Evaluation Services

Primrose Psychology provides comprehensive evaluations using a neuropsychological framework for children, adolescents, and young adults. Our evaluations provide families and educators with a comprehensive understanding of the child’s neurocognitive strengths and weaknesses, yielding meaningful recommendations for instructional strategies and interventions/accommodations to promote the one’s overall growth and development as an individual interacting with their environment.

What Does the Evaluation Entail?

• Evaluations begin with a 1 hour intake session meeting with parents to obtain background information related to the presenting problems or area of concern. A unique plan for assessment is developed following receipt of all necessary background information.
• Consultations with teachers and/or other professionals.
• Testing can take anywhere from 6-10 hours depending upon the nature of the concerns. The evaluation is usually completed in 2-3 testing sessions in the office.
• Initial feedback session takes place two weeks after the last testing session where results and diagnostic impressions, as well as recommendations are shared with the families.
• A comprehensive evaluations report is provided to the family no more than one month after the initial feedback session.
• At the discretion of the parent, Dr. Hyle will also meet separately with the child/adolescent to review the results of their strengths and weaknesses using language and information appropriate to their developmental age.

Depending on the referral concerns, our evaluations may address all or any combination of the following areas of functioning:

• Intellectual/Cognitive abilities (IQ)
• Academic Functioning
  • Reading (Decoding, Fluency, Comprehension) - screening for Dyslexia
  • Writing (Mechanics, Fluency, Organization) - screening for Dysgraphia
  • Math (Calculation, Fluency, Number Sense) - screening for Dyscalculia

• Learning and Memory
• Attention
• Executive Functioning
• Language abilities
• Visual-perception abilities
• Fine motor coordination
• Social-Emotional Functioning
• Behavioral Functioning

Who will benefit from an evaluation?

• Children and adolescents struggling with learning
• Children and adolescents having difficulty with organization, focus, attention or other executive function skills
• Children and adolescents experiencing social, behavioral, or emotional difficulties (anxiety, depression)
• Students in need of an evaluation for private school admission
• High School students in need of additional educational planning or accommodations for testing through SAT/ACT boards