I provide psychological evaluations for ADD/ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities (such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia), and more. If you or your child is struggling in school, I can help understand why and help chart a roadmap to success. Additionally, I regularly work with parents and school districts to complete Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs).
Psychological testing is simply this: figuring out why a student is struggling in school and/or at home. That's it. Yes, this typically involves a lot of detective work like interviewing parents to gain a thorough developmental history, getting feedback from teachers, considering social and emotional functioning, direct testing with a student, sometimes an observation, and it might involve a formal diagnosis of some kind.
Psychological testing is simply this: figuring out why a student is struggling in school and/or at home. That's it. Yes, this typically involves a lot of detective work like interviewing parents to gain a thorough developmental history, getting feedback from teachers, considering social and emotional functioning, direct testing with a student, sometimes an observation, and it might involve a formal diagnosis of some kind.
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I am a school psychologist who is passionate about teaming up with parents. I've worked in schools for nearly two decades, completed over 500 comprehensive evaluations, and led several school-based problem-solving teams to ensure that struggling students could thrive: academically, socially, and behaviorally.
ADD & ADHD Testing
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I hear it all the time, "My kid has her nose in a book most of the day, she can't have ADD!" Sometimes it's, "He can build Legos all afternoon" or "He can sit in front of video games for hours, there's no way he's got ADHD!" But let me be clear: ADHD has nothing to do with paying attention to activities that kids or adults enjoy.
Dyscalculia Testing
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I know, it's a four-letter-word that strikes fear in the hearts of many. Math. Now, math can be hard for lots of people, but just because math is hard doesn't mean you have a learning disability in math. Yes, that's Dyscalculia, the fancy word for a learning disability in math. Some might say math Dyslexia, and that makes sense but, sorry, that's not what it's called.
Dysgraphia Testing
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Dysgraphia is like Dyslexia's cousin, it's a learning disability but in writing. Most of the time, when people think about Dysgraphia, they think about sloppy handwriting, but the truth is, there are a lot of ways and reasons that people struggle to write well-wait, let me re-phrase that-to write good enough.
Dyslexia Testing
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Most people think Dyslexia is reversing letters-reading them out of order. Yes, this does happen, but it's only one symptom and a symptom that many people with Dyslexia don't even have. Reading is such a cognitively complex task-just think of all the things that we must do at once and with such ease and speed.
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