Practice Note: Our practice is dedicated exclusively to assessments and does not provide therapeutic services or specialized evaluations for the geriatric population. For those seeking therapy or geriatric evaluations, we invite you to visit our ‘Resources’ page for further support and guidance.
Parents should consider a Neuropsychological Evaluation for their child if they suspect conditions such as ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tourette’s Disorder, Intellectual Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety, or Depression. Recognizing symptoms associated with these conditions can help clarify when this type of evaluation is warranted. These symptoms may include:
Developmental & Medical Complications:
Memory Problems:
Behavioral Concerns:
Emotional Challenges:
Social Interaction Issues:
Learning Difficulties:
Neuropsychological Evaluations are comprehensive, incorporating multiple components designed to provide a thorough understanding of your child’s brain development and associated cognitive, behavioral, and emotional functioning. These components include:
Detailed Review of Developmental and Medical History
Before the appointment date, you will complete a comprehensive intake packet detailing your child’s developmental, medical, and educational histories. On the evaluation day, your provider will review this information more thoroughly to understand historical factors contributing to present concerns.
Comprehensive Assessment
Your child will undergo a series of tests over approximately 3.5 to 4 hours. These assessments comprehensively examine aspects of their neurodevelopment, including:
Intelligence (IQ): Broad cognitive skills involving language and nonverbal reasoning
Executive Functioning: Attention, problem-solving, impulse control, mental flexibility, information processing, planning, organization, etc.
Memory: Short-term, long-term, and working memory
Motor and Sensory: Fine and gross motor coordination, sensory processing and integration
Social-Emotional: Social pragmatics, emotional functioning, adaptive skills
Academic: Reading, writing, and math development
Feedback Session
Once testing is completed, we will schedule a feedback session, typically held one to two weeks following the initial appointment. During this session, your provider will review brain functions and testing outcomes and discuss identified strengths and challenges. Parents are encouraged to ask questions to ensure they fully understand the findings. Diagnoses will be discussed if applicable.
Evaluation Report
Approximately two weeks following the feedback session, you will receive a detailed written report that includes the evaluation results, diagnostic impressions, and specific clinical and educational recommendations tailored to support your child’s unique needs.
Parents should consider a Neuropsychological Evaluation for their child if they suspect conditions such as ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tourette’s Disorder, Intellectual Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety, or Depression. Recognizing symptoms associated with these conditions can help clarify when this type of evaluation is warranted. These symptoms may include:
Developmental & Medical Complications:
Memory Problems:
Behavioral Concerns:
Emotional Challenges:
Social Interaction Issues:
Learning Difficulties:
Neuropsychological Evaluations are comprehensive, incorporating multiple components designed to provide a thorough understanding of your child’s brain development and associated cognitive, behavioral, and emotional functioning. These components include:
Detailed Review of Developmental and Medical History
Before the appointment date, you will complete a comprehensive intake packet detailing your child’s developmental, medical, and educational histories. On the evaluation day, your provider will review this information more thoroughly to understand historical factors contributing to present concerns.
Comprehensive Assessment
Your child will undergo a series of tests over approximately 3.5 to 4 hours. These assessments comprehensively examine aspects of their neurodevelopment, including:
Intelligence (IQ): Broad cognitive skills involving language and nonverbal reasoning
Executive Functioning: Attention, problem-solving, impulse control, mental flexibility, information processing, planning, organization, etc.
Memory: Short-term, long-term, and working memory
Motor and Sensory: Fine and gross motor coordination, sensory processing and integration
Social-Emotional: Social pragmatics, emotional functioning, adaptive skills
Academic: Reading, writing, and math development
Feedback Session
Once testing is completed, we will schedule a feedback session, typically held one to two weeks following the initial appointment. During this session, your provider will review brain functions and testing outcomes and discuss identified strengths and challenges. Parents are encouraged to ask questions to ensure they fully understand the findings. Diagnoses will be discussed if applicable.
Evaluation Report
Approximately two weeks following the feedback session, you will receive a detailed written report that includes the evaluation results, diagnostic impressions, and specific clinical and educational recommendations tailored to support your child’s unique needs.
Parents should consider a Specific Learning Disorder Evaluation for their child if they suspect conditions such as Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, or Dyscalculia. Recognizing symptoms associated with these learning disorders can help clarify when this evaluation is warranted. These symptoms may include:
Reading:
Difficulty sounding out words or recognizing common words
Trouble understanding the meaning of what is read
Slow or laborious reading
Avoidance of reading activities
Writing:
Poor handwriting or difficulty forming letters
Trouble organizing thoughts on paper
Frequent spelling errors
Difficulty with written expression, including grammar and punctuation
Mathematical:
Difficulty understanding number concepts
Problems with basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
Trouble with math facts and calculations
Challenges with math reasoning and problem-solving
Specific Learning Disorder Evaluations are comprehensive, focusing on multiple components designed to provide a thorough understanding of your child’s academic skills and associated learning profile. These components include:
Detailed Review of Developmental and Medical History
Before the appointment date, you will complete a comprehensive intake packet detailing your child’s developmental, medical, and educational histories. On the evaluation day, your provider will review this information more thoroughly to understand historical factors contributing to present learning concerns.
