Psychoeducational Assessments for Youth and Adolescents Ages 7-17
A deep understanding of learning disabilities and behavioural disorders is what we can offer to our young patients and their families.
Psychoeducational Assessments for children and youth aged 7 -17 tests for math disability, reading disability, writing disability, language disorder, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety disorders, depression, developmental coordination disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, selective mutism, and intellectual disability. A psychoeducation assessment can also assess for children and adolescents who may be gifted.
Our clinicians use the best testing measures, and a collaborative approach that includes parent and teacher input, to identify or rule out learning disabilities, behavioural disorders or simply delays in thinking for children and youth aged 7-17 years old.
Using comprehensive psychoeducational assessments, our clinicians make the best possible recommendations for treatment (if necessary) as well as recommendations for accommodation and/or modifications in school curriculum.
Through our clinical team’s years of combined experience, we have identified the most common behavioural concerns that parents or guardians have that are well-served by a psychoeducational assessment.
- Inability to understand others or express themselves
- Struggles with only certain subjects in school or attentiveness to certain tasks at home
- Problems making age-appropriate progress in reading, writing or math despite adequate instruction and support
- Inability to focus, self-recognized or identified by others
- Inability to play appropriately with others
- Seeming sad or overly worried
- Being argumentative or bartering with requests at home
- Over aggressiveness
- Difficulty with change and/or transitions
Common Concerns for Autism
Socio Communication and/or Restricted Interests
- Inability to make or keep eye contact
- Difficulty with directing appropriate facial expressions
- Difficulty developing friendships or keeping friends
- No use of gestures
- Difficulty sharing or showing objects to others
Repetitive Behaviours
- Intense interest in a certain topic (i.e. Dinosaurs, cartoon character, dresses, jewelry)
- Sensory aversions such as not liking bright lights, loud noises, or crowds
- Sensory seeking such as playing in water or sand, staring for extended periods of time
- Repetitive motor mannerisms such as flicking fingers in front of the eyes, holding hands in posture when not in use
- Rigid completion of tasks such as needing to finish reading an entire book before moving on to other things, or having special spots for objects to be placed in a room
Inquire about an Assessment
Psychological services are not covered by provincial insurance, but may be covered in part or entirely by private insurance coverage or bursaries.
At Edcommodate our average fee for each assessment type is as follows:
Psychoeducational Assessment: $3,000.00.
Adult Virtual ADHD Diagnostic Assessment: $1500.00
ASD Diagnostic Assessment for Children, and Adolescents: $4000.00
ASD Diagnostic Assessment for Adults: $4500.00