A psychological assessment is an in depth evaluation of a person’s thinking, learning, and attentional skills, as well as their social-emotional and behavioural functioning. Psychological assessments help to identify unique strengths and needs and provide recommendations for support. We use standardized measures to assess areas related to cognitive functioning, information processing, academic skills, and social-emotional functioning.

Our psychologists provide assessments in the following areas:

• Psychoeducational Assessments (e.g. identifying learning strengths and needs, identifying learning disabilities, ADHD, or intellectual disabilities);

• Social-emotional Assessments (e.g. depression, anxiety);

• Gifted Assessments; and,

• Assessment for College/University purposes.

• Assessments are tailored to the client and referral questions. While the format can be modified and adapted to the client’s needs, assessments are usually completed over multiple visits and involve the following components:

• Intake interview with child and caregivers (~2 hours)

• Information gathering from multiple sources (e.g., questionnaires completed by the client and other informants; review of report cards, etc.)

• One-to-one testing (~6 hours)

• Feedback session to review results and recommendations (~1 hour)

• A report is provided at the end of the assessment that can be shared with the school and other relevant professionals.​