Psychological Assessments and Services in New Brunswick

Our psychoeducational assessments involve a thorough examination to understand why children, adolescents, or adults face challenges in school, daycare, or with homework. We identify barriers to academic success using standardized tools and provide tailored recommendations to enhance learning.

Process Overview

• Data Collection: Gathering extensive information about the individual’s learning profile.
• Initial Consultation: Meeting with parents or caregivers to discuss background information and learning difficulties.
• Review and Analysis: Reviewing report cards and consulting with teachers and resource teachers (with client permission).
• Testing Components: Administering tests, including global IQ measures, memory testing, phonics awareness and decoding skills, and executive functioning evaluations.
• Consideration of Additional Challenges: Addressing concurrent issues like anxiety, school absences, or recent life changes that may impact learning.
• Integration and Evaluation: Combining findings from interviews, teacher discussions, and testing for a comprehensive evaluation.

Feedback and Recommendations

After completing the assessment, we provide:

• Feedback Appointment: Sharing results and recommendations with clients.
• Strategic Planning: Exploring effective strategies to enhance the learning experience at school or daycare.
• Advocacy and Support: Providing a detailed report for advocacy in educational settings, ensuring necessary supports and accommodations.

Our autism assessments offer a compassionate, collaborative evaluation for individuals of all ages to understand their experiences and potential autism diagnosis. Using diagnostic tools like the ADOS-2 and clinical interviews, we assess social communication, sensory experiences, and behavioral patterns to guide personalized support plans.

Process Overview

• Initial Assessment: Conducting interviews to explore personal experiences that may suggest an autism diagnosis.
• Evaluation Components: Assessing social preferences, strengths, challenges, sensory preferences, and responses, as well as past experiences with accommodations and their effectiveness.
• Consideration of Additional Factors: Addressing issues such as masking, burnout, and associated mental health challenges like anxiety and low mood.
• Collaborative Approach: Engaging in assessments from a perspective that values individual needs, lived experiences, and recognizes the validity of self-assessment and self-diagnosis for many individuals.

Recommendations and Advocacy

Upon completing assessments, we provide:

• Advocacy Focus: Leveraging expertise to advocate for individuals and create tailored recommendations and supports based on collaborative assessment outcomes.

Our ADHD assessments involves structured evaluations to diagnose and understand neurodevelopmental challenges affecting attention, impulse control, and emotional regulation in children, adolescents, and adults. Clients receive a comprehensive report with strategies for managing symptoms and accessing accommodations.

Disorder Overview

ADHD impacts:

• Attention regulation
• Task persistence
• Activity levels
• Impulse control
• Emotional self-control

Diagnostic Approach

• Age-Appropriate Assessment: Ensuring assessments reflect developmental norms to avoid misdiagnosis.
• Criteria for Diagnosis: Diagnosing ADHD based on observed difficulties in self-regulation across different environments.

Assessment Process

• Interview and Testing: Conducting interviews with parents and using tests to evaluate cognitive functions like memory, processing speed, and executive functions.
• Behavioural Observation: Gathering standardized ratings from multiple settings (e.g., school, home, afterschool programs).
• Collaborative Consultation: Seeking input from teachers, coaches, and pediatricians with parental permission and observing the child across multiple settings (e.g., daycares, school).
• Consideration of Co-occurring Factors: Exploring potential contributors to ADHD-like behaviours such as trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, or learning differences.

Assessment in Preschoolers

While uncommon, ADHD assessments for preschoolers may occur under specific circumstances, such as safety concerns or atypical behaviour patterns.

Intervention and Support

Upon diagnosis, we provide:

• Tailored Interventions: Implementing evidence-based strategies to support academic and social success

We specialize in completing disability tax credit letters  and student loan forms for children, students, and adults. These services are often integrated with our assessment reports to provide comprehensive support for financial benefits and academic accommodations.

Process Overview

• Service Offering: Completion of disability tax credit and student loan forms tailored to individual needs.
• Update and Renewal: Addressing the expiration of disability tax credit approvals despite lifelong disabilities, and updating assessments with new information on ongoing or emerging challenges.
• Consultation Details: Consultations typically range from 90 minutes to 5 hours, ensuring thoroughness and efficiency.

Integrated Support

Upon completion, we provide:

• Comprehensive Assistance: Updated assessments and necessary documentation to support ongoing eligibility and advocacy needs.