The process of a
Neuropsychological Assessment

We are proud of our neuropsychological assessment process. This page outlines what to expect after the initial consultation call.
Intake
An initial meeting is conducted with the client or the client’s parents to get to know the client, hear about their strengths, identify goals for the assessment, and review the client’s developmental, medical, family, social-emotional, and behavioral history,
In addition, the neuropsychologist reviews the client’s previous report cards, assessments, and relevant medical records to better understand their developmental trajectory. The neuropsychologist is also happy to speak with other professionals of your choosing.
Testing
The client meets with the neuropsychologist for approximately 8-10 hours. This is typically spread across two or three days.
In addition, the client’s parents and teachers complete online ratingscales to provide their observations of the client.
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Specific procedures and tests are selected based on the referral question and the information gathered during the intake. Testing is an interactive and collaborative process that includes a variety of standardized activities aimed to uncover a child’s strengths and pinpoint any challenge areas that are affecting their learning or behavior. The client is encouraged to identify their goals or “wishes” for the year, which is integrated into their feedback. For example, we can find out why they “love to read but hate to write.”
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Feedback with the Parents or Young Adult
This meeting typically lasts 1.5 hours and includes presentation of the findings, integration of these findings into meaningful patterns (including brain-based explanations when applicable), and an outline of a specific action plan that capitalizes on your child’s strengths and identifies strategies to help them thrive.

The neuropsychologist will provide you with a list of resources  and referrals (including professionals in the community) designed specifically for your child.
A comprehensive written report detailing the assessment findings and recommendations is sent to the client or their parents. Typically, this includes contributing history, discussion of the testing process (behavioral observations, test list and scores, description of results), as well as interpretation of results, recommendations, and, if appropriate, diagnostic impressions. This report is appropriate for distribution to the school, physicians, and mental health practitioners, as well as for your records.

Occasionally, the report contains more information than parents are comfortable providing to the school. If you do not wish to provide the report to the school, a letter outlining pertinent findings and recommendations can be prepared
Follow Up
The neuropsychologist checks in with their clients and families following the assessment to ensure that things are going smoothly and to answer any additional questions from the evaluation.
What do I tell my child?
Parents can let their child know that they will be doing a variety of activities, such as listening to stories, remembering pictures, answering questions, playing with blocks, and drawing designs. These activities will help us understand how their brain is working and how they learn best. This will help their parents to best parent them and their teachers to best teach them.
If appropriate, the parents can relate our meetings to any difficulties they are experiencing. For example, “I’ve heard you say that you are really bad at reading. I wonder if we can figure out what’s making it harder for you?”
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Finally, while it is called neuropsychological “testing” parents can let their child know that they will not receive a grade and should just try their best on all of the activities administered.
Scoring and Interpretation
Accurate scoring is crucial to the process, and a significant amount of the neuropsychologist’s time for a standard battery. Calculation of all raw scores are done by the neuropsychologist. The neuropsychologist spends at least 3 hours going over the findings and forming their impressions prior to the feedback session.

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Feedback with the Child
The topics covered in the child’s feedback will be discussed with the parents prior to this meeting. The feedback session is tailored to your child’s developmental level. Specific scores may not be helpful to the child; rather, the goal of the child feedback session is to start the conversation and create some language to help the client and their parents continue talking about their brain.
Coordination of Care
The neuropsychologist will offer to coordinate the client's care and team up with educators, therapists, or other providers working with the child to review the assessment results and suggestions for intervention.
The neuropsychologist has close relationships with a variety of allied health providers (e.g., educational therapists, executive functioning coaches, tutors, school placement specialists, educational advocates or lawyers, speech/language pathologists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists and therapists, mindfulness coaches, psychiatrists, behavioral pediatricians, neurologists). They will help the child and their family find the right professional for them.
Intake
An initial meeting is conducted with the client or the client’s parents to get to know the client, hear about their strengths, identify goals for the assessment, and review the client’s developmental, medical, family, social-emotional, and behavioral history,
In addition, the neuropsychologist reviews the client’s previous report cards, assessments, and relevant medical records to better understand their developmental trajectory. The neuropsychologist is also happy to speak with other professionals of your choosing.
What do I tell my child?
Parents can let their child know that they will be doing a variety of activities, such as listening to stories, remembering pictures, answering questions, playing with blocks, and drawing designs. These activities will help us understand how their brain is working and how they learn best. This will help their parents to best parent them and their teachers to best teach them.
If appropriate, the parents can relate our meetings to any difficulties they are experiencing. For example, “I’ve heard you say that you are really bad at reading. I wonder if we can figure out what’s making it harder for you?”
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Finally, while it is called neuropsychological “testing” parents can let their child know that they will not receive a grade and should just try their best on all of the activities administered.
Testing
The client meets with the neuropsychologist for approximately 8-10 hours. This is typically spread across two or three days.
In addition, the client’s parents and teachers complete online ratingscales to provide their observations of the client.
‍
Specific procedures and tests are selected based on the referral question and the information gathered during the intake. Testing is an interactive and collaborative process that includes a variety of standardized activities aimed to uncover a child’s strengths and pinpoint any challenge areas that are affecting their learning or behavior. The client is encouraged to identify their goals or “wishes” for the year, which is integrated into their feedback. For example, we can find out why they “love to read but hate to write.”
‍
Scoring and Interpretation
Accurate scoring is crucial to the process, and a significant amount of the neuropsychologist’s time for a standard battery. Calculation of all raw scores are done by the neuropsychologist. The neuropsychologist spends at least 3 hours going over the findings and forming their impressions prior to the feedback session.

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Feedback with the Parents or Young Adult
This meeting typically lasts 1.5 hours and includes presentation of the findings, integration of these findings into meaningful patterns (including brain-based explanations when applicable), and an outline of a specific action plan that capitalizes on your child’s strengths and identifies strategies to help them thrive.

The neuropsychologist will provide you with a list of resources  and referrals (including professionals in the community) designed specifically for your child.
A comprehensive written report detailing the assessment findings and recommendations is sent to the client or their parents. Typically, this includes contributing history, discussion of the testing process (behavioral observations, test list and scores, description of results), as well as interpretation of results, recommendations, and, if appropriate, diagnostic impressions. This report is appropriate for distribution to the school, physicians, and mental health practitioners, as well as for your records.

Occasionally, the report contains more information than parents are comfortable providing to the school. If you do not wish to provide the report to the school, a letter outlining pertinent findings and recommendations can be prepared
Feedback with the Child
The topics covered in the child’s feedback will be discussed with the parents prior to this meeting. The feedback session is tailored to your child’s developmental level. Specific scores may not be helpful to the child; rather, the goal of the child feedback session is to start the conversation and create some language to help the client and their parents continue talking about their brain.
Coordination of Care
The neuropsychologist will offer to coordinate the client's care and team up with educators, therapists, or other providers working with the child to review the assessment results and suggestions for intervention.
The neuropsychologist has close relationships with a variety of allied health providers (e.g., educational therapists, executive functioning coaches, tutors, school placement specialists, educational advocates or lawyers, speech/language pathologists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists and therapists, mindfulness coaches, psychiatrists, behavioral pediatricians, neurologists). They will help the child and their family find the right professional for them.
Follow Up
The neuropsychologist checks in with their clients and families following the assessment to ensure that things are going smoothly and to answer any additional questions from the evaluation.