Psychoeducational Evaluation

R.E.A.D. Evaluation and Dyslexia Center™ provides full and individual evaluations for struggling learners. Services include consultations with parents, comprehensive evaluations for specific learning disabilities, including but not limited to dyslexia, dysgraphia, and related disorders, and a full written report identifying a child’s strengths and weaknesses and recommendations.

Professional Services

What is included?

● Information is gathered from various sources including parents, clients, and/or teachers (if permitted) to determine specific concerns and assessment needs. This process may include conducting phone interviews, reviewing work samples, and/or providing questionnaires to obtain information regarding developmental, social, academic, medical, mental health, and academic histories.

● A Comprehensive Psychoeducational Evaluation includes:

  • Individual, norm-referenced testing tailored to concerns. (Testing instruments are determined by age and educational needs and take approximately 2-4 hours.)

  • Assessment of the student’s intellectual/cognitive abilities (IQ), including verbal comprehension, fluid reasoning, visual-spatial processing, working memory, and processing speed abilities. Additional areas of cognition may be evaluated based on needs.

  • Assessment of language skills, including listening comprehension and oral expression

  • Assessment of academic skills may include, but not limited to: basic reading, phonological awareness, orthographic competence, reading fluency, reading comprehension, spelling, written expression, handwriting, math calculation, and math problem solving. (Academic areas tested will be determined based on needs.)

● A detailed, written report to include:

  • An interpretation/summary of each test administered

  • A description of the child’s level of functioning

  • Documentation of condition(s) based on the clinical findings, if applicable

  • Individualized recommendations designed to address your child’s unique pattern of strengths and weaknesses

● Post-evaluation session with the parents and/or student to review the results of the evaluation, discuss clinical findings, and to provide parents with information and instructional recommendations to help make educational decisions for their child.

R.E.A.D. Evaluation and Dyslexia Center™ offers professional development and training in the areas of reading, structured literacy, dyslexia, and the identification of dyslexia and dysgraphia. Workshops/training can be provided within a school district or in a private setting and can be tailored to your needs. Training provided in:

Dyslexia Identification for Psychologists and Educational Diagnosticians

  • Developing a deeper understanding of the data that would suggest the need to consider dyslexia

  • Test instruments that specifically evaluate the core features of dyslexia

  • Decision-making process within the context of a full evaluation

Assessing Dyslexia: Test Battery Training for Reading Specialists and Dyslexia Therapists

  • The key components of dyslexia identification

  • Step-by-step test procedures for administering and scoring B-Level standardized, norm-referenced tests designed to measure literacy skills formally

  • Guidance on triangulating the data for decision-making and reporting

Deep Dive into a Full Evaluation for Educators

  • Demystifying dyslexia assessments and evaluation reports

  • Understanding Intellectual / Cognitive Abilities (the G's)

  • The Bell Curve - Understanding Scores

Professional Training / Consultation