Our evaluations may assess:
- Intelligence/IQ
- Executive Control functions, such as: problem-solving, planning, starting tasks, shifting tasks, impulse control, emotional regulation, and behavioral control.
- Attention
- Learning
- Memory
- Processing and Production speed
- Language
- Visual and Spatial skills
- Motor functions
- Academic achievement
- Social functioning
- Emotional functioning
- Adaptive skills
- Cognitive strengths and weaknesses
- How your child learns best
Why would I need or want an evaluation?
Our evaluations can identify and diagnose:
- Anxiety and OCD
- Attention deficit disorders
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Neuro-developmental disorders
- Depression
- Dyslexia
- Dementia
- Gifted and talented
- Learning disabilities
- Social communication disorders
- Social-emotional disorders
- Nonverbal learning disorder
- Post-concussive syndrome
- Mood regulation difficulties
- Reduced processing/production rates
- Academic – extended time for college entrance exams
- and, a variety of other conditions.
Common Evaluation Reasons Include:
- Your child's academic or social/behavioral needs are not being met at school.
- Anxiety may be impacting your ability to focus or adversely impacting your work.
- You wonder if you have attentional issues (like AD/HD) or have been having difficulty concentrating.
- Would psychotherapy be most beneficial? Which kind of therapy? How about medication? Both therapy and medication?
- You've noticed behavioral difficulties in your child, such as difficulty interacting with peers, adults, and making friends.
- Developmental concerns across the lifespan – speech/motor/social delays in childhood, memory and cognitive decline in older adults.
- The need for an assessment to determine "gifted" or "exceptional" students.
- Determining the unique learning capabilities –and challenges– of students who are not eligible for special education services.
- Elucidating whether or not you qualify for accommodations (e.g. extended time) on standardized tests like the SAT, The ACT, GRE, etc.
- Physical health changes – a concussion, brain injury, a major illness, medication side effects, etc. – adversely impacting your loved one's life.
- Does my child have dyslexia?
- My child's pediatrician recommended we seek testing and advice because he is exhibiting some problem behaviors.
- School admission testing (WISC-IV/WISC-V, WAIS-IV) pre-requisite for many private and/or independent schools.
- Why do I keep having problems in my intimate relationships? Why can't I "keep" a relationship?
- Expert treatment planning recommendations requested by health providers and support persons for persons with disabilities.
- Are my parent's mental changes related to a normal process of aging, mild cognitive impairment, or the onset of dementia?
- I need a second opinion; I don't think my child truly has AD/HD, etc.
- Disability evaluation testing