Early Identification

Early identification of indicators of possible difficulties has been shown to be highly effective in providing early interventions, leading to positive academic and behavioral outcomes.

The following screeners are offered to identify possible “tendencies” for dyslexia, dysgraphia, or academics.

• Complimentary 30-minute initial conference with parents/child to review strengths and concerns.
• Integration of informal (parental checklist, teacher checklist, work samples, child interview, and testing observation) and formal data (e.g., norm-referenced tests)

Possible Purposes of Psychoeducational Assessment

• Diagnose and determine eligibility for specialized instruction
• Determine appropriate accommodations and modifications
• Provide parents information to help make educational placement decisions for their child’s area(s) of struggle
• Re-evaluation to measure progress
• Determine appropriate placement/services for young children
• Support documentation for application to a specialized private school
• Provide evidence to show how ADHD impacts a child’s performance in the school setting
• Provide documentation for accommodations on standardized testing
• Document educational need for college-age students requiring accommodations

Targeted Dyslexia Assessment: ($1,500)

This assessment package provides a targeted assessment of a child’s reading ability.  All components of dyslexia will be assessed informally and formally.  The results of the assessment will be used to determine whether your child meets eligibility criteria for dyslexia and provide recommendations for enhancing your child’s reading skills.

Targeted Dysgraphia Assessment: ($1,500)

This assessment package provides a targeted assessment of a child’s written expression.  The results of the assessment will be used to identify whether your child meets eligibility criteria for dysgraphia and provide recommendations for enhancing your child’s writing skills.

Intelligence/Cognitive Assessment: ($950)

This assessment package provides a targeted assessment of a child’s intellectual/cognitive profile.  Information obtained from this assessment will provide parents important information regarding a child’s cognitive processes (e.g., memory, processing, analyzing, and vocabulary skills).  The results of the assessment will be used to provide recommendations for enhancing a child’s cognitive processing skills.

The assessment fee includes the following:

• Review of existing data
• One-on-one testing appointment (1-2 hours)
• Comprehensive written report
• 1-hour conference to with evaluator to review the results and answer any questions.

ADHD Assessment with academic screener: ($1,500)

(without Full Psychoeducational Assessment)

This assessment package provides physicians and parents with specific data to confirm the presence of ADHD symptomology to formulate an appropriate treatment plan.

When recommended by a physician, or other professional, (i.e., teacher, diagnostician, counselor, or psychologist), this evaluation provides parents with informal and formal data to show the presence of an attention deficit disorder (ADD).  We provide an objective evaluation measuring areas impacted by ADHD symptomology and impact on academic achievement.  The assessment integrates both informal data (i.e., parent and teacher information, student information, review of records, work samples, observations) and norm-referenced data (i.e., standardized testing, a continuous performance test, information processing, sustained listening attention, behavior rating scales and a clinical interview).

This assessment package includes the following:

• Complimentary, 30-minute conference between parent(s) and the evaluator to obtain information about your child’s strengths and areas of concern.
• Individual norm-referenced evaluation (approximately 2-3 hours testing time).
• Extensive written report with interpretation and summary of each assessment
• Documentation of the condition based on the clinical findings, if applicable
• Individualized recommendations designed to address the students’ needs

The diagnostician will also meet with the parents to review the results of the evaluation to discuss the findings and resulting instructional recommendations for home and school.

Gifted and Talented (GT) Assessment or Appeal ($1,200)

This assessment plan provides an assessment of your child’s intellectual and academic performance to determine whether he/she meets district criteria for GT.  This assessment is also appropriate in cases when your child has been denied GT services in the school district.  This assessment package provides the documentation needed for you to file an appeal by providing norm-referenced testing to support their child’s intellectual and academic achievement in reading and math.  This abbreviated test battery consists of an intellectual assessment and norm-referenced testing in reading and math.  The diagnostician will provide a written report once the testing is complete.