Targeted Assessment
Your child will undergo a battery of tests over approximately 2.5 to 3 hours. These assessments comprehensively examine aspects of their learning profile, including:
Intelligence: Broad cognitive skills involving language and nonverbal reasoning
Reading: Phonological awareness, decoding, word recognition, fluency, comprehension, etc.
Written Language: Handwriting, spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, etc.
Math: Number sense, math fact fluency, procedural calculation, applied problem solving, etc.
Feedback Session
Once testing is completed, we will schedule a feedback session, typically held one to two weeks following the initial appointment. During this session, your provider will review brain functions and testing outcomes and discuss identified learning strengths and challenges. Parents are encouraged to ask questions to ensure they fully understand the findings. Diagnoses will be discussed if applicable.
Evaluation Report
Approximately two weeks following the feedback session, you will receive a detailed written report that includes the evaluation results, diagnostic impressions, and specific educational recommendations tailored to support your child’s unique learning needs in the school setting (IEP, 504 Plan) and beyond.
The scope of an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) can vary based on what the school or district outlines in their agreement, as they are responsible for the payment. Generally, these evaluations are comprehensive and incorporate multiple components designed to provide a thorough understanding of your child’s educational needs. These components typically include:
Review of Developmental History & Collateral Educational Records
Prior to the appointment date, you will complete a comprehensive intake packet detailing your child’s developmental, medical, and educational histories. We require all relevant educational evaluations and associated documents (e.g., Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team Report, Individualized Education Program, 504 Accommodation Plan, etc.) to be reviewed as part of our evaluation process.
Targeted Assessment
Depending on the specific concerns outlined by the school to be assessed, your child will undergo a battery of tests over approximately 2.5 to 3 hours. These assessments will cover all relevant aspects of their cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and academic functioning, which may include:
Intelligence: Broad cognitive skills involving language and nonverbal reasoning
Executive Functioning: Attention, information processing, planning/organization, working memory
Motor and Sensory: Fine and gross motor coordination, sensory processing and integration
Social-Emotional: Social pragmatics, emotional functioning, adaptive skills
Reading: Phonological awareness, decoding, word recognition, fluency, comprehension, etc.
Written Language: Handwriting, spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, etc.
Math: Number sense, math fact fluency, procedural calculation, applied problem solving, etc.
Instructional Observation & Teacher Feedback
Independent Educational Evaluations often require the evaluator to observe the child in their instructional setting to gain detailed insights into their social, emotional, behavioral, and academic functioning. These will be scheduled and coordinated with the parents, school, and our office. We will also obtain teacher feedback through various questionnaires regarding the child’s functioning in the classroom.
Evaluation Report
Upon completion of the assessment, an evaluation report will be finalized and forwarded to the school district as part of prior established contract agreements. The report includes the evaluation results, recommended IDEA 2004 special education eligibilities, diagnostic impressions (if applicable), and specific recommendations tailored to support your child’s educational needs.
Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team Meeting
Due to the specific parameters of the evaluation, instead of holding individual feedback sessions with parents, the evaluation results are reviewed in a team format with a multidisciplinary evaluation team (MET) at the school or district. This approach ensures that all relevant stakeholders can discuss and understand the findings together. At this time, the team will discuss all available information to arrive at a conclusion regarding special education programming. Please note that the conclusions rendered by the evaluator alone do not automatically qualify a child for support in the school. Qualification for special education services is a team decision made by the multidisciplinary evaluation team (MET).
Given the narrowed purpose of these evaluations, the following components are designed to provide a clear understanding of your child’s intellectual abilities. These components include:
Brief Review of Developmental and Medical History:
Prior to the appointment date, you will complete a comprehensive intake packet detailing your child’s developmental, medical, and educational histories. On the evaluation day, your provider will review notable aspects critical to the evaluation process with you as needed.
Targeted Assessment
Your child will undergo an intelligence assessment that meets compliance with public school gifted program assessment criteria. This typically takes approximately 1 to 2 hours. This assessment will comprehensively examine their intellectual abilities, including:
Intelligence Quotient (IQ): Global picture of the child’s cognitive abilities.
Language: Vocabulary knowledge, verbal reasoning, declarative knowledge
Nonverbal: Visual-spatial reasoning, concept formation, inductive problem-solving skills
Memory: Verbal and visual working memory
Processing Fluency: Speeded informational processing
Feedback Session
Once testing is completed, we will hold a brief feedback session reviewing the child’s intellectual profile and discuss relevant educational recommendations based on the findings.
Evaluation Report
Approximately one week following the evaluation date, you will receive a written report that includes the evaluation results and all necessary information to support your child’s intellectual needs.
