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What Our Evaluation Includes — And What It Doesn't
What Our Evaluation Includes — And What It Doesn't
At Next Step Counseling and Neuropsychology, we provide insurance-based neuropsychological testing for children, adolescents, and adults. Our comprehensive evaluations assess attention, executive functioning, memory, emotional regulation, and other cognitive domains to support accurate diagnosis and effective treatment planning.
Our experienced psychologists work across the lifespan with individuals experiencing ADHD, learning differences, mild cognitive impairment, mood and anxiety disorders, trauma-related conditions, and personality-related concerns, helping clients and families gain clarity, direction, and appropriate recommendations.
Our neuropsychological testing process provides a comprehensive assessment of cognitive, emotional, and psychological functioning. Evaluations may include measures of intellectual ability (IQ), attention, memory, learning, executive functioning, and emotional regulation, while also examining how anxiety, depression, trauma, and mood concerns may impact overall functioning.
Following testing, clients—and when appropriate, family members or care providers—participate in a 45–60 minute feedback session. During this meeting, we review results, discuss any supported diagnoses, and provide clear, individualized recommendations to guide treatment, educational planning, or accommodations.
Clients receive a detailed, easy-to-understand written report that integrates standardized test results with clinical insight. Reports highlight strengths and challenges, explain findings in plain language, and include practical, personalized recommendations to support meaningful next steps for clients and collaborating professionals.
Our clinic is partnered with a private pay practice that can, following neuropsychological testing, offer specialized testing at a reduced rate.
Autism Evaluations: While we don’t test for ASD, we can screen and if neuropsychological testing suggests an Autism specific evaluation is warranted patients can be referred for quick follow-up
Our clinicians are trained to recognize a range of soft signs of autism spectrum presentation, we do not provide formal autism diagnoses or use gold-standard tools such as the ADOS. However, if autism is a potential concern, we can conduct screenings and provide targeted referrals to qualified specialists who offer full diagnostic evaluations. We'll guide you through the next steps to ensure you and your family get the answers you need.
Learning Disabilities (LD):While we don’t test for learning disabilities, if neuropsychological testing suggests a specific learning disability - and there are concerns about getting testing/diagnoses through the school system, patients can be referred for quick follow-up
Our evaluations do not provide formal diagnoses of specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, or dysgraphia. Because of insurance billing restrictions and the nature of our assessments, we are unable to offer educational testing that would meet criteria for school-based services or accommodations.
If our results suggest patterns of learning-related difficulties, we will provide you with referrals for comprehensive educational testing. We also partner with a trusted agency that offers accessible learning disability evaluations on our referral, helping you access the diagnoses and documentation schools often require but may not provide directly.
Research Participation Notice
As part of our mission to advance knowledge in the field of neuropsychology, NSCN actively conducts research in areas including, but not limited to, the diagnosis of executive functioning deficits and related conditions. Your evaluation, including testing and assessment procedures, is clinically indicated and will be conducted in the same manner whether or not the data are used for research.
We will request your informed consent to allow the data collected during your evaluation to be included in approved research projects. All data will be de-identified to protect your privacy, and your personal identity will not be disclosed to anyone outside your clinical care team. Participation in the research component is a standard part of our evaluation process; however, you may withdraw your permission for use of your data in research at any time without penalty, and withdrawal will not affect your clinical care.
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