assessments
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With many options available, it can be confusing and overwhelming to determine what is the best psychological assessment for your child or youth, or answers
the questions that you have. Below, you'll find a brief description of different kinds of assessments that adelante psychology offers. However, you don't
have to feel alone in this process. Please contact Dr. Michelle Zepeda for a free 15-minute consultation where she can help you determine which psychological assessment would support you best.
psychoeducational assessment
Psychoeducational assessments (or psycheds) are comprehensive evaluations to determine an individuals
learning style and provide recommendations highlighting areas of intellectual and academic strengths and challenges. Typically,
these assessments involve interviews (with parents, the student, teachers, and at times medical professionals),
testing, and questionnaires.
Often psychoeducation assessments are helpful when children or teens have been struggling to keep up with their peers
at school, or when their teacher has shared concerns about a childs behaviour, or engagement in specific areas of school (for example, reading, writing,
or math). Dr. Michelle Zepeda also has expertise in conducting psychoeducational assessments for youth with complex medical conditions,
in close collaboration with their medical team, to decern the relation between medical history, intellectual ability and academic
achievement. Psychoeducational assessments can also be conducted for younger adults, and can be helpful to provide
recommendations for students leaving high school and transitioning to university/college.
$3055
attention assessment
Attention assessments are often helpful to determine what may be contributing to your concerns about your child or teen's ability to stay on task or focused.
Does your child or teen sometimes seem to daydream more than their peers and/or have their teachers shared concerns about their attention or behaviour in the classroom? Or, has your child's physician recommended
an ADHD assessment related to specific medical challenges? If so, a specialized attention assessment may help
identify whether your child has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and strategies for home and school to manage challenging symptoms.
Starting at $1410
giftedness assessment
Entry into some schools (such as Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Program, and the Westmount Charter School programs) in Calgary require recent intelligence testing (and at times, academic and other supplementary tests) conducted by a registered psychologist, to obtain an IQ score.
Starting at $1200
psychodiagnostic assessment
Psychodiagnostic assessments are comprehensive mental health evaluations. These assessments are often sought for when children or teens have been going through a hard time, or have behavioural challenges. They are also helpful to support children who have always been a "worrier" or more "moody" than older children their age. Psychodiagnostic assessments clarify whether someone's symptoms meet specific diagnostic criteria for given mental health disorders. As a trained health child-focused psychologist (or, pediatric psychologist) Dr. Michelle Zepeda can also conduct psychodiagnostic assessments to determine whether a youth's health condition is impacting their mental health, or if their mental health is impacting their physical health. Psychodiagnostic assessments can inform treatment and intervention options.
Starting at $940
* Note that the fees for assessments are based on a rate of $235 per hour, as recommended by
the Psychologists' Association of Alberta.