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?​
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
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Autism Spectrum Disorders/Asperger’s Syndrome
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Processing Disorders (sensory, visual, auditory, memory)
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Learning Disabilities
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Executive Functioning Deficits
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Depression
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Anxiety
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Emotional Problems
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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:
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Interviews with parents and student
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Direct testing of student’s social and emotional functioning
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Behavior forms completed by parents and teachers
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Consultations with other professionals (as needed)
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Review of records (as needed)
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Scoring and interpretation of testing data
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Written summary of testing results
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Feedback session to review results and recommendations
Total time: 6-10 hours
Cost: approximately: $1,410 to $2,350
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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:
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Interviews with parents and student
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Direct testing of student’s cognitive and processing skills
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Direct testing of student’s social and emotional functioning
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Behavior forms completed by parents and teachers
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Consultations with other professionals (as needed)
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Review of records (as needed)
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Scoring and interpretation of testing data
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Written summary of testing results
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Feedback session to review results and recommendations
Total time: 11-14 hours
Cost: approximately: $2,585 to $3,290
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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:
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Direct testing of the student’s academic skills
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Written summary or comprehensive report of testing results
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Feedback session to review results and recommendations
Total time: 14 -20 hours
Cost: approximately: $3,290 to $4,700
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