Learning Disorder Assessments in Mansfield and Arlington

This kind of assessment will provide information about your cognitive processing, such as memory, learning characteristics, working memory, processing speed, and problem-solving abilities. This assessment help determine how you or your child can overcome problems and identify strengths you or your child achieve success at school or work. This type of evaluation can also be for gifted children or early entrance evaluation.

When should we receive a psychoeducational assessment?

At our practice, we recommend completing a psychoeducational assessment when students are experiencing significant challenges at school that are getting in the way of their ability to successfully learn, interfering with their ability to perform to their full potential, and/or impacting their emotional well-being throughout their school day and at home.

We provide psychoeducational assessments for all ages. Clients often express feeling overwhelmed or confused by helping their children with their educational struggles. Parents will often watch their children grapple with academics for years and do not know why, leading to decreased academic and overall confidence, behaviors of acting out at school and home, and schoolwork avoidance altogether.

For many, however, the academic struggle may be caused by a learning disorder such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia. Psychoeducational testing is designed to stop the guessing game and identify the cause of unsatisfactory academic performance in children and teens.

What is a psychoeducational assessment?

Psychoeducational testing usually includes a comprehensive set of tests of a student’s cognitive, academic, and socio-emotional functioning. Tests are standardized in that your student’s scores are compared on core areas to other students of the same age and gender.

Students work individually with a therapist during the evaluation, but breaks are taken to facilitate and promote attention and mental stamina. Once testing is completed and the therapist finishes the report writing, the parents/adults return for a feedback session when diagnoses and recommendations are reviewed. All of this information is presented in a formal report that the client can then take home to share with appropriate providers and the appropriate school district.

We provide extensive psychoeducational assessments for individuals ages 8 and up. These comprehensive evaluations often meet the documentation guidelines for most schools and accredited universities when you are seeking school accommodations or other resources for your student. The evaluation and formal report will consist of an assessment of the cognitive aspects of learning and academic skills. Our battery includes measures of intellectual, educational, emotional, and behavioral functioning.

Psychoeducational assessments can help determine appropriate academic placement for students such as special needs, emotionally handicapped, and gifted & talented learners. Secondly, psychoeducational assessments can help identify the cause of learning difficulties in school or the root of a student’s behavioral problem, to ascertain the best treatment option.

Given the comprehensive scope of psychoeducational testing, assessments allow a counselor to better understand a student’s learning profile and individual strengths and weaknesses. Assessments can identify and document learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders, that often result in academic, occupational, social, or other functional impairment.

Psychoeducational testing is often necessary to accurately diagnose and define the particular challenges a person is facing. Pediatricians often request tests before prescribing medication for issues such as ADHD. Our testing can better understand strengths and weaknesses and create accurate diagnoses, helping to inform appropriate educational placements, programming, interventions, and accommodations.