NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT
- Do you suspect a learning disability, ADHD, Autism or Asperger's Disorder?
- Do you think your child might be developmentally delayed?
- Do you think your child might be gifted?
- Do you think your child needs extra time on standardized tests such as the SAT?
To determine the nature of these deficits, testing services often include:
Specific areas of assessment typically include:
The overriding goal of the evaluation is to pinpoint the areas of weaknesses that your child may have and to outline the appropriate remediation plan, including possible compensatory strategies. Most evaluations include the following:
1) Initial consultation with parents
2) Interview / testing of child (which often takes a number of hours)
3) Scoring /Interpretation of tests
4) Generation of a comprehensive report
5) Feedback session with parents.
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Cognitive/IQ Testing
- Achievement Testing
- Adaptive Behavior Assessment
- Testing and assessment of emotional & social functioning
- Behavior Checklists (typically completed by parents and teachers)
Specific areas of assessment typically include:
- Attention/concentration
- Intellectual functioning
- Executive functions (i.e., planing ability, shifting, inhibitory control, organizing, modulating emotions, etc.)
- Language processing (i.e. expressive and receptive language abilities)
- Memory (i.e. visual and verbal)
- Visual-spatial reasoning
- Sensory functioning, such as visual and auditory functioning.
- Visual-motor integration and Fine-motor dexterity
- Academic skills (i.e., Reading, Arithmetic)
- Social/Emotional functioning
The overriding goal of the evaluation is to pinpoint the areas of weaknesses that your child may have and to outline the appropriate remediation plan, including possible compensatory strategies. Most evaluations include the following:
1) Initial consultation with parents
2) Interview / testing of child (which often takes a number of hours)
3) Scoring /Interpretation of tests
4) Generation of a comprehensive report
5) Feedback session with parents.
National Academy of Neuropsychology Position on
Neuropsychological Testing of Learning Disorders
| naofn_testing.pdf |
Please feel free to contact me to discuss any issues your child may be having and to determine if this type of testing would be appropriate.
