Snake River Consulting offers psychological assessment and therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults.
Snake River Consulting offers psychological assessment and therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults.
The psychological assessment begins with a comprehensive intake, in order to obtain a history. After an extensive interview, your clinician will discuss appropriate testing to answer referral question. Each assessment will be tailored to the needs of the client. A variety of assessment measures will be administered over the course of several days and collateral and follow-up interviews will be completed. Once testing is complete, your clinician will incorporate a review of assessment data, clinical interviews, and behavioral observations to formulate impressions. Once a comprehensive written report is completed a therapeutic feedback session is scheduled. Your clinician conducts collaborative feedback sessions where clinical impressions, and recommendations are shared.
A Psycho-educational Evaluation provides an understanding of an individuals functioning relative to their academic/achievement. Testing is used to determine the students strengths and weaknesses and whether a specific learning disability (dyslexia, reading comprehension, fluency, mathematics, and written expression) is present. Consideration for other factors that may possibly impact academic potential (underlying inattention/ impulsivity/ hyperactivity, anxiety, depression, and trauma).
The clinicians at SRC take a collaborative approach and integrate school districts, teachers, families, athletic coaches, therapists, and medical professionals in the assessment process. If necessary, school observations will be completed and your clinician can help guide parents in navigating Special Education Services (504 and IEPs).
A Psycho-diagnostic Evaluation provides diagnostic clarification surrounding a variety of social, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Through clinical interviews, behavioral observations, and assessments (behavioral self-report measures, parent/teacher report measures, cognitive measures, and/or projective measures) your clinician can assess an individual’s personality and psychopathology to assist in providing diagnostic clarification and treatment recommendations. Overall, an individual’s personality characteristics are assessed, including feelings, attitudes and perceptions contributing to the presenting problem.
A Neuro-developmental Evaluation provides an understanding of brain function and behavior. Through exploration of strengths and weaknesses surrounding, cognitive, memory, achievement, adaptive functioning, learning, executive functioning, visual-motor skills, attention, and social-emotional functioning.
More specifically, clinicians at SRC conduct comprehensive tests to diagnosis intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, memory impairment, and executive functioning deficits.
Evaluation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and/or executive functioning
Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Need for Special Education services
Academic performance that is not reflective of a child/adolescent’s potential
Learning weakness in a specific area
Assessment for Learning Disorders (reading, dyslexia, mathematics, and written expression)
Difficulties sustaining attention
Behavioral difficulties in the school environment
Qualification for giftedness
Provide diagnostic clarification for social, emotional, and behavioral concerns
Develop appropriate interventions and treatment recommendations
The Assessment Process
Intake Assessment: The assessment begins with an initial intake assessment. The individual being assessed and if necessary family members and loved ones will be interviewed regarding history, current functioning, and presenting problems.
Record Review(as indicated): If necessary medical and mental health documents will be reviewed.
School Observation (as indicated): If necessary, clinicians at SRC will work with the school system to arrange an observation to see how emotions and behavior are effecting the child or adolescent within the classroom.
Collateral Interviews (as indicated): If necessary, clinicians at SRC will interview collateral sources including but not limited to an individual’s therapist, psychiatrist, medical professional, and teachers.
Testing: Clinicians at SRC conduct collaborative and therapeutic assessments designed to answer referral questions and provide recommendations for further treatment. Assessments can take a few hours to multiple hours spaced out around multiple days of testing; depending on each individual.
Scoring & Interpretation: After the testing process is complete clinicians at SRC will score and interpret test results. Interpretation of test results is combined with behavioral observations and clinical interviews in order to provide a diagnosis and recommendations.
Feedback Session: Clinicians at SRC utilize collaborative feedback sessions where test results, diagnosis, and recommendations are discussed at length incorporating the client and loved one’s opinions. In small children the examiner typically makes individualized fables to provide feedback through personalized stories that reflect the difficulties/differences the child is experiencing.
Written Report: A comprehensive psychological report is provided to the individual and loved ones. The report outlines an individual’s background information, presenting problems, behavioral observations, detailed explanation of tests and results, summary/clinical impressions, and recommendations for treatment within the home, school, and/or work setting.
Additional Consultation (as indicated): If necessary, clinicians at SRC will consult with mental health therapists, psychiatrists, school personnel , etc regarding clinical impressions and recommendations regarding the assessment. Clinicians at SRC also help parents navigate receiving Special Education services within the school setting and if necessary will attend Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings.