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Serving children, teens, young adults, educators, and medical/mental health professionals.
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Connecting to the facts... …to open up the potential. |
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These are questions that prospective clients often ask. If we have forgotten your particular question, please don’t hesitate to ask when you contact us.
Q: There are so many different types of evaluations. I’m confused! A: An educational evaluation is normally conducted by a certified educator or school psychologist. It usually consists of just academic testing. A psychoeducational evaluation can be done by a school psychologist or clinical psychologist. A typical assessment would include measures of cognitive ability, school achievement, and social-emotional functioning. A school neuropsychological evaluation uses measures of IQ, achievement, and social-emotional functioning but also measures of attention, memory, language, visual and auditory processing, visual-spatial thinking, visual-motor integration, fine and gross motor abilities, abstract reasoning, and executive functions. |
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Q: So does every child need a school neuropsychological evaluation? A: NO! There is no “one size fits all” evaluation type. The type of assessment is based on a number of factors including: what previous testing has been done and how long ago, the referral problem, parent concerns, teacher concerns, medical and developmental history information, and the suspected problem. We don’t like to do unnecessary testing because it is inconvenient to both parent and child and financially irresponsible; yet we also want to be sure we are thorough and address all possible areas of concern. Q: How do you determine your recommendations after you complete an evaluation? A: LPS is very conscious of the importance of choosing remediation programs and interventions that are evidence-based. That simply means techniques that have been shown to work, not techniques that someone thinks will work. |
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