Assessment

Psychological Assessment Services Offered and Fees

Psychological testing and assessment services encompass a range of procedures and techniques used by licensed psychologists and other qualified mental health professionals to evaluate an individual’s cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning.

Assessments are conducted for various purposes, including diagnostic clarification, treatment planning, and intervention strategies.

Psychological and psychoeducation testing is tailored to the client, referral questions, and assessment needs and is not approached as a one-size-fits-all assessment. The tools listed below may be adjusted depending on the needs of the individual client and respectful to the client’s gender, sexual identity, language, and culture.

Note: for individual educational evaluations (IEEs), attendance at IEP meetings is not included.

What does it cost?

The total cost of testing is determined by the time it takes. Most testing can take about 10 hours to complete the initial interview, test administration, scoring, interpreting, report writing, and feedback session.

Initial Parent Interview – $290/hour

Psychological testing $250/hour

Parent feedback session $250/hour

Specialties

· ADHD

· Autism

· Emotional and Personality

· Giftedness and Learning Disability

· Intellectual Disability

ADHD

ADHD assessments hope to determine whether an individual meets the diagnostic criteria for ADHD. Once a diagnosis is established, ADHD assessments contribute to developing personalized treatment plans. 

Understanding an individual’s specific ADHD symptoms, as well as any coexisting conditions, allows clinicians to tailor interventions to address the unique needs of the person. ADHD often requires differential diagnosis to also screen for processing issues and anxiety and often has comorbid behavior and mental health issues.

ADHD assessments typically involve a combination of clinical interviews, behavioral observations, self-report measures, and assessments of cognitive and academic functioning. 

The goal is to gather a comprehensive understanding of the individual’s strengths, challenges, and overall functioning to inform effective intervention strategies and support their well-being.

Psychological Testing for ADHD may include:

• Parent and child clinical interviews
• Rating scales – Conners 4th Edition and/or Behavior Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition
• Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA)
• Intelligence Testing (if required) which could include:
  • Woodcock Johnson Test of Cognitive Abilities, 4th Edition
  • Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children, 5th Edition
  • Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence, 4th Edition
  • Kaufman Intelligence Test of Children, 2nd Edition (Normative Update)

Autism

Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a thorough and comprehensive process conducted by a team of qualified professionals, typically including psychologists, developmental pediatricians, speech-language pathologists, and other specialists. The assessment aims to evaluate a person’s behavior, communication, social interactions, and developmental history to determine whether they meet the criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder. 

Adults who require assessment for autism have fewer components to the assessments as most standardized measures are developed for child assessments. The assessment process can vary but generally involves the following key components:

• Referral and information gathering
• Parent clinical interviews
• Teacher clinical interviews
• Client clinical interviews and observations
• Rating scales – Autism Spectrum Rating Scale, Social Skills Improvement System, Behavior Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition, Conners 4th Edition and/or Childhood Autism Rating Scale 2nd Edition
• Observations in multiple settings (if required)
• Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition
• Intelligence Testing (if intellectual disability is suspected) which could include:
  • Woodcock Johnson Test of Cognitive Abilities, 4th Edition
  • Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children, 5th Edition
  • Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence, 4th Edition
  • Kaufman Intelligence Test of Children, 2nd Edition (Normative Update)

Emotional and Psychological Assessment (Mood, Anxiety, Thought, Personality)

Emotional and psychological assessments are conducted to understand an individual’s emotional well-being, mental health, and psychological functioning. These assessments involve a systematic and comprehensive process conducted by licensed mental health professionals. The specific procedures may vary, but here is a general overview of the emotional and psychological assessments that may be used:

• Parent and child clinical interviews
• Objective rating scales
• Projective Storytelling tests
• Rorschach Inkblot Test
• Projective sentence completion

Giftedness and Learning Disability Testing

The testing process for assessing giftedness and learning disabilities involves a comprehensive evaluation by trained professionals to identify an individual’s strengths, weaknesses, and specific educational needs. 

This assessment is typically conducted by a multidisciplinary team that may include psychologists, educators, and other specialists. Here is an overview of the testing process for giftedness and learning disabilities:

• Parent clinical interviews
• Child clinical interviews
• Comprehensive record review of educational and developmental history
• Teacher interviews
• Observations in the educational setting
• Intelligence Test, which could include:
  • Woodcock Johnson Test of Cognitive Abilities, 4th Edition
  • Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children, 5th Edition
  • Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence, 4th Edition
  • Kaufman Intelligence Test of Children, 2nd Edition (Normative Update)
• Rating scales – Behavior Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition and/or Conners 4th Edition
• Executive functioning assessment (strength based informal, not standardized)
• Learning and memory testing, which could include supplemental assessments to be discussed based on referral questions; could include TOVA if attention issues are present
• Phonological processing
  • Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, 2nd Edition
• Academic achievement testing, which could include:
  • Kaufman Tests of Educational Achievement, 3rd Edition
  • Woodcock Johnson Test of Achievement, 4th Edition

Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs) – billed to the school district once board approval is obtained; IEP attendance will not be provided.

Special education/504 consulting – $200 per hour (note: NOT advocacy services; IEP attendance will not be provided.)

For more information regarding psychological testing and assessment, visit APA.org.