Learning
Learning assessments can be a valuable tool that provides an insight into your cognitive and psychological functioning, helping you optimize your learning, and provide recommendations to support learning challenges. This type of assessment can consider Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and/or Dysgraphia.
Learning assessments can:
Identify Strengths and Weaknesses: A learning assessment can help identify a person’s strengths and weaknesses.
Tailor Your Learning: Once you know your strengths and weaknesses, you can tailor your learning strategies accordingly. For example, if you struggle with memory, you can implement memory-enhancing techniques into your study routine.
Accommodations: Assist with accommodations, such as extended time on exams or note-taking assistance at school or university.
Overcoming Challenges: If you’ve been struggling with psychological or learning-related challenges, such as attention difficulties, difficulties with reading, writing, mathematics, a learning assessment can help identify if you have a learning disorder.
Optimize Learning Strategies: The outcome of a learning assessment comes with recommendations on specific strategies and interventions to improve your learning outcomes.
Measure Progress: After receiving a learning assessment, you can periodically reassess your skills to track your progress. This can be motivating and provide evidence of your improvement over time.
The process for each assessment includes:
Client/caregiver interview: to discuss concerns, developmental, medical, social and other relevant history. This is an information gathering session which will guide the assessment process.
Assessment Phase – direct testing with the client which includes a cognitive assessment, and academic achievement assessment. For example WISC-V/WAIS-IV and WIAT-III.
Feedback with the client/caregiver to discuss the outcome of the assessment, and diagnosis, if warranted and recommendations.
Comprehensive report with detailed recommendations which can include accommodations for school or work/university.
Note: There is usually a minimum three week turnaround on reports, once all information has been received.