Assessment Services

This evaluation provides a comprehensive look into your child's strengths and weaknesses, as well as provides insight into the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria and whether your child might be found eligible for special education services in school. Intellectual development, academic achievement, cognitive processing, social emotional functioning and adaptive behavior are examined. Testing is completed over 2-4 sessions, with each session lasting 2-3 hours. 

When you disagree with the school's assessment of your child, or if you feel that the school's assessment may have missed something, you have a right to request that an Independent Educational Evaluation be completed at the district's expense. This assessment will provide a comprehensive examination into your points of disagreement, from an experienced, unbiased perspective. The cost of this evaluation is negotiated between myself and the district and is completed at no cost to you. 

This evaluation focuses on a suspected area of educational concern and whether your child exhibits the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for a Specific Learning Disorder. Testing includes a brief assessment of intellectual ability, academic assessment in the area of concern with an in-depth dive into the cognitive processing areas that may be leading to the learning difficulties. This type of assessment addresses concerns like dyslexia & dysgraphia.

This assessment is focused on whether you or your child is impacted by ADHD, utilising the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria. The assessment typically takes a brief look into intelligence, how you or your child can perform on tasks that require sustained attention and the resistance of distractions. We will also gather information about how the difficulties are impacting everyday life and recommend strategies and accommodations that can be used at work and school.