ADULT Assessment Services
Psychological assessments fall into TWO broad categories: Those that measure an Individual’s Intellectual and Academic Functioning, AND those that address Personality and Social-Emotional Functioning (Mental Health Assessment).
In the case of adults, particularly those with learning difficulties, both types of tests are often used called a Comprehensive Psychoeducational Assessment.
Adult Comprehensive
Psychoeducational
Assessment
A Psychoeducational Assessment can provide detailed information about an adult's functioning and abilities in a number of different areas.
Psychoeducational Assessments are offered to:
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Clarify or make diagnoses about mental health, learning or neurodevelopmental problems.
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Obtain relevant information that will help to identify appropriate educational strategies for college and university, and to create treatment plans.
Psychoeducational Assessment process involves some combination of:
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Interviews,
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Consultation with others (with informed consent),
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Completion of questionnaires
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Standardized assessment procedures,
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Review of available health, developmental and/or academic records.
The length of sessions and number of visits will vary somewhat depending on client’s attention, concentration and stamina, and the complexity of the assessment questions. A typical assessment will involve between six to eight hours of testing time. Once the assessment has been completed an in-person feedback and report is provided.
Mental Health/Diagnostic
Assessment
A Mental Health Assessment collects information gained from diagnostic interviews, and observations by using psychological tests, such as Social-Emotional and Personality tests, thus providing comprehensive and in depth understanding of the issues being addressed.
Mental Health Assessments are offered to:
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Clarify or make diagnoses about mental health,
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Assess for temperament,
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Assess attachment between parent and child/youth,
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Identify social-emotional concerns such as anxiety, depression and troubling behaviours, etc.
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Understand diagnostic clarification to guide treatment plan.
Mental Health Assessments involve some combination of:
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Interviews,
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Diagnostic interview,
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Consultation with others (with informed consent),
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Completion of social and emotional questionnaires,
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Personality questionnaires,
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Standardized assessment procedures,
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Review of available health, developmental and/or academic records.
The length of sessions and number of visits will vary somewhat depending on client’s attention, concentration and stamina, and the complexity of the assessment questions. A typical assessment will involve between four to eight hours of testing time. Once the assessment has been completed a feedback and report is provided.