Assessment

We have years of experience in psychological assessments. We understand the patient’s specific needs, while providing their doctors and caregivers a trusted, comprehensive diagnostic evaluation. Our testing process is based on trusted methods. Our insights are driven by years of experience.

A psychological assessment is a series of tests that utilize a combination of many different psychological techniques to develop hypotheses about the individual and their cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning.

We offer full, integrative batteries, which assess an individual’s cognitive ability, academic achievement, interpersonal style, coping strategies, potential psychopathology, and overall strengths and weaknesses.

We also conduct psychoeducational testing that examines an individual’s cognitive functioning only. This typically involves IQ, achievement, neuropsychological tests, and personality testing designed to examine an individual’s social, emotional, and behavioral functioning.

Standard Testing Battery:

  • Mental status examination 

  • Clinical Interview with Client 

  • Clinical Interview with Parent(s) 

  • Consultation with treating therapist 

  • Review of file and prior evaluations or mental health records 

  • Review of clinical records 

  • Cognitive/IQ Test – Wechsler (WAIS-IV; WISC-V) 

  • Academic Achievement – (WJ-IV; WIAT) 

  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – (MMPI-3; MMPI-A-RF) 

  • Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory – Fourth Edition; Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MCMI-IV; MACI)

  • Achenbach Adult Self-Report(ASR)/Youth Self-Report (YSR) 

  • Achenbach Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL)/Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL) 

  • Beck Anxiety Inventory 

  • Beck Depression Inventory – II 

  • Revised Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-Child and Parent) 

  • Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory

  • Sentence Completion Test 

  • Comprehensive written report 

  • Verbal feedback to client 

  • Verbal feedback to a collateral informant (e.g. parent) 

  • Verbal feedback to treating therapist 

  • Verbal feedback to Educational Consultant or Home Therapist or Aftercare setting (if applicable)

Individualized Testing:

Evaluations are tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual. The psychologist will choose other tests from the following list, as appropriate, to complete the evaluation: 

  • Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (Rey) 

  • Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning System (D-KEFS) 

  • Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability – Fourth Edition (WJ-IV Cog) 

  • Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP) 

  • Beery Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) 

  • Mood Disorder Questionnaire 

  • General Behavior Inventory (for Bipolar Disorder) 

  • GBI-Client and Parent) 

  • Rorschach Inkblot Test 

  • Detailed Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress

  • Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI) 

  • Post-traumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) 

  • Social Responsiveness Scale – 2 

  • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS – 2) 

  • Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) 

  • and others… 

If the client has recently had testing, a partial battery of tests may be available.