Should your child be evaluated?
A parent, doctor, teacher, school psychologist, speech therapist or other professional may refer a child for neuropsychological testing for the following reasons:
- Attention difficulties (ADD/ADHD).
- Learning and/or memory difficulties.
- Autism or other social difficulties.
- Language or communication difficulties.
- Nonverbal Learning Disability.
- Organizational problems.
- Emotional and/or behavioral problems.
- Anxiety.
- Depression or mood swings.
- Auditory or visual processing difficulties.
- To establish a baseline for for tracking developmental and educational progress.
- To identify changes in abilities since prior evaluations.
Benefits
- To help educators and your family to understand your child’s cognitive, academic, and social-emotional strengths and challenges.
- To develop individualized interventions, compensatory strategies, educational recommendations and treatment plans.
- To determine eligibility for accommodations in the school setting and on standardized tests (e.g., ELA, Regents, ACT, SAT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, etc.).
- To determine eligibility for special education services.
- To establish a baseline for tracking developmental and educational progress.
- To follow-up with a re-evaluation.
