TESTING & EVALUATIONS
Comprehensive Psychoeducational Evaluation Services - Including ADD/ ADHD
The following evaluative services are provided for Adults and Children
Referral Sources:
The following evaluative services are provided for Adults and Children
Referral Sources:
- Typically self-referred, or requested by learning institution, medical provider, treatment facility, or social service agency
- Measure current intellectual ability and academic achievement level
- Assess for presence of a learning disability, including attention problems
- Assess for presence of significant behavioral and/or socio-emotional problems
- Screen current visual-motor functioning /auditory processing deficits
- Identify strengths and weaknesses of learning and information processing style
- Face to face interviews with patient, collateral interview with parents, significant others and collateral data collected from parents and school or work environment, as available, with patient consent
- Testing of patient. Usually accomplished over two separate, 2-3 hour sessions
- Testing initiates in early morning and ends around noon. Mid-week sessions are recommended to avoid any polarizing effects of weekends
- Weschler Scales measuring intelligence quotient (IQ) against Achievement,
- Comprehensive ADD / ADHD battery utilizing Adult or Child standardized scales
- Visual-Motor Integration Scale
- Test of Auditory Processing and Reasoning
- Sensory Integration issues (where applicable)
- Depression / Anxiety and Emotional /Behavioral Issues using standardized rating scales
- Clinical impressions /Multiaxial Diagnosis/ Recommendations
- Response to individual referral question
- Comprehensive written report, including developmental history and all test results
- Treatment Recommendations / Recommendations for academic and home interventions
- Practical and specific Accommodations and Modifications as applicable