For children, teens, and adults, I do psychoeducational testing for diagnosis of learning problems, including verbal learning, reading, nonverbal learning, and memory.  For example, some people know they are bright, but they are not fluent readers.   Or know they are bright and read well, but may have trouble seeing the big picture.  Both of those are common in my practice.  Those problems can cause a person to hit brick walls in their daily life. 

Learning and achievement testing assists people in understanding their learning profile, including areas of strength as well as lags.   Results and recommendations can help people determine learning and performance methods that they will do well with, as well as help people figure out how to workaround or overcome things that are difficult for them. 

Some people with clinically significant learning problems can use the reports to qualify for special services for students.  This would include classroom and testing accommodations, extra resources, or accommodations for standardized testing.    

Reading fluency and comprehension is a special concern for some people.  For school age children, testing can help with identifying better ways for them to learn how to read.  For older students, reading testing can help pinpoint reading problems for accommodations and workarounds. 

Many people who are evaluated for ADD or ADHD also have a concern about their learning.  In those cases, I will add psychoeducational testing to the ADD/ADHD evaluation process.  The reverse is also true.  Some people think their learning is the primary concern, but also wonder if they might have an attention problem.  In that case, we would add the ADD/ADHD testing to the learning evaluation.    

I do not give the same battery of tests to everyone.  I try to pick the tests that will allow me to address the person’s learning concerns most efficiently.     

Check out the “Psychological Testing” page for a list of tests I most often administer.