Assessment & Testing Services

Name: Heller Psychology Group
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Assessment and testing services for ADHD, learning disabilities, and other issues

Struggling with focus or learning issues? Our assessment services can help uncover the reasons behind your challenges.

Having trouble focusing?
Think a learning disorder in reading, writing, or math is present?
Know there are issues, but unsure of the cause?

An evaluation can answer these and many other questions. Our formal testing can provide a highly detailed understanding of a person’s cognitive, attention/executive function, academic, and emotional functioning.

Thus formal evaluations offer you a “user guide” to understanding yourself, your child or your teen. Because of this, the results can be very effective to guide treatment and academic interventions. This can include providing documentation to seek out formal accommodations in school and for standardized exams (i.e., SAT, ACT).

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At Heller Psychology Group,

We offer a variety of assessments and testing services. The more common types of assessments that we offer are described in more detail (to the right/below). Additionally, we offer a range of more specialized types of evaluations. Please contact usf if you are unsure whether our testing services would address your individual needs. We would be happy to setup a time to assist you in determining which type of evaluation and/or treatment would best serve your needs.

Reguardless of the evaluation type, the bottom line is that we can:
identify the problem,
thoroughly evaluate it,
and then use the results to determine appropriate recommendations.

Heller Psychology Group focuses on an individualized approach using standardized testing, assesment practices, and other instruments to understand what is going on and how to make things better.

Psychological Evaluations

Psychological evaluations are conducted to examine an individual’s mental health functioning. It also assess an individual for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and provides clarification on diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, OCD, as well as a variety of other issues.

Psychoeducational Evaluations

Psychoeducational evaluations are similar to psychological evaluations, however there is greater focus on academic functioning and assessing for learning disabilities, ADHD and less emphasis on emotional functioning. Consultations with teachers are often conducted with parent permission as part of the evaluation.

Neuropsychological Tests

A variety of neuropsychological tests, such as ones that evaluate abilities linked to brain function are often included in our psychological and psychoeducational evaluations.

Evaluations usually have the following components

Clinical Interview

Our clinical interview provides an opportunity for the clinician to gain in-depth information about a client’s history and present level of functioning.

Formalized Testing

We have a variety of standardized objective and projective instruments that we can use to empirically assess:

behavior
cognitive functioning
visual-motor skills
executive functioning
level of achievement
presence of mood symptoms
and a variety of other items

Of course, our professional clinitians determine which specific testing evalutaion is best suited for each client based off of the clinical interview. This ensures testing is both accurate and individualized.

Feedback Session

The client (depending on their age) and their parents (when applicable) meet with the examiner to go over the results once the written report is complete. The findings are discussed as well as in-depth recommendations. Dr. Heller prides himself on providing individualized recommendations that include formal accommodations. Suggestions for the child/teen to use themselves such as:

specific apps
ways to organize papers
study tools
methods to structure time
improve efficiency, etc.,
as well as tools for parents and providers such as tutors, therapists to use to assist the client.

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The Testing Process

The exact steps will vary somewhat based on the specific type of assessment and testing services being conducted, but these are the general steps involved when having an evaluation completed:

Parent clinical interview (for children, teens, and sometimes young adults)
Testing sessions (usually two) with the child/teen clinical interview included in the first testing appointment. Attend testing sessions:
- The same clinician will complete all portions of testing (and feedback session).
- Depending on the type of evaluation and other factors, testing will likely be broken down into two sessions on different days that last about four to five hours each. This includes time for short breaks.
Initial feedback session. If interested, you may set up a meeting with the clinician to go over preliminary results. These typically occur within one to one and a half weeks following completion of testing.
Formal feedback session and receipt of completed report. Report completion times vary based on the type of evaluation. Once the report is complete, you will be contacted to set up a time to go over the results. The clinician will also help implement recommendations during this meeting.
Follow up. If you need further assistance getting recommendations put in place, navigating the 504 plan or IEP process, working with teachers to implement specific strategies, or other assistance, the clinician who completed the evaluation is available to help with any follow up services.