Educational Assessments
Fiona Kelly-Meldon (M.A.(Psych.) Reg. Psychol. A.F.Ps.S.I.) would perform the educational assessment. Fiona is a Consulting Psychologist
Details of types of assessments which can be carried out:
- Differential diagnostic assessments of children with atypical early developmental patterns
- Cognitive and educational assessments for diagnosis of specific and general learning difficulties
- Diagnostic assessments for specific conditions such as ADD/ADHD and Autistic Spectrum disorders
- Social, emotional and behavioural evaluations
- Future plans: for additional assessment of aptitude and ability for career planning
Typical assessment tools used:
- Developmental screening tests
- Cognitive assessment tools, such as the Wechsler Pre-School and Primary Scale of Intelligence - III, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - IV, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - IV
- Measures of academic ability include the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - II, Wide Range Achievement Test - 4, Neale Analysis of Reading Ability - II
- Measures for specific diagnostic purposes include the Dyslexia Screening Test (Junior and Secondary), Conners Rating Scales (for differential diagnosis of ADD/ADHD/other), The Childhood Autism Rating Scales and the Asperger Syndrome Diagnostic Scale
- Measures of social / emotional presentation and behaviour include the Beck Youth Inventories of Emotional and Social impairment, the Achenbach Child Behaviour Checklist and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (2nd Ed.) together with a number of projective measures such as the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank.