Psycho-educational Assessment
WHAT IS A PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT?
A psycho-educational assessment is a comprehensive evaluation that helps parents and educators understand a student's strengths and weaknesses in areas associated with thinking, learning, emotions, behaviour, and daily skills. The results can be useful in several ways, such as:
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Diagnosis and Support: It can show if a student qualifies for special education services or has a specific condition, like a learning disorder, ADHD, an anxiety disorder or giftedness.
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Understanding Challenges: It can identify other reasons why a student might struggle in school, such as having challenges with attention, memory, or emotional and social difficulties.
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Creating Strategies: It helps develop personalized strategies to support the student's learning and well-being both at school and at home.
HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK?
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The following is a breakdown of the steps involved in the process:
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Initial services (e.g., scheduling, sending forms, review of documents) - non-refundable fee due at booking
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Initial parent meeting
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Testing (session preparation, cognitive and academic testing, clinical interview, rating scales)
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Interpretation, scoring, and report writing
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Feedback meeting
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Additional services (form completion after the assessment is concluded, written correspondence, school meetings, travel time, participation in legal procedures) are charged at our hourly rate of $235-$282 (depending on the clinician conducting the assessment).
We provide comprehensive evaluations by assessing the following areas depending on your or your child's needs
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Cognitive functioning
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Academic functioning
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Social, emotional, and behavioural functioning
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Adaptive functioning
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Executive functioning
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ADHD symptoms (children and youth only)
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Anxiety/OCD symptoms
If you have extended health insurance, a portion of the assessment may be covered under it. For post-secondary students with a specific learning disorder who require updated testing, grants are available through the BC government. Please note that we only accept e-transfers or cheques when paying for the 1st and 2nd evaluation installments.
DO YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
If you would like to know more information about the process and fees involved in having your child receive a comprehensive assessment, please contact our team at contact@beaconpsychology.ca. For more details on psycho-educational assessment, please see RESOURCES.