A Comprehensive Psychoeducational Assessment explores cognitive functioning, academic achievement, attention, executive functioning, and social-emotional functioning to understand how an individual think, learns, performs in at school, and functions in other environments.

This assessment is ideal when students are experiencing:

• difficulties with reading, writing, math, or language

• attention, self-regulation, or executive functioning challenges

• low or inconsistent performance across subjects at school

• social-emotional challenges

Outcomes:

• Diagnosis or identification if appropriate (e.g., Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, ADHD, giftedness, anxiety, mood, etc.)

• Clear profile of strengths and needs

• Understanding of learning and behavioural profile, and individualized strategies to support success at school, at home, and in the community.

This integrated assessment combines a Comprehensive Psychoeducational Assessment with a formal Autism Assessment to provide a full picture of cognitive, academic, and social-communicative functioning.

Recommended when there are:

• social communication challenges

• restricted or repetitive behaviours

• learning difficulties accompanied by differences in social interaction and/or behaviour

• signs of autism characteristics like social differences, sensory differences, intense interests, rigidity, or repetitive behaviours

Includes everything in the Comprehensive Psychoeducational Assessment, plus:

• Structured observation for autism-related characteristics

• Autism-specific standardized measures

• Developmental history and autism specific interviews

Outcomes: diagnosis if appropriate (e.g., Autism, Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, ADHD, anxiety, mood, etc.), understanding of learning and behavioural profile, and tailored recommendations to support both learning and social-communication needs at school, at home, and in the community.

A psychovocational assessment is designed to help older adolescents and young adults better understand their strengths, interests, aptitudes, and values in order to provide individual clarity and direction in post-secondary educational and/or vocational pathways.

This type of assessment is ideal for later high school or post-secondary students who are:

• Considering undergraduate or graduate post-secondary pathways and feeling unsure about next steps

• questioning their program choice or considering a change

• exploring career options or early career transitions

• experiencing stress, confusion, or anxiety related to educational or career decisions

Outcomes

• Increased clarity around strengths, interests, values, and aptitudes

• A clearer understanding of educational and vocational options that align with the individual

• Practical, personalized guidance to support intentional planning and next steps

• Optional follow-up psychovocational counselling to support implementation and ongoing decision making

A gifted assessment is a focused assessment, designed to understand intellectual potential, and determine eligibility for gifted programming at school.

This assessment is helpful when a child demonstrates:

• advanced reasoning or creativity

• early reading or math ability

• asynchronous development (e.g., social-emotional skills not matching cognitive strength)

• frustration in school due to lack of challenge

Includes:

• Cognitive / intellectual testing

• Academic achievement testing (if desired or requested by school)

Outcomes: determination of gifted identification if appropriate, information about cognitive strengths and needs, recommendations for learning.

A Mental Health Assessment explores emotional well-being, behaviour, coping skills, and psychological functioning to better understand what may be impacting daily life, relationships, school, or work.

This assessment is ideal when children or adolescents are experiencing:

• significant anxiety, low mood, or mood changes

• difficulties with emotional regulation or stress management

• behavioural concerns

• changes in everyday functioning

Outcomes: clearer understanding of mental health strengths and needs, diagnosis (e.g., anxiety or mood disorder) when appropriate, and individualized recommendations to support emotional well-being, and referrals to additional supports if needed.

A DSO assessment is a targeted assessment designed to explore cognitive ability, adaptive functioning, and determine eligibility for Developmental Services Ontario (DSO).

This type of assessment is helpful when:

• A teen who has been accessing developmental services and supports is approaching adulthood and has not had a psychological assessment exploring cognitive abilities and adaptive functioning.

• DSO has reviewed an application and requested further assessment of cognitive abilities, adaptive functioning, or both.

Outcomes:

• Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability if appropriate

• Determination of eligibility for DSO

• Completion of the DSO checklist.