Psychological Testing

Assessing children or teens using standardized tests to look at behavior, academics, and cognitive abilities. 

Psychological Evaluations

Goal: To provide information to parents, schools and other professionals regarding a child’s strengths/weaknesses, diagnoses and potential interventions.  The evaluations can answer diagnostic questions about ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Depression, Anxiety and processing disorders.

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What Do Psychological Tests Identify?​

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)

• Autism Spectrum Disorders/Asperger’s Syndrome

• Processing Disorders (sensory, visual, auditory, memory)

• Learning Disabilities Executive Functioning Deficits

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Emotional Problems

• Aggression/Behavior Problems 

What Are the Services?

Limited Assessment

Purpose:  Identify social-emotional, behavioral and developmental issues of the student.For example, does your child have ADHD?

Assessment includes: 

• Interviews with parents and student

• Direct testing of student’s social and emotional functioning

• Behavior forms completed by parents and teachers

• Consultations with other professionals (as needed)

• Review of records (as needed)

• Scoring and interpretation of testing data

• Written summary of testing results

• Feedback session to review results and recommendations

Total time: 6-10 hours

Cost: approximately: $1,260 to $2,100

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Comprehensive Psychological Assessment

Purpose:  Identify cognitive strengths and weaknesses, social-emotional, behavioral and developmental issues of the student, as well as processing skills.For example, does your child have memory or processing problems that are interfering with learning?

Assessment includes: 

• Interviews with parents and student

• Direct testing of student’s cognitive and processing skills

• Direct testing of student’s social and emotional functioning

• Behavior forms completed by parents and teachers

• Consultations with other professionals (as needed)

• Review of records (as needed)

• Scoring and interpretation of testing data

• Written summary of testing results

• Feedback session to review results and recommendations

Total time: 11-14 hours

Cost: approximately: $2,310 to $2,940

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Comprehensive Pyscho-Educational Assessment

Purpose:  Identify cognitive and academic strengths and weaknesses, social-emotional, behavioral and developmental issues of the student, as well as processing skills.For example, does your child have a learning disability (dyslexia) or need special education services?

Assessment includes all elements of comprehensive psychological assessment plus: 

• Direct testing of the student’s academic skills

• Written summary or comprehensive report of testing results

• Feedback session to review results and recommendations

Total time: 14 -18 hours

Cost: approximately: $2,940 to $3,780

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