Assessment

Assessment

For A Child, LLC provides psychoeducational and psychological assessments that are specifically tailored for home, clinical, and school settings. Psychological Assessments are provided to assess for emotional and behavioral disorders, whereas the psychoeducational assessments assist in determining learning and academic needs. Specialty assessment areas include:

	Learning disabilities
	Cognitive disabilities/ Giftedness
	Emotional/behavioral difficulties
	Learning style determinations

Psychological Assessment comes in many forms. For A Child receives referrals for a variety of needs. Each assessment is individually tailored to the needs of the child. All charges for assessment are bundled charges, not charged at an hourly rate. The table below describes some of typical requests for assessment along with services included in each category.

For A Child also provides child and family-oriented assessment feedback. This is a special service for children and their families where they receive assessment results (feedback) in a child oriented manner. Feedback reports are usually provided in the form of a specifically tailored children’s story or letter. This feedback report is provided in addition to the formal (technical) report.

Assessment Descriptions

Cognitive / Intellectual assessment This assessment is typically requested by parents who are applying to have their child admitted to a private school. For some schools, the admission process requires each parent to seek an assessment to provide an indicator of their child's cognitive ability. This is particularly common for gifted and talented programs. This assessment includes the following: administration of a cognitive test, evaluation of developmental history, report with interpretation, recommendations, and an addendum of scores.
Psychoeducational Assessment This assessment is requested by parents who seek to learn their child's learning style, cognitive and academic strengths, as well as cognitive and academic weaknesses. It is best for determination of learning disabilities, cognitive disabilities, and academic giftedness. The assessment includes the following: clinical interview with parents and child, review of academic records (if provided), administration of cognitive, achievement, and behavioral assessment measures, and a report with interpretation, recommendations and an addendum of scores.
Psychological Assessment This assessment is requested by parents who are concerned about their child's emotional and behavioral functioning. Typically parents are seeking an evaluation of their child's current emotional state to assess whether further intervention is necessary. This assessment includes the following: clinical interview with parents and child, review of previous psychological or psychiatric evaluations, administration and interpretation of personality and emotional assessment measures. The final product includes a report with interpretation, diagnosis, and recommendations.
Full battery The full battery assessment is ideal when there is a question of learning issues as well as emotional issues. The assessment includes all of the components form the psychoeducational assessment as well as the psychological assessment.
Feedback report This report is recommended for all assessments. It provides the child concrete feedback about the results of the testing in language that is developmentally appropriate. This report comes in the form of a storybook for younger children.
Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Screening This screening occurs through the use of behavior rating scales, sections of cognitive and neuropsychological tests, continuous performance tests, and clinical interviews. Additionally, in some cases, a classroom observation is made. Families receive a report with diagnosis, recommendations for intervention, and referrals for further support.