Assessment Services

Understand Psychological Assessments

A comprehensive psychological assessment is a tool that parents can use to determine how to best serve their child in all areas of his or her life – home, school, and in social situations.  Some of the most common reasons to seek a psychological assessment include:

• To obtain information about a child’s learning style and academic strengths and weaknesses and, if appropriate, to understand a child’s difficulty acquiring academic skills, poor school performance and/or academic decline
• To explain behaviors such as inattention, poor organization, hyperactivity, low motivation, homework struggles, impulsivity, or low frustration tolerance, emotionality
• To discern between typical behavior and that out of the norm from infant to 8/9
• To understand a child’s difficulty acquiring academic skills, poor school performance and/or academic decline
• To explain delays in the development of social skills or emotional maturity, including difficulties making friends, excessive anxiety or excessive shyness
• To document the need for accommodations in school or on standardized tests
• To assist in determining eligibility for an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Plan
• To develop individualized recommendations to promote academic and social success
• Testing time: 5 to 10 hours (face-to-face testing time, scheduled in multiple sessions)

Cost:   $1600-$2500 (depending on the number of areas tested); insurance accepted