Psychoeducational Assessments now being offered at Vancouver Psychology Centre to help kids, youth & adults succeed this school & work year!
- These ‘psych-ed’ assessments are useful when you or your child report: “School is too difficult!”, when your child’s teacher is wondering about a learning disability, unusual gap in knowledge, whether your child is possibly gifted, or when attention and concentration problems are getting in the way of social or academic success.
- A psych-ed assessment helps kids & adults know how they learn, when to appropriately ask for help, and to understand that all types of learning are normal.
- Psych-ed assessments for kids help parents know how to parent their kids (does my child do better with verbal directions around home or written directions, do I use concrete language in my teachable moments or do I use metaphors and examples??).
- Psych-ed assessments for adults help individuals and their partners to understand how strengths and challenges impact memory, organization, communication & other thinking styles
- Psych-ed assessments help school staff and teachers know when to give students enriched materials and when to teach them a skill in a new or creative ‘outside the box’ way.
You receive a well written report that is a tool to use to advocate for your child within the school system and a guide from which to further build a rich academic and personal future for your child.
Psychoeducational Assessment at Vancouver Psychology Centre
A Psychoeducational assessment is a detailed assessment of a person’s psychological and academic skills. It helps people & those that love them to understand how they learn, parents to understand how to coach, parent and support their child best academically and socially/emotionally, and gives the school guidelines regarding how to best teach and measure student success. The entire process is very rigorous and thorough. Vancouver Psychology Centre’s ‘psych-ed’ testing always includes a social/emotional component of the assessment as we know that children are more than just their ‘IQ’. The assessment involves conducting specialized tests and tasks that assess:
- Intelligence
- Language skills
- Memory
- Learning
- Attention/ concentration (ADD/ADHD)
- Planning/Executive Functioning
- Reading (phonetic skills,reading comprehension)
- Spelling/Writing
- Mathematics
- Academic fluency (speed of reading, writing, calculating)
- Listening comprehension
- Learning Disabilities / Giftedness
- Behavioral Strengths & Challenges
- Social Emotional Functioning
- Psychoeducational Assessments at VPC Do Not Assess for Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
The specific aspects of psychoeducational testing will depend on the presenting questions and concerns and additional tests are sometimes required.
The Process of Psychoeducational Assessment
- At the time of booking we require a non-refundable deposit of $300
- 1 – 3 assessment sessions (depending on age) 1:1 in-person at the VPC office (fee of $2300 due at first testing or intake session)
- 45-min – 90-min ‘Intake’ with parents (virtually or in-person )
- Completion of descriptive forms by teachers, parents, and sometimes student (generally delivered digitally via email).
- Scoring and report writing by Vancouver Psychology Centre team (behind the scenes)
- Feedback session with parent(s) to discuss the findings of the assessment (virtual or in-person) ($1,300 due at Feedback)
- Feedback Session with Student *depending on age of child and relevance (virtual or in-person)
- Optional 30-minute attendance (virtually) of school based IEP / school learning team to discuss findings & recommendations
Pricing: $3,900+ depending on complexity of psychoeducational assessment
Please note that parent requests to write letters to schools, parent requests to attend in-person or telephone meetings with school, approved additional specific testing for targeted symptoms are billed separately according to Registered Psychologist session fees of $240 per 50-minutes.