Understanding How the Brain Shapes Learning and Behavior

Children's Neuropsychological Services has been dedicated to serving children, adolescents, and college-age students in the Capital District of New York since 2002. We offer consultations and comprehensive neuropsychological and educational evaluations for children and adolescents with neurological, developmental, and medical conditions that affect learning and behavior. The neuropsychological evaluation involves assessment of various brain functions such as attention and memory, as well as behavioral and emotional functioning in order to understand how the child learns and functions in day-to-day activities. We make diagnoses when applicable, describe the child’s overall pattern of cognitive and behavioral strengths and weaknesses, and share our findings and recommendations with parents, physicians, and specialists (i.e., primary care, neurology, psychiatry), and school staff in order to guide treatment and educational planning (i.e. IEP, 504 accommodations), with the goal of optimizing developmental outcome.

Our clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists have doctoral degrees in clinical psychology with specialized training in learning, emotional functioning and behavior, brain development, neurologic conditions, and medical complications that affect brain functioning and learning. They have had extensive training and experience administering and interpretating neuropsychological, academic and psychological tests.

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Who We Evaluate

Individuals are often referred for neuropsychological evaluation due to difficulties in learning, memory, language, behavior or socialization.

Often these problems are secondary to neurologic and medical conditions that affect brain functions and learning such as:

Epilepsy
Traumatic brain injury / concussion
Tic disorders / Tourette syndrome
Brain Tumor
Metabolic and immunologic conditions
Hydrodephalus
Cancer / Leukemia (treatment effects)

Individuals may also be referred for neuropsychological or psychoeducational evaluation due to complex learning and attention problems and/or developmental conditions such as:

Learning disabilities (e.g., dyslexia, math disorder, disorder of written expression)
Language disorders
Autism spectrum disorder
Intellectual disability
Genetic disorders (e.g., mitochondrial disease, Prader Willi syndrome, Fragile X)

What We Evaluate

Each evaluation is tailored to the individual child. The tests administered and the extent of testing varies depending upon the child’s age and the presenting concerns. The following is a list of abilities that may be assessed:

General intelligence
Attention
Executive functions (such as planning, and organization skills)
Processing speed
Language skills
Verbal memory
Visual memory
Visual perception
Visual-motor integration (such as eye-hand coordination, writing)
Academic skills (reading, writing, math)
Behavioral and emotional functioning