{"id":63,"date":"2014-10-14T08:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T12:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pscseptfinal\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2022-06-29T11:26:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T15:26:57","slug":"assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/psc\/assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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  • Cognitive assessments for independent school admissions<\/span><\/li>
  • Neurodevelopmental disorder (e.g., ADHD) evaluations<\/span><\/li>
  • Learning disability evaluations<\/span><\/li>
  • Neuropsychological evaluations<\/span><\/li>
  • Personality assessments<\/span><\/li>
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    • Attention and concentration
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    • Learning and memory<\/span><\/li>
    • Difficulty with reading or math<\/span><\/li>
    • Recent deterioration in grades<\/span><\/li>
    • Behavioral problems in the classroom<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Testing for independent school admission<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • <\/b>Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) or Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) depending on the age of the child<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Self-report background questionnaire (e.g., reason for referral, family history, current functioning)<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Comprehensive written report and a parental feedback session (approximately 2-3 weeks after testing is completed)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Our current waitlist for testing for independent school admission is 1-3 months (subject to change).

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        • Completion of a background clinical interview and current assessment of functioning<\/span><\/li>
        • Completion of typically 2-4 sessions, each lasting 3-4 hours, which includes a battery of tests that assess multiple domains depending on the presenting concern (e.g., executive functioning, processing speed, perceptual reasoning, memory, attention, academic achievement, adaptive behavior) by requiring individuals to read, draw figures and shapes, listen to recorded tapes, view printed material, and manipulate objects<\/span><\/li>
        • Comprehensive report and client feedback session reviewing the report and performance (approximately 4 weeks after testing is completed)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          The goal of these assessments is to evaluate attention, memory, language, problem solving, or other thinking abilities<\/span><\/p>

          Our current waitlist for neuropsychological assessments is 1+ year.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Assessment services include Cognitive assessments for independent school admissions Neurodevelopmental disorder (e.g., ADHD) evaluations Learning disability evaluations Neuropsychological evaluations Personality assessments Diagnostic assessments Common presenting concerns Attention and concentration Learning and memory Difficulty with reading or math Recent deterioration in grades Behavioral problems in the classroom Testing for independent school admission Wechsler Preschool and Primary …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5361,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/psc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/psc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/psc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/psc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/psc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/psc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/psc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}