Cognitive and Educational assessments are a specialty offered by our service.

Standardised intelligence tests: Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children- Fifth Edition (WISC-V), Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV)

Numeracy and literacy assessments (Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Third Edition (WIAT-III).

Auditory processing, Phonological awareness, and other academic assessment tools. 

An assessment can help answer…

• Does my child have a specific learning difficulty (Dyslexia)?
• Does my child have any cognitive weaknesses that might impact on their ability to learn within a classroom?
• Is my child gifted?
• What are my child’s academic strengths and weaknesses?
• Why is my child not reaching their full potential at school?
• What strategies and interventions will help my child learn best within a classroom?
• Is my child eligible for support funding at their school?

Cognitive Assessment (IQ Test) Includes:

Verbal and Non-Verbal Ability

Processing Speed

Auditory Processing

Working Memory

Educational Assessment Includes:

Reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, and oral language skills. If required various sub-tests or other assessments are administered to further understand your child’s unique profile of skills, and to determine any core difficulties that might be impacting on their learning. Including, but not limited to:

• Phonological Awareness
• Visual Processing
• Auditory Processing

Behaviour/Social/Emotional Assessments include;

We provide a number of screening tools for both parents and educators to complete, that help to identify difficulties in the areas of attention, social skills, adaptive behaviour, and emotional regulation. Some of the assessment tools used include the;

Achenbach Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL)

BASC-3

Conners-3

Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales-3rd Edition.