Reservoir Psychology & Wellness
Psycho-educational Evaluations
Are you concerned about your child’s progress in school? Unsure if they might have a learning difference, or if there is something else going on? A comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation can highlight their strengths and weaknesses, identify any diagnoses, and provide recommendations on how to move forward.
Conducted by licensed, clinical psychologists
Available for children, adolescents, and adults
Explore a range of skills, including executive functioning, attention and concentration, learning and memory, visual-motor integration, as well as social-emotional and behavioral functioning.
Recommendations include academic accommodations and interventions that apply to both public and independent schools, as well as with Individualized Education Programs (IEP)
Comprehensive informing session at the conclusion of testing ensures that parents understand findings and diagnoses, and how report can best support their child
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What Is Evaluated?
A typical psychoeducational evaluation at Reservoir will involve assessment of the following:
• General cognitive functioning
• Academic achievement in reading, written expression, and mathematics
• Attention and concentration
• Learning and memory
• Expressive and Receptive Language
• Visual–spatial skills and visual-motor functioning
• Executive Functioning and reasoning skills
• Social and Emotional Functioning
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What will the assessment do for me or my child?
Our psychoeducational evaluation will provide you with a comprehensive analysis that facilitates optimized learning and academic success.
• The report can be used to determine appropriate educational placements, accommodations, remediation, strategies for academic success, as well as support with educational or professional planning.
• Our clearly outlined and informed findings will result in productive interventions or services that best support the needs of the individual.
• Appropriate referrals with respected and experienced practitioners in the DC area when necessary.
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What to Expect
Our psychoeducational evaluation is conducted by one of our licensed clinical psychologists and the process includes:
• Initial intake meeting with family members.
• Testing over two separate days for approximately 4-5 hours each day.
• Interpretive meeting to go over the results of the testing, discuss diagnostic impressions, and provide recommendations to support the individual’s learning and overall experience in school.
• Detailed and tailored report with a clear summary and set of recommendations that can be shared with family, schools, physicians, lawyers, other treatment providers, as well as for IEP planning purposes.
Admissions Testing
Conducted by licensed, clinical psychologists
Available for students who are required to take an individually administered cognitive test as a part of the independent school application process
Assessments commonly used: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition (WISC-V) for children 6 and older; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence, Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV) for children younger than 6.