Psychological & Educational Testing
Comprehensive Psychological and Educational Evaluations
- Are you dreading another disappointing school year?
- Does your child have trouble at school with learning or attention?
- Are you confused about whether your child’s school difficulties are "just" behavior problems or reflect a learning disability?
Psychological testing can provide valuable information to help you understand and plan for your child or teenager. A comprehensive evaluation generates a profile of how an individual thinks, learns and copes. It is a critical part of the process of accurately diagnosing learning disabilities and attention disorders, as well as a way of understanding emotional difficulties.
An evaluation consists of information gathering in a variety of ways: interview with the family, review of records, questionnaires regarding developmental history and behavioral observations, questionnaires for the teachers or day care providers (with your consent, of course), and direct testing in our offices.
Tests will be selected to answer the specific questions identified by you and the psychologist. The evaluation may include measures of current intellectual functioning ("I.Q."), academic achievement, learning style, memory, organizational skills, visual-motor functioning, attention, and social-emotional status. Through testing, we create a profile of your child’s strengths, as well as weaknesses, in order to get an understanding of the whole child.
In our conference with you after the testing and in the written report that we will provide to you, we focus on providing practical information and specific recommendations to guide treatment and school planning.
We provide:
- Assessments of children and adolescents with suspected learning disabilities, attention disorders, emotional problems, Asperger’s or other autism spectrum disorders
- Assessments of adults with suspected learning or attention problems
- Evaluations to determine whether or not an individual qualifies for accommodations on college entrance exams or other standardized tests.
Contact us to schedule an appointment or to get more information at 410-647-8840.