Mental health assessment
Mental Health Assessment
When the question is what your child is feeling rather than how they are learning, a focused assessment answers it without putting them through a full academic battery.
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When a mental health assessment is the right one
This assessment aims to evaluate mental health, focusing on conditions such as anxiety, mood disorders, and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). If necessary, cognitive measures may also be included in the evaluation. Please note that this assessment is not designed to be a comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation.
Where learning and mental-health questions arise together, a complex assessment is built for that overlap.
What this assessment looks at
A narrower evaluation than a psychoeducational assessment, aimed at emotional and behavioural questions and using standardized measures.
Anxiety
Worry, avoidance and the physical symptoms that can come with them.
Mood
Low mood, irritability and loss of interest.
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms
Intrusive thoughts and compulsive routines.
Attention
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms, including whether what looks like inattention is driven by anxiety.
What the process looks like
Clinical interview
We review the questionnaire you submitted and gather your child's developmental, medical, family, academic and social-emotional history. Report cards, Individual Education Plans and any previous assessments are read as part of this.
Testing
Our psychometrist administers assessment batteries selected for the emotional and behavioural questions being asked. Cognitive measures are included only where they are needed to answer them.
Analysis
Scoring and interpretation, report writing, summaries, recommendations and any warranted diagnoses by the psychologist.
Feedback session
We explain how to read the report and how the results may affect your child's learning, worldview and social interactions. A recommendation for an Individual Education Plan may be given where the findings support one.
Parent advocacy
A workshop and individual sessions with a parent advocate, included in the service: support for acting on a diagnosis rather than being left with a document.
The people behind your child's report
Testing is administered by a psychometrist and supervised, reviewed and signed by a psychologist.
Good to know
- Where & how
- In person or Online.
- Support that often follows
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