Areas of Specialization

Do you suspect your child has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?  Does she/he have symptoms of inattention, distractibility,overactivity or impulsivity? Children with the disorder typically have difficulites and impairments  in school and at home. ADHD is the most common childhood disorder diagnosed,  affecting 5-8% of all children.  Making that diagnosis would seem to be very straight forward,  however, the symptoms have to occur in all settings, so it is necessary to have an evaluation that relies on input from multiple settings. Call us for a consultation regarding your child.

According to the National Institute of Health, dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin.  Typically, difficulty with accurate and/or fluency in word recognition, poor decoding skills or spelling difficulties are present. The consequences of the disability may cause reading comprehension problems and vocabulary weakness. Dyslexia runs in families.  Dyslexia may be the reason your bright child is not reaching his or her full academic potential. 

If a child struggles with writing, reading or math a specific learning disability may be present. A child may have difficulty putting words on paper, remembering math facts, or have difficulty iwth vocabulary.  These are a few of symptoms of a specific learning disability.

An evaluation will provide accurate information for selection of accommodations, or proper interventions and allow your child to be eligible for 504 accommodations.

If you suspect high functioning Autism or Asperger's Syndrome than an evaluation may be in order.  No one starndardized test can diagnosis Autism Spectrum Diisorder, but a full evaluation of history, communication skills, social skills, cognitive functioning and checklists would provide information for the diagnosis.