Understanding How the Brain Shapes Learning and Behavior

Children's Neuropsychological Services has served children, adolescents, and college age students in the Capital District of New York since 2002. We provide comprehensive neuropsychological and educational evaluations, as well as targeted interventions and parent support services, for individuals with neurological, developmental, and medical conditions that affect learning, behavior, and emotional functioning.

Our evaluations assess cognitive, academic, behavioral, and emotional functioning to understand how a child learns and functions in daily life. When appropriate, we make diagnoses, describe patterns of strengths and weaknesses, and share clear, practical recommendations with parents, physicians, and school teams to guide treatment and educational planning, including IEP and 504 accommodations.

Our clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists hold doctoral degrees in clinical psychology and have specialized training in brain development, learning, emotional functioning, and neurologic and medical conditions that affect brain functioning. They have extensive experience administering and interpreting neuropsychological, academic, and psychological measures and are committed to providing careful, evidence based evaluations and recommendations.

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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