Psychologist Plantation FL

Psychologist Plantation FL

Psychological Testing is an evaluation that may be useful to clarify or provide additional information to diagnoses.

Psychological Testing may be sought for a number of reasons.

Testing services include:    

Giftedness / IQ / Cognitive Ability Psychoeducational Testing Attention-Deficit Disorder / ADHD Pervasive Development Disorders / Autism Spectrum

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Social & Emotional Well-being Personality Testing Ability to Parent Career Readiness/Fit

Giftedness testing, or IQ testing, consists of a test of cognitive ability such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) or the Standford Binet Intelligence Test, Fifth Edition (SB-5). This type of testing may be used to determine if your child is eligible to receive advanced or gifted programing. Tests of cognitive ability reveal an individual’s specific learning strengths and weaknesses, which may be useful in creating a learning program.

Psychoeducational testing is often recommended when a child is struggling to keep up with academic demands, has been retained, or appears to have unusual difficulty with a specific subject. Psychoeducational testing is used to diagnose learning disabilities and provide recommendations for educational planning and special testing accommodations. Psychoeducational testing generally consists of a test of cognitive ability, an achievement test, and an evaluation of emotional and behavioral functioning.

ADHD testing is useful when determining if a student’s academic difficulties are the result of an attention problem, behavioral problem or underlying emotional issue. ADHD

testing may include parent and teacher questionnaires, selfreport measures, tests of attention, and personality inventories. This type of testing is often conducted in conjunction with some psychoeducational testing so that a more thorough and individually tailored academic plan can be recommended.