Psychological and Psychoeducational Testing

Children and adolescents are often referred by pediatricians, family practitioners, teachers and other school personnel, attorneys, professionals, and former patents due to concerns such as:

• Avoidance of particular academic tasks.
• Academic performance below expectations.
• Difficulty remembering information.
• Trouble problem solving novel tasks.
• Poor organizational skills and forgetfulness.
• Poor self-esteem and low self-confidence.
• Difficulty with behavior or emotional control.

A typical assessment of children and adolescents may include areas such as:

• Intellectual functioning.
• Academic achievement and skills (reading, writing, mathematics, spelling).
• Attention.
• Executive skills (organization, planning, inhibition, flexibility).
• Auditory and visual processing.
• Memory and learning.
• Fine motor functioning.
• Visual-spatial abilities.
• Language skills (understanding and expression).
• Behavior related to academic productivity.

• 1 in 7 Americans has some type of learning disability (National Institutes of Health).
• Approximately 2-10% of students in public schools are identified as having learning disabilities.
• As many as 80% of students with learning disabilities have reading problems.
• Approximately 3-5% of school-age children have ADHD.
• Learning disabilities and ADHD often run in families.
• Symptoms of ADHD can continue into adulthood.
• Many children are diagnosed with both learning disabilities and ADHD.