY-II and the Wechsler scales.
The multi-informant part is not optional. A scale filled in only by a parent describes home, and ADHD is defined partly by showing up in more than one place. Where school has not noticed, that is useful information rather than a problem.
What brings people to ADHD assessment here
Vasant Kunj brings the most internationally-schooled ADHD caseload we see, and with it a specific complication: a child who has changed country, curriculum and language of instruction may look inattentive for reasons that have nothing to do with ADHD. Untangling that is a large part of the assessment work here.
The second distinctive group is families who need a report that will travel, because they expect to move again. That changes how the report is written rather than how the assessment is done.
Who you would see at our Vasant Kunj centre
Dr Supriya Malik, Founder and CEO, and Head of the Child Development Centre at Rainbow
PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Birmingham, where she was also a postdoctoral researcher, and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society in the UK. She designed the assessment and therapy pathways every eMbrace centre runs.
At our Vasant Kunj centre, the clinicians who take this work are:
Shruti Ghosh, Clinical Psychologist
M.Phil in Clinical Psychology with distinction from Amity University, Noida, and UGC-NET qualified. CBT, DBT, ACT and Parent Management Training across neurodevelopmental, mood and obsessive-compulsive presentations. Works in Hindi, English and Bengali.
Taranpreet Kaur, Clinical Psychologist
M.Phil in Clinical Psychology with distinction, plus a Post Graduate Diploma in School Counselling from Symbiosis. ACT and MBCT for anxiety, depression, OCD and trauma, and comprehensive psychological assessment. Works in English, Hindi and Punjabi.
Mannat Kaur Arora, Psychologist
Professional Diploma in Clinical Psychology from Amity University Haryana and an MA in Psychology from the University of Delhi. Assessment across MISIC, WISC-IV, Conners 3, CBCL, ISAA, CARS and the NIMHANS SLD battery. Works in English and Hindi.
Cheesha Kanwar, Psychologist
Completing an MSc in Clinical Psychology at Christ (Deemed to be University), with a BA (Hons) in Applied Psychology from the University of Delhi. Behaviour therapy and assessment support using WISC-V, NEPSY-II, Conners-3 and BRIEF-2. Works in English and Hindi.
Which of them you see is decided on the intake call rather than by whoever has the next free slot, and you are told who it will be before you book. Fuller biographies are on our about page.
Schools and services we already work with
A good deal of our assessment work around Vasant Kunj reaches us through institutions rather than directly, and the referral routes are worth knowing about.
We work with The British School in Chanakyapuri on psychoeducational, cognitive and risk assessments, therapy for children and adolescents, and workshops for teachers, parents and pupils.
At the American Embassy School in Chanakyapuri we carry out psychoeducational, cognitive, comprehensive and brief assessments, including risk assessments, and provide therapy for children and adolescents.
Through The Medical Travel Company we provide autism and ADHD assessment and therapy for families in the UK, across Africa and elsewhere in India, on hybrid, in-person and online programmes.
Where a child or adult needs psychiatric input, we work with Sukoon across Delhi NCR for psychiatric assessment, consultation and medication management, so you are not left to find a psychiatrist yourself.
Fees, the report, and what it is accepted for
Fees are quoted upfront on your intake call. Assessment is priced as a piece of work covering testing, report and feedback, not per session. The report names the instruments used, gives the scores, states the conclusion plainly and sets out specific recommendations. Ask any provider for that standard before you pay.
On what it is accepted for, which is where families are most often misled: a good report supports classroom accommodations, and most schools act on it. Formal board concessions are separate. Requirements differ by board and frequently involve a designated government centre, so we tell you what yours needs rather than leaving you to find out afterwards. Medication is a prescribing decision, and we work with Sukoon across Delhi NCR where it is being considered.
Frequently asked questions
It can, and untangling the two is a large part of the assessment work here. A change of language of instruction alone can produce apparent inattention.
We write reports for families who expect to move, naming instruments and scores so they can be interpreted elsewhere. Acceptance is always the receiving system’s decision.
C-7, Sector C, Pocket 5, in the basement of Grand Vasant Kunj. It carries the largest assessment team, so scheduling is usually quicker here.
Depending on presentation, instruments such as Conners 3, CBCL, BASC-3, BRIEF-2, NEPSY-II and the Wechsler scales, alongside a detailed developmental history.
Quoted on your free 15-minute intake call. One figure covers testing, report and feedback, including where the report is written to travel with you.
Book, or check first
Start with the free 15-minute intake call. It is with a clinician, fees are quoted on it, and if we are not the right service for your child we will tell you on that call rather than after you have paid for an appointment.
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