Psycho-Educational Assessment

Assessments investigate why a child may be having difficulties in school.

There are many reasons a child may not be doing well in school. These can range from being bored or under stimulated (for highly gifted students) to having a possible specific learning difficulty (e.g., dyslexia or dyscalculia) or some other neurodevelopmental disorder (e.g., ADHD).

In the psycho-educational assessment process I offer an initial consultation to investigate the possible reasons for a child difficulty in schools.


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Physical (e.g., undetected vision or hearing issues) or social (e.g., bullying, shyness) also need to be considered. Additionally, life events can impact on schooling, so poor attention or bad behaviour at school may be due to a change of school, bereavement, or illness.

The psycho-educational assessment process includes an initial consultation to narrow down the possibilities and provide the best path forward to take.

This may be as simple as having their eyes or hearing tested if this has not already been done. However, for more complex issues further investigation will be needed.

A psycho-educational or psychometric assessment provides information about how people experience and work in the world around them. These take about four hours to complete and are usually done in two sessions a week apart.

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The results will be presented in a comprehensive report of your child’s learning profile (their strengths and weaknesses). It will also have general and specific strategies to help improve their learning and, if warranted, a diagnosis of a learning difficulty.

Included with the report is a debriefing session where I will explain all the findings and recommendations and answer any questions you may have (usually about 45 min).

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