Forensic Psychology
What is Forensic Psychology?
Forensic Psychology is the application of psychological knowledge and assessment within legal, justice and disability contexts. At Allied Health 2U, our forensic psychology service supports individuals with disability who intersect with the legal system, providing thorough assessments, expert reports and clinical opinions for courts, NDIS planners, support coordinators and legal teams. Our psychologists deliver forensic psychology face to face across Greater Sydney, Illawarra and the Central Coast, with telehealth available Australia wide.
Allied Health 2U is a registered NDIS organisation, and our forensic psychology service sits within our broader psychology team. We work alongside support coordinators, plan managers, families, solicitors and corrective services to provide assessments and reports that genuinely reflect a person's psychological functioning and support needs.
Forensic psychology is highly specialised. People with intellectual disability, autism, acquired brain injury and complex mental health presentations are significantly overrepresented in the Australian justice system, and standard assessment processes are not always designed with their needs in mind. Our psychologists bring clinical training, trauma informed practice and experience working within multi disciplinary teams, so that reports are clear, evidence based and useful to everyone involved.
Our forensic psychology team works closely with our Positive Behaviour Support practitioners and broader psychology team where a participant requires both assessment and ongoing support. This integrated approach is one of the reasons support coordinators continue to refer to Allied Health 2U.
Forensic psychology assessments may be funded under the NDIS Capacity Building category, specifically Improved Daily Living, depending on the participant's plan and the purpose of the assessment.
What we provide
- Cognitive capacity assessments
- Fitness to stand trial evaluations
- Risk and needs assessments
- Expert psychological reports for courts and tribunals
- Diagnostic and differential assessments
- Recommendations for diversion and support planning
- Telehealth available Australia wide
Allied Health 2U is a registered NDIS organisation for behaviour support and provides behaviour support through the NDIS support categories, Improved Relationships. It involves working with participants who have behaviours of concern and require behaviour support interventions.
Behaviour support practitioners have a background in a mental health related profession such as, Psychology, Counselling, Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation counselling or mental health Occupational Therapy.
As part of their assessment of individuals who require behaviour therapy, they provide positive behaviour support interventions to assist those around the individuals who has behaviours of concern to be able to better support them. They work closely with our mobile occupational therapists and mobile psychologists.
In the cases of older adults who have behaviours of concern and have improved relationships funding, our PBS practitioners work most closely with our mental health occupational therapists
Why Families and Support Coordinators Choose Us
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What can forensic psychology assist with?
Forensic psychology supports individuals across a range of legal, justice and NDIS related situations. Common reasons for referral include:
- Assessing cognitive capacity and adaptive functioning for legal or NDIS purposes
- Determining fitness to stand trial or capacity to participate in legal proceedings
- Providing psychological reports to inform sentencing, bail or diversion
- Assessing risk of reoffending and identifying intervention targets
- Clarifying complex diagnostic presentations including intellectual disability and autism
- Supporting guardianship and supported decision making applications
- Informing NDIS plan reviews where psychological functioning is in question
- Providing expert opinion in civil and administrative tribunal matters
Who Forensic Psychology is For
Forensic psychology is suitable for any individual whose psychological functioning intersects with the legal or justice system, and for the professionals supporting them.
NDIS Participants
Participants with disability who require assessment for legal proceedings, plan reviews, or capacity related questions.
Families and Carers
Families seeking clarity on their loved one's psychological functioning, capacity, or support needs in legal contexts.
Legal Professionals
Solicitors, public defenders and barristers requiring expert psychological reports or opinions for their clients.
Support Coordinators
Coordinators navigating complex situations where a participant's psychological needs intersect with legal or justice issues.
Positive Behaviour Support
