Our Mission: High Quality Neuropsychological Testing
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You may be wondering how to help your child, teen, or young adult reach their fullest potential and thrive. You may have a concern about a possible underlying cause of difficulties- or in some cases, a potential diagnosis that may explain certain difficulties, or you may be seeking help guide the next steps to get your child what they need.
Our mission is to provide high-quality neuropsychological testing for children with a range of needs by applying our extensive expertise to comprehensively evaluate the “whole child” in a culturally informed and inclusive environment. We tailor our approach for a diverse range of patient needs to help bridge the gap between assessment and “real-world” functioning with the ultimate goal of providing a “roadmap” for families and providers to help a child reach their full potential, uniquely focusing on areas of strength and areas of vulnerability to help families understand the link between the brain and behavior, and provide recommendations for next steps that are evidence-based.
We take care to illuminate and help families understand a child’s strengths and weaknesses, how a child learns best, and understand how and why certain factors may be contributing to a child’s challenges. We pride ourselves on taking a neurodiversity-affirming and strengths-based approach that uses evaluations to outline how to leverage a child’s strengths while appropriately addressing areas of need in order to reach optimal success. We will discuss your concerns with you and provide our expert recommendations for next steps- whether this is through consultation services, comprehensive neuropsychological testing, or targeted evaluation limited to a single concern (for example, autism testing or brief evaluation to determine if a child has ADHD or anxiety or depression, etc).
Our Process
The Assessment Process
Our Assessment Process Includes the Following:
Initial Intake Interview/Consultation
- The initial intake/consultation begins the process by interviewing caregivers/parents for about 1 hour to learn more about concerns, history, and gain understanding about the questions that can be answered through an evaluation.
Review of History and Pertinent Records
- Dr. Reese will review pertinent birth/developmental, medical, and educational history by reviewing records, prior evaluations, etc.
Gathering Information from Caregivers and Providers
- Based on the concerns, Dr. Reese will have caregivers complete questionnaires and other forms to inform functioning in daily life within the home setting.
- With written consent and permission, Dr. Reese will contact certain providers to gather more information about a child’s functioning in various settings (e.g., school/classroom, therapies, etc.). This often includes questionnaires and rating scales for teachers or therapists to inform functioning in daily life within the school or therapeutic setting.
Testing Session(s)
- Face-to-face (in-person) evaluation with your child completing developmental and standardized testing to measure your child’s thinking and reasoning, problem-solving, attention, executive functioning, language/communication, nonverbal, visual, spatial, learning and memory, academic, and behavioral, social, and emotional functioning.
- The measures administered are individualized based on the referral question/child’s functioning and to answer specific questions about the child’s needs.
- This portion typically takes about the length of a school day for elementary, middle, high school, and college-age children, and a couple of hours for very young children (babies, toddlers, preschoolers).
Integrating and Synthesizing Data and Information
- All information gathered will be scored, analyzed, and integrated by Dr. Reese.
- Information and data will be synthesized appropriately to inform a summary of strengths/weaknesses, diagnostic impressions, and recommendations.
Feedback Session
- Caregivers will meet via telehealth (virtual) visit with Dr. Reese during which the overall results/findings will be explained.
- Any diagnoses given will also be explained and caregivers will have a chance to ask questions to best understand the findings.
- Recommendations for next steps (e.g., therapeutic, medical, home, and school services/strategies) tailored to the findings of the evaluation will also be discussed and explained.
Written Report
- A written report outlining all aspects of the evaluation, including history, presenting concerns, findings and results of evaluation, diagnostic impressions, and recommendations/next steps for treatment will be written for families to use as a “roadmap” to guide decision-making and enhance understanding of a child’s overall profile including strengths and needs.
Follow-Up/Consultations
- If further follow-up, feedback, or consultation with other providers is needed, these services may be requested. This may include participation in school meetings, reviewing subsequent evaluations/documentation, providing letters as needed for follow-up, and answering questions about progress/development or further clarifying any questions the family has after completion of the process.
- Recommendations about neuropsychological re-evaluation will also be provided, and if repeat testing in the future is recommended, Dr. Reese may recommend further testing at specific time intervals based on the child’s needs and results of the evaluation.
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