Testing/Assessment
The testing process typically spans up to 8 weeks and is conducted over several sessions, ranging from 3 to 6 hours in length. The testing fee must be paid in full to schedule your feedback session, during which time you will receive the final report and review it with your examiner.
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There are many times where a child's or an adult's behavior is confusing or nearly impossible to make sense out of. These behaviors can cause distress for the person and/or those around them. After being brought to a mental health professional for an interview-based assessment, there still may be significant doubts as to what is causing the trouble. Psychological testing may be one tool that is recommended at these times.
Psychological testings consists of a series of methods (stories, drawings, inkblots, cognitive tests etc.) that aim to assess the underlying reasons for the patient's difficulties. These methods allow the individual to make sense of things in their own unique way, allowing the clinician to then get at the how and the what behind their concerns.
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A neuropsychological assessment is sometimes recommended for individuals who are struggling at school, in college, in the workplace or some other area of daily functioning. A neuropsychological assessment is designed to evaluate a person's relative strengths and difficulties in different domains of cognitive functioning, such as attention, memory, language, motor skills, problem solving and reasoning, which can give us information about why a person may find certain real-world behaviors and skills challenging.
During the neuropsychological evaluation, a person will be asked to complete many highly structured tasks, such as solving puzzles, answering word problems, and timed activities. Oftentimes, a person will also be asked to carry out tasks that measure academic performance, such as reading, writing skills, and math problems and they, or their parents will be interviewed and asked to fill out questionnaires about their behavior in different settings. For children, the evaluation also involves the examiner observing them in their classroom and talking with their teacher. All of this information is integrated to form an explanation of why a person is experiencing the difficulties they do, and to provide recommendations for how they may best be helped.