Parental Perceptions of a Manchester Service for Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Table 2

Information provided before the service.

How well were you informed about the assessment before the first appointment?	Very good	6
	Good	11
	Average	1
	Poor	0
	Very poor	2
Were you given information describing the assessment process before the appointment?	Yes	13
	No	7
What information would have been helpful before seeing the clinician? (choose all applicable options)	Name and profession	1
	Questions to be asked	1
	Time it would take	1
	Different assessment parts	4
	Not answered	3
	Time it would take and different parts of the assessment	1
	Name and profession and different assessment parts	2
	Questions to be asked and different assessment parts	5
	Name and profession, questions to be asked, and different assessment parts	2
Did you know of the name and professional background of the clinician prior to attendance?	Yes	9
	No	10
	Not answered	1
If you did not know the name and professional background would you have liked to?	Yes	12
	Not answered	8