The process
Six steps, and you are told each one
An evaluation is more than a day of tests. It starts before your child comes in, and it is not finished until you have a report and a letter in your hands.
Intake
A parent visit, without your child, to talk and read what you brought.
Testing
One or two visits for your child, planned around their age and energy.
Scoring
Scoring and reading the results beside the forms from home and school.
In order
What happens at each step
- 01
Step 1: Intake
You tell us what you have noticed and what has been tried. You send report cards, earlier testing and teacher notes if you have them. We decide together whether an evaluation fits, and what questions it should answer.
A parent form before the visit
A parent visit, without your child
- 02
Step 2: Testing
Your child works with one psychologist at a table, in short blocks. There are breaks, and we stop sooner if your child is tired. Parents wait nearby or leave and come back.
One to one, at a table
Breaks built in
- 03
Step 3: Scoring
We score the tests and read them beside the forms from home and school. We tell you at intake roughly how long this takes, and we write if it will take longer.
Forms from you and a teacher
Your child is not there
- 04
Step 4: Feedback
We meet with you, usually without your child, and explain what we found in plain words. Older teens may join part of the meeting. You can ask anything, and we will say when we do not know.
Plain words, no jargon
Time for your questions
- 05
Step 5: Report
A written report goes through each result, what it means for your child, and what we suggest at home and at school. It is yours to keep and to share as you choose.
Each result explained
Suggestions for home and school
- 06
Step 6: School letter
A short letter, written to be read at a team meeting. It says what the school needs to know, in a page or two, without the full report.
Written for a team meeting
You choose whether to share it
Questions
Three questions about the process
What happens at the first visit?
The first visit is for parents. We talk about what you have noticed, read what you brought, and decide together whether testing fits. Your child does not take any tests that day.
How many visits does an evaluation take, and how long?
Your child usually comes for one or two visits of a few hours, with breaks, planned around their age and energy. We tell you the plan at intake, and the feedback meeting comes after the scoring is done.
Will the school accept your report?
A school team decides what to do with outside information, and we cannot speak for any school. We write the letter to be read at a team meeting, and you choose what to share.
Want to talk through the steps?
Write to us, and we will go through them for your child's age.