Pediatric Neuropsychological Evaluations
Pediatric Neuropsychological Evaluations
NeuroKids Center provides comprehensive outpatient neuropsychological assessment services for children, adolescents, and young adult patients where impairments of cognitive or neuropsychological functioning are suspected.
What is a neuropsychological evaluation?
A neuropsychological evaluation is provided by a licensed psychologist who has specialty training in understanding learning and behavior in relationship to a child’s brain functioning.
A neuropsychological evaluation assists in better understanding a child’s functioning in areas such as attention, memory, executive function, processing speed, reasoning, perception, coordination, and language. Recommendations for interventions and educational programming are then tailored to the child based on his/her learning profile.
Common disorders evaluated include developmental/learning problems, brain injury, or medical diseases/treatment that may impact cognition. Results of the neuropsychological assessment may assist in diagnosis, educational planning (i.e. IEP, 504 accommodations), medical treatment and rehabilitation.