Services
How can we help you?
Services for children and adolescents:
- Managing acute and/or persistent pain
- Preparing for medical procedures
- Managing other health problems
- Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment and support
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms (inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity)
- Learning difficulties (Psychoeducational assessments)
- Psychodiagnostic assessments
- High intellectual ability (giftedness assessment)
- Developmental delays (intellectual, language, social, emotion regulation)
- Assessment of preschool and young children for early identification of learning problems
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Parent-child conflicts
- Perfectionism
- Social communication difficulties
- Grief and loss
- Consultation to schools
Services for parents:
- Parent-child conflicts
- Parents’ own emotional difficulties that impact their parenting
- Parent-child therapy for young children
- Attachment-based parent-child therapy for children and adolescents
- Positive parenting and validation skills
Services for adults:
- Learning difficulties (Psychoeducational assessments for university accommodations)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms (inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment and support
- Social communication difficulties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress management and distress tolerance
- Grief and loss
- Psychodiagnostic assessments (including personality assessment)
Psychoeducational and Psychodiagnostic Assessments
Psychoeducational assessments include intellectual (cognitive), academic, personality, social, emotional, and behavioural tests and questionnaires that give information on cognitive processing deficits and other biopsychosocial factors contributing to various learning and behavioural difficulties. It can also identify strengths and intellectual potential in individuals. The goal is to provide academic planning recommendations that can be easily implemented in schools, universities, and at home. A psychoeducational assessment can be completed for young children for early intervention, as well as newcomers to Canada (by focusing on nonverbal intellectual functioning and basic cognitive processes that are mostly independent of language). It may result in diagnoses such as Specific Learning Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or there may be no diagnoses but helpful recommendations to maximize intellectual and academic potential.
A psychodiagnostic assessment prepared by a qualified psychologist can identify and/or diagnose biopsychosocial factors that impact an individual’s development, behaviour, socioemotional functioning and personality. A comprehensive assessment can offer helpful and usable recommendations. We offer a wide range of assessments to children, adolescents and adults.
We provide psychoeducational and psychodiagnostic assessments by qualified psychologists, which are accepted by school boards for students presenting with learning, behavioural, and intellectual needs. A psychological assessment of any kind entails objectivity, the seeking of evidence from many sources, and the realization that many factors impact human functioning. Such assessments are complex and involve testing and interview, as well as observation and school visit, in some cases. An experienced and closely supervised psychometrist may help in the testing portion of the assessments.