assessments

Psychological Assessments:

My Assessments delve deep into learning, social, emotional, and behavioral domains to provide a holistic understanding of the client's strengths and areas for growth.

Cognitive / Intellectual Ability and Gifted Assessments

I administer standardized measures that evaluate the ability to process verbal and non-verbal information and reason.

Learning Assessments

I conduct a comprehensive evaluation designed to gain insight into an individual’s cognitive, academic, adaptive, and social-emotional functioning. It involves the use of standardized tests, clinical interviews, checklists, and observations. I identify underlying factors and provide targeted recommendations to support their academic success.

Social and Emotional Assessments

My assessments examine social skills, emotional regulation, and interpersonal relationships. By exploring factors such as empathy, communication, and self-esteem, I gain insight into your individual social-emotional functioning and develop strategies to enhance their social interactions and emotional well-being.

Behavioral and Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessments

I assess behavioral patterns including attention difficulties, impulsivity, social challenges, and emotional outbursts. I use self-concept, anxiety, and related concerns/disorders, sensory screening and ADOS-2 assessment as well as adaptive functioning questionnaires (e.g. everyday life, communication, and independence or self-help skills). By understanding the underlying drivers of behavior, I create individualized intervention plans to promote positive behavior, social-emotional development, and more self-regulation.

Psychoeducational Assessments consist of five parts:

1) Psychologist conducts an Initial Consultation and Interview: During an initial consultation, the main concerns and need for the assessment will be discussed. Then, with informed written consent, client or parents will meet with Paola Caponetto to complete a full history/developmental questionnaire or a comprehensive intake interview.

2) Psychometric Testing: The client will then be given various tests to assess his/her/their academic and reasoning skills, intellectual abilities, memory, attention, and executive functions. The testing duration will be adjusted to the client's individual needs, but will typically last four to six hours.

3) Assessment of Social-Emotional & Behavioural Functioning: This part of the assessment involves gathering collateral and qualitative information that would allow the psychologist to better understand the client. Clinical interviews with clients or parents are conducted and questionnaires are given to the parents, teacher, and client to complete.

4) Report and Recommendations: Scored test results, interview insights, interpretations, and questionnaire information is developed into a comprehensive report for client or parents. The report will also include recommendations for any necessary school accommodations and at-home support strategies.

5) Feedback Session with Psychologist: The client, and parents, when appropriate, will meet with the psychologist to go over the results and report. At this time, the psychologist will discuss the recommendations and answer any questions that client or parents may have. My Assessments delve deep into learning, social, emotional, and behavioral domains to provide a holistic understanding of the client's strengths and areas for growth.

assessments

Psychological Assessments:

Psychoeducational Assessments consist of five parts:

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