A psychoeducational assessment can provide useful information regarding child’s functioning and needs in the following areas:

Intellectual/Academic strengths

Learning support needs

Attention/Concentration

Assessment arrangements (e.g., extended examination time)

Individual learning style and intellectual/academic dispositions

Assessment of intellectual giftedness

Understanding a child’s unique profile of strengths and needs allows identifying strategies to improve academic achievement. This awareness can also serve to reduce child’s level of frustration related to learning, while at the same time increasing motivation and academic, self – confidence.

Psychoeducational assessment is a comprehensive and integrative process that involves the following:

• Review of school reports to gather necessary background information

• Administration of standardized assessment instruments (WISC-IV; WAIS-IV; WIAT-II)

• Feedback meeting to explain the assessment findings

• Written report that integrates background information, standardized test results, and recommendations, including specific strategies to support learning and enhance achievement

If a diagnosis of specific learning problem (e.g., dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD/ADD) can be formulated, appropriate educational program accommodations will be documented and recommended for in school individual assistance and standardized examinations accommodations e.g., extra time, use of computer, additional breaks.