The feedback session is where the assessment process comes together. With the clinical interview, testing days, and report writing process complete, families receive their child’s psychoeducational assessment report and begin to understand the results.
However, while the assessment process may end with the report, your child’s journey does not. What follows is understanding the steps after the feedback session, the role Edcommodate plays once the written report is complete, and how assessment results can be transformed into meaningful, real-world supports.
What is Inside the Psychoeducational Assessment Report?
A psychoeducational report is more than a summary of psychological testing scores. The evaluation process, when combined into a well-written report, brings together medical background information (inclusive of family history) and assessment data to clearly describe the patient’s learning strengths, learning needs, and learning profile. The report includes findings from academic testing, with detailed insight into areas such as reading comprehension, reasoning abilities, language skills, math skills, executive functioning, and oral and behavioural concerns. It also explains whether skills fall within the average range or higher (giftedness), or indicate learning disabilities, and provides clear, individualized recommendations. This comprehensive report can be shared with schools, healthcare providers, or other professionals, at the family’s or adult patient’s discretion.
Understanding the Feedback Session
During the feedback session, the psychologist reviews your child’s assessment results, explains test scores in clear, accessible language, and addresses any referral questions you may have. This discussion is informed by multiple sources, including findings from the clinical interview, data from standardized assessment tools, such as achievement tests, and observations related to executive functioning, attention, and behaviour.
The goal of the feedback session is to assist youth & adults in developing a comprehensive understanding of their learning profile – how they think, reason, and learn – while also clarifying any relevant diagnoses.
Turning Reports Into Supports
While psychoeducational assessments are evaluative rather than intervention-based, Edcommodate plays an important role in guiding families and adults to the next steps. Rather than directly implementing therapy or school-based supports, the focus is on providing clear recommendations, appropriate referrals, and practical direction informed by the assessment results. Patients leave the assessment process with a well-defined understanding of their learning needs and a clear path forward for accessing additional supports.
Edcommodate offers several important pathways to help patients move from insight to action.
Recommendations for School Supports and IEPs
Edcommodate does not directly create Individual Education Plans (IEPs). However, we support families in taking the next steps. When appropriate, families may be referred to our partner, Integrative Psychiatry Canada (IPC), for guidance and assistance with IEP setup, or even further mental health evaluations with psychiatry.
This partnership ensures that any recommended accommodations and supports align closely with the patient’s documented learning profile, assessment results, and identified needs, helping families translate the insights from the psychoeducational assessment report into actionable, school-based supports.
Referrals and Professional Recommendations
Depending on findings, Edcommodate may offer referrals to external professionals, including:
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Speech-language pathologists (for oral language concerns)
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Occupational therapists (for executive functioning or fine motor challenges)
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Mental health professionals or social work services
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Psychiatric providers (like IPC), when broader mental health conditions are identified
These referrals help families continue building supports beyond the psychological assessment.
Using the Psychoeducational Report
Patients often apply assessment findings to:
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Advocate for school accommodations and academic supports
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Inform teaching strategies for youth and young adults
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Guide conversations with educators about learning needs
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Support transitions between grades or post-secondary planning
From Knowledge to Action
While Edcommodate’s formal role largely concludes after the feedback session and delivery of the psychoeducational assessment report, patients should leave with something powerful: Insight into how they think, their cognitive skills, academic functioning, and learning needs, along with the direction needed to advocate, plan, and support long-term academic success.
If you have questions about the assessment process, report writing, or post-assessment supports, Edcommodate’s team is always available. Contact us to learn more about how we support families through every stage of the journey.