Types and Description
Psychological Evaluations are completed by our clinical psychologist. These evaluations can include comprehensive educational testing, mental health concerns and diagnosis rule-outs. These rule-outs can include Autism, Asperger's, PDD-NOS, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and a variety of other mental health issues.
Psychoeducational Testing/Educational Testing can be completed by our clinical psychologist or our psychological examiner. These are routinely completed by the psychological examiner due to the primary concern being educational concerns. These evaluations will include thorough testing for educational/learning styles, weaknesses and or disabilities.
Occupational Therapy Evaluations are completed by our licensed OT. Testing can include all components of fine motor, sensory deficits, visual motor, and visual processing that are deemed necessary to evaluate the child. the components to the testing are determined by the examiner and based on the referring complaint. Occupational Therapy evaluations are often necessary in completing a comprehensive educational evaluation.
Physical Therapy Evaluations are completed by our licensed PT. Testing will include all components of gross motor. A PT evaluation will look at balance, body coordination, strength & endurance, and range of motion. OFten times a learning disabled student is described as clumsy. A PT evaluation is often helpful in these situations.
Speech/Language Evaluations are completed by our licensed, certified speech/language pathologist. These evaluations will include all the components of speech and language that are deemed necessary to the referring complaint. A speech/language evaluation will look at receptive and expressive language, articulation, fluency, voice parameters, and oral motor skills. Speech/language evaluations are often extremely beneficial in fully describing a child's learning deficits and how to properly program for the student.
The students that are seen in the evaluation center are seen for many different types of referring complaints. These may include but are not restricted to the following, dyslexia, reading disorder, math disorders, spelling problems, inability to decode, handwriting problems, language problems, visual motor/processing problems, and clumsiness.
Many students seen in the center also come with not only educational difficulties but with other concerns. These may include but are not limited to the following: ADHD, ADD, anxiety, depression, test anxiety, slow processing and a host of other complaints that fall into the mental health domain.












