LD & ID Psychoeducational assessments In Surrey, BC

PsychoEducational Assessments (Learning Disorders or Intellectual Developmental Disorder) – age 6+

A psychoeducational assessment is a one-on-one test administered in-person by a psychologist, to develop a complete perspective of a one’s academic skills and cognitive abilities. A standardized assessment battery is combined with clinical interviews, observations, and review of historical records to help understand how your child learns, identify their strengths and weaknesses, recommend treatment plans, and give formal diagnoses when needed.

PsychoEducational (LD/IDD) assessments must be conducted in-person, and will cover investigation of the following neurodevelopmental disorders:

• Specific Learning Disorders (LD) *formerly known as learning disabilities, e.g., dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia
• Intellectual Developmental Disorder (IDD)*formerly known as intellectual disability

Areas covered during the assessment (dependent on the individual query) will include:

• Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning (verbal comprehension, visual spatial abilities, fluid reasoning, perceptual reasoning, working memory, processing speed)
• Academic Achievement (reading, phonological processing, writing, spelling, mathematics)
• Memory (short term, long term, visual, verbal, working memory)
• Attention and Concentration
• Visuo-Motor integration skills
• Adaptive Behavioural functioning (communication, daily living skills, socialization, motor skills, and maladaptive behavior)
• Executive Functioning abilities (cognitive flexibility, inhibition, fluency, switching, initiation)
• Developmental History
• School Performance and Functioning
• Social and Emotional Functioning and Behaviour

The process of a psychodiagnostic assessment includes the following:

• 1 hour clinical intake interview (in-person or virtual)
• 6 hours psychological testing (in-person, approx. three 2-hour sessions)
• 50 min feedback session (in-person or virtual – can be broken down into a 40 min parent and 10 min child feedback session)
• File Review, Clinical Formulation, Scoring and Report writing * a virtual, 30-minute school feedback session can also be added for an additional $141.00
• Fees: The base fee for a PsychEd-learning disorders or PsychEd- intellectual developmental disorder assessment is $3972.00. These base fees cover the assessment of one domain (LD or IDD).

Assessment of multiple types of neurodevelopmental disorders, or additional mental health disorders, will require additional testing sessions, scoring and report writing, charged on top of the base fee. If you would like additional queries to be added to your base psychoeducational assessment, your fee will be calculated by an hourly rate, covering testing for all of your individual concerns. This will help keep your costs lower than seeking multiple different types of assessments.

The psychologist will discuss an individualized assessment plan with you in your first session, including estimated fees.