Psycho-educational Assessment

A psycho-educational assessment is a comprehensive evaluation that assesses an individual’s cognitive and/or psychological processing skills and determines strengths and areas of need in learning and processing information. A psycho-educational assessment may include:

• IQ/Cognitive assessment

• Visual processing assessment

• Auditory processing assessment

• Phonological processing assessment

• Sensory/Motor skills assessment

• Attention processing/Executive Functioning skills assessment

• Social/Emotional/Behavior questionnaires

• Academic Achievement assessment (Basic reading skills, reading comprehension, reading fluency, written expression, math calculation skills, math problem solving, listening comprehension, oral expression)

• Interviews with individual, student and care providers (parents, teachers, therapists etc.)

• Student observations

Specifics of assessment are based on needs of the client and/or family.

Direct assessment with a client includes testing and interview that typically takes between 2-4 hours which can take place in 2-4 testing sessions. At the conclusion of all assessment procedures, client and/or families will receive a comprehensive report and a session to review assessment results and answer any questions. Completed comprehensive reports with results are ready within 4-6 weeks.