One day to beter understand how a student learns
One clear integrated assessment
One straightforward fee: $1,000
The ONE Assessment is a focused, one-day evaluation for students of any age - elementary through college and graduate school.
The assessment is designed to provide a clearer picture of a student's:
The $1,000 package includes:
The ONE assessment may be helpful when there are questions about:
For concerns regarding attention, hyperactivity and distractibility, and no other problems are suspected (such as a learning disability, or social/emotional/behavioral problem) a brief diagnostic assessment to determine the presence of ADHD might be conducted. This assessment includes a developmental history, student observation, rating scales, and brief individual testing. This assessment is often covered by insurance.
A school-neuropsychological assessment is the most comprehensive level of assessment provided. This evaluation includes extended cognitive and processing testing and is recommended for more complex cases such as questions about autism or comor when prior evaluations have failed to assist a parent or school teams with understanding a child's learning and/or social/emotional challenges. This assessment is very thorough and results in evidenced based recommendations. Fees will not exceed $3,000.
For counseling clients, an initial intake assessment is conducted to understand a clients needs, strengths, and supports as well as to collaborate regarding goals. The initial assessment may involve one or two appointments, or an extended initial session. Following this, recommendations for treatment will be discussed.
Counseling for children and adolescents is tailored to the developmental level of the client. Approaches often include play based or art therapy approaches with the goal of developing resilience and coping skills.
Parent counseling is sometimes recommended as an adjunct service to working with children and teens. I am trained to work with parents surrounding parenting of infants, young children, school aged children and adolescents.
Empathy, collaboration, and creating an environment of safety and calm are important components to my counseling approach. I seek to understand a clients needs and work to identify strengths and develop coping skills.