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Make sure you read all the instructions on this HOME page and the IMPORTANT page before you start the registration process. If any conditions are not met, your application may encounter difficulties or be refused.

For an indefinite period, our clinic no longer offers ASD assessment services for patients over the age of 12 (13 years and older).

CONCERNING COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CEVAM CLINIC: Only written communications will be processed.  Please ensure that you have our e-mail address ([email protected]) in your contacts. Check your junk mail section from time to time. Do not leave a telephone message. We are currently seeing people registered for winter 2023.

Requests for evaluation can only be made by creating an account on the CEVAM website ("Create an Account" in the purple box on the left). Requests are made by patients or their families who must have a valid medical request (see below). Health care professionals wishing to represent their patients in requesting assessments and answering questionnaires must obtain written consent and cooperation from the patient, parental authority or legal representative. Medical requests alone received directly at CEVAM by fax or email cannot constitute a file opening.

In the case of a minor patient, all persons sharing parental authority must be informed and consent to the assessment process. In the event of parental separation, written authorization from the parent not participating in the assessment may be required to confirm consent.

Assessments are done for children from 30 months to 12 years old of age and that are covered by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec (RAMQ), children throughout Quebec WHO HAVE A VALID HEALTH INSURANCE CARD. The cost of this evaluation is covered by the RAMQ under this condition only. Individuals who do not have a health insurance card or whose health insurance number has expired cannot request an evaluation from the CEVAM. 
No files will be accepted if the patient is less than 2 and a half years old (30 months). Health professionals, please do not provide medical requests for children under 30 months of age.

LANGUAGE OF ASSESSMENT: CEVAM conducts assessments in English and French. The language used at the time of registration by the patient or his/her representatives will be the language in which the file is processed and the medical assessment will be conducted.
VERY IMPORTANT: The language selection must be made BEFORE starting the registration (choose English in the upper right corner of the screen).

MANDATORY MEDICAL REFERRAL:
DO NOT SEND THE MEDICAL REFERRAL BY FAX.  Please read these instructions carefully.

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You must have in your possession a medical referral. It should be addressed either to a psychiatrist, a child psychiatrist or more specifically to the CEVAM clinic, with these elements:

• The full name of the person to be assessed, their medicare number and their date of birth,

• The referral must clearly state: " PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT FOR ASD ",

   IMPORTANT: List the presence of major clinical signs suggestive of ASD,

• Significant history, if relevant,

• The full legible name of the physician requesting the assessment, their signature and license number.

 ALL REQUESTS ADDRESSED TO PSYCHOLOGY OR NEUROPSYCHOLOGY WILL BE REFUSED.  
 
If the medical reference is not valid, the evaluation request may not be accepted. To register on our site, you must have the medical request on a computerized document (pdf type, image, photo) in order to include it as an attached document in the registration process.
Medical referrals made by a Nurse Practitioner Specialist are accepted provided that the Nurse Practitioner Specialist's full legible name and practice number are listed.

RELEVANT DOCUMENTS: You will be asked to upload to the file all relevant and available professional assessments, especially those conducted during childhood. Any available records of assessments by psychologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, as well as observations by educators and teachers, and other relevant documents must be attached to the file.

The health professionals who request the evaluation and answer the questionnaires with the patients or their families will have to upload to the file a written document attesting to the consent and collaboration of the patient, the parental authority or the legal representative.

ASSISTANT: The questionnaires include many questions referring to the 4-5 year period.    At the first clinical appointment, patients must be accompanied by someone who knew them intimately at the age of 4-5. FOR ADULT PATIENTS,   At your first clinic appointment, you must be accompanied by someone who knew you intimately when you were 4-5 years old. The accompanying person may be present at the clinic, or contacted by telephone or video (it is the patient's responsibility to ensure communication) during the appointment to answer certain questions.  No diagnosis of ASD can be made without the accompanying person answering questions specific to the 4-5 age group.

REGISTRATION ON THE WEB SITE: Via the access box to the personalized space, click on "New File". You will be asked for your email address. You will then receive the link by email "Create your Access" to create your password. The password must have the following security features: Must be at least 12 characters long with at least one upper case, one lower case, one number and one special character. You will then be able to access "My CEVAM space" where you will find the questionnaires to fill out.

It's important to answer the questions in detail, and to describe problematic, specific or ASD-related behaviours at every stage of the questionnaire. Failure to answer all questions may result in refusal of the evaluation.

Once you have completed the questionnaires, your file will be at the "Pending validation" stage until the clinical team is ready to analyze it. Your access to the history questionnaire will be maintained until your file has been analyzed by our team. You can return to it to clarify your answers or add documents in the early stages of the process. You can follow the progress of your patient file (PD) on "My CEVAM space".*** Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) ***

WAITING LIST: The waiting time varies depending on the flow of requests, the age of the patient and the particulars of the file. When you finish answering the questionnaires, the file will go to the "pending validation" stage. Currently the waiting list is approximately 20 months before the file is validated. Please add [email protected] to your email contacts to avoid our emails going to your spam, promotions or updates folder. The invitation to the appointment will be made by email.

AVOID PROBLEMS:  Be sure to read all instructions on this HOME page and the IMPORTANT page before beginning the registration process. If conditions are not met, your application may encounter difficulties or be refused.

 Any person using the functionalities of the CEVAM site is deemed to have read and accepted the terms and conditions of use (TCU) described in the TCU tab.

The CEVAM Team