Comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations

From identification to inclusion: Supporting families every step of the way, helping them understand disabilities, access resources, and advocate for their child's needs.

Comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations are powerful tools for promoting a child’s success in school and life. By gaining a broad understanding of your child’s unique needs, these assessments pave the way for effective interventions, inclusive and supportive environments, and empowered advocacy.

Parenting Differences is trained in a broad range of measures to identify disabilities such as learning disabilities (dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia), autism, attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. We create a unique battery for each evaluation based on the child’s needs. We identify your child's strengths and make recommendations to support areas of growth to help unlock their full potential.

Types of Assessments

  • Cognitive Measure

    Cognitive measures help us identify a child’s strengths and learning differences.

  • Academic measure

    A standardized academic measure helps to see how a child is performing in comparison to their peers.

  • Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Measures

    These measures provide a holistic view of the child to include the view of the school, family, and the child.

FAQs

  • It's a comprehensive evaluation assessing a child's cognitive abilities, academic achievement, executive functioning, and social-emotional well-being. This helps identify potential learning disabilities, emotional challenges, and other factors impacting learning and development.

  • If a child struggles in school despite good effort, exhibits attention difficulties, has trouble with reading or math, expresses social or emotional concerns, or shows significant discrepancies between potential and performance, a psychoeducational assessment can be helpful.

  • The process typically involves interviews, questionnaires, cognitive testing, academic achievement testing, and observations to get a clear picture of the whole child.

  • No referral is necessary. Simply, contact us to schedule your intake appointment.

  • The duration of the evaluation can vary depending on the child’s age, the scope of the assessment, and the specific tests used. It usually takes several hours, spread over multiple sessions.

  • Early identification of learning challenges: This allows for early intervention and personalized support for better learning outcomes.

    Developing targeted interventions: Based on the assessment, individualized education plans (IEPs) and other support programs can be tailored to the child's specific needs.

    Enhanced communication and collaboration: The assessment findings create a common language for families, educators, and other professionals to collaborate effectively.

    Empowered advocacy: A thorough understanding of the child's unique needs equips families to advocate for appropriate accommodations and support.

  • The assessor will prepare a comprehensive report outlining the findings, conclusions, and recommendations for interventions and support. This report can be shared with educators, therapists, and other relevant professionals to develop a plan for the child's success.