EDUCATIONAL & DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
Educational Assessment
This assessment is recommended to investigate the nature of learning difficulties and identify possible specific learning disorders (eg. dyslexia, dyscalculia etc.), giftedness or complex learning/needs.
Reasons to assess:
- To understand cognitive abilities that support learning, such as verbal understanding, reasoning, working memory and processing speed
- To explore factors that may be affecting learning and school performance, such as communication difficulties, emotional wellbeing or behaviour
- To investigate developmental delay or intellectual disability
- To identify and diagnose specific learning difficulties/disorders, such as dyslexia (reading), dysgraphia (writing) or dyscalculia (mathematics)
- To identify strengths, areas of difficulty and appropriate learning supports and strategies
What does it include:
- Clinical interview (including parent)
- Cognitive testing, such as WISC-IV or WAIS depending on age of person
- Educational testing such as WIAT-III
- Administration and scoring of behavioural and adaptive functioning questionnaires, including the Vineland-3 and BASC (with parent completion where appropriate).
- Liaison with teachers and significant supports
- Reading of previous testing reports (if applicable)
- Up to 1 hour Feedback session
- Comprehensive report including results, clinical formulation, relevant diagnosis, and tailored recommendations for interventions, strategies, supports or further assessment. Report preparation involves integrating assessment findings and developing an individualised formulation and strategy plan.
Clinician time spent: 10 hours
Educational assessment package fee: Provisional Psychologist: $1200 +GST. Psychologist: $1800 +GST
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