Psychological Evaluations and Consultative Services

Assessment of children from preschool through adolescence helps identify issues that contribute to, or interfere with, success in learning. Laughlin Children’s Center offers several types of evaluations to target those issues, help parents understand how their children learn, and offer recommendations for change, including:

•Psycho-Educational Evaluations, which comprehensively assess children’s learning strengths and weaknesses, and examine intellectual, behavioral, and emotional factors that impact children’s learning. Combined with the academic evaluation, they are an important tool used by parents and educators to make informed decisions about a child’s educational plan and instructional interventions

•Early Entry Evaluations, designed to help parents and schools understand children’s readiness for success in kindergarten and first grade. Each evaluation includes tests of cognitive ability, early academic achievement, general knowledge, and developmental skills. A parent meeting and written report follow both the Psycho-Educational Evaluation and Early Entry Evaluation

•Intellectual Evaluations, which identify children’s intellectual level only. Intellectual testing is often a component of the admissions process for private schools and one component of admission to the gifted program in public schools

Need more information on our psychological evaluations? Contact us.

These services aid parents and schools in decision-making and educational planning. An example is a classroom observation, where--at the request of the parent and with the consent of the school personnel--a certified school psychologist or other credentialed clinician visits the child’s classroom and provides a follow-up report.

To discuss any of Laughlin’s psychology services, please call the Center at 412.741.4087.  Our clinicians are participating providers with most major insurance plans.