Neuropsychological

Compassionate evaluations to bring clarity, support, and next steps

Understanding Neuropsychological Evaluations

At Exploration Kids Therapy, our Neuropsychological Evaluations provide a comprehensive look at how your child thinks, learns, and manages daily life. We assess areas such as attention, memory, problem-solving, language, and emotional functioning to create a full picture of their strengths and challenges. With a strengths-based approach, we highlight unique abilities while offering clear recommendations to support growth at home, school, and in the community.

Neuropsychological Evaluations

Comprehensive Understanding

Our evaluations assess attention, memory, problem-solving, language, and emotional functioning to build a full picture of your child’s cognitive profile. Results provide clarity on both strengths and challenges.

Supporting Daily Functioning

These evaluations help families and schools understand how a child learns, regulates emotions, and adapts in real-world settings. We provide recommendations that strengthen academic, social, and behavioral success.

Clear Guidance for Next Steps

By combining test results with parent and teacher input, we create practical strategies and supports tailored to your child’s unique needs, helping them thrive at home, in school, and beyond.

Our Neuropsychological Evaluation Process

A supportive, step-by-step approach to understanding your child’s thinking, learning, and development

  1. Initial Consultation
    We begin with a parent meeting to review your child’s history, concerns, strengths, and goals for the evaluation. This helps us design a process tailored to your child’s unique needs.
  2. Test Selection
    Depending on your child’s age and concerns, we select standardized tools that may assess attention, memory, problem-solving, executive functioning, language, and emotional or behavioral regulation, along with caregiver/teacher input.
  3. Testing Session
    Your child works one-on-one with a licensed psychologist in a supportive environment. Sessions include tasks that measure cognitive, academic, and emotional functioning, typically spread across several hours.
  4. Scoring & Analysis
    We carefully score and interpret the results, combining test data with observations and input from parents and teachers to build a comprehensive profile of strengths and challenges.
  5. Feedback Session
    Parents receive a detailed written report and a feedback meeting. We explain the findings in clear, accessible language, answer questions, and provide individualized recommendations.
  6. Next Steps & Support

We offer practical guidance for therapy services, school accommodations, and strategies at home and in the community, ensuring families have a clear plan for supporting their child’s growth and success.

Neuropsychological Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is a neuropsychological evaluation?

A neuropsychological evaluation is a comprehensive assessment of a child’s thinking, learning, behavior, and emotional functioning. It helps us understand how the brain supports skills like memory, attention, problem-solving, and self-regulation.

Unlike academic or single-skill assessments, neuropsychological testing looks broadly at cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning. It provides a deeper understanding of how different areas of development connect and affect daily life.

Children may be referred for difficulties with attention, learning, memory, mood, or behavior. Evaluations also help clarify diagnoses such as ADHD, autism, learning disorders, or emotional challenges.

It typically includes interviews with parents, standardized cognitive and emotional assessments, questionnaires, and observations. Results are combined into a detailed report with tailored recommendations.

Evaluations can be completed with children as young as preschool age, though the specific measures chosen depend on age and developmental level.

We look at attention, memory, problem-solving, executive functioning, language, academic skills, and emotional/behavioral regulation.

Neuropsychological evaluations often require several hours, sometimes split into multiple sessions depending on your child’s stamina and needs.

Yes. We highlight your child’s unique abilities as well as areas for growth, ensuring recommendations build on what they do best.

Parents receive a detailed written report and a feedback meeting. We explain findings in plain language, answer questions, and discuss practical next steps.

Results provide clarity for families, schools, and providers. They guide therapy, educational accommodations, and strategies that support your child’s growth at home, school, and in the community.

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