Neuropsychological & Psychoeducational Testing
I have a passion for disentangling the various factors that help and hinder a young person in their academic, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning in order to guide planning. For example, testing can help differentiate between an attention deficit and depression or determine whether a language delay is due to social shyness, autism, or cognitive delay. Further, a child may have difficulty reading because of an attention problem, a language disorder, an auditory processing problem, or a reading disability. Testing will provide a clearer understanding of the child’s behavior and learning in school and at home. The evaluation will, in turn, guide parents, teachers, and therapists or specialists to better help your child achieve their potential.
It is of utmost importance for me to build rapport in order to minimize anxious and resistant behaviors. This way I am able to elicit the child’s most representative performances.
- To gain a better understanding of their:
- General cognitive abilities
- Present level of academic achievement
- Current psychological functioning
- Areas of strength and weakness
- To understand the causes of difficulties with schoolwork
- To obtain accurate diagnoses
- To determine an appropriate course of treatment
- To receive services at school
Does my child have:
- ADHD?
- A learning disability?
- Conduct disorder or other behavioral problems?
- An anxiety disorder?
- Depression?
- Bipolar Disorder?
- A need for additional services within the school environment?
- A need for tutoring or other cognitive remediation services outside of school?
- A need for an Individualized Education Plan and Special Education services?
- A need for psychotherapy?
- A need for psychotropic medication?
- General cognitive functioning
- Verbal abilities
- Perceptual (nonverbal) skills
- Academic achievement
- Language skills
- Information-processing abilities
- Attention
- Executive functions
- Processing speed and efficiency
- Visual-motor skills
- Learning and memory
- Personality structure
- Psychological symptoms
- Additional services within the academic environment
- Tutoring outside of school (e.g. cognitive remediation)
- Study Skills training
- Educational Consultation (to explore alternate academic options)
- Individual psychotherapy
- Group psychotherapy
- Psychiatric consultation
- Medical consultation