Neuropsychological Testing
Neuropsychological assessments can help you, your medical providers, and/or your school understand how the different areas of your brain are working.
Testing helps to better understand your specific situation and can help with differential diagnosis, treatment and school planning, and provide specific recommendations for how to best utilize your strengths moving forward.
For students, neuropsychological testing can assist in determining eligibility for school and standardized test accommodations as well as help develop educational interventions.
When conducting neuropsychological evaluations, your psychologist takes into account multiple factors including your medical history, symptoms, and test results. At Ann Arbor Center for the Family, we conduct testing for clients ages 6-55.
Common Concerns
- ADHD
- Learning disabilities or differences such as dyslexia (reading disability), dysgraphia (writing disability), dyscalculia (math disability)
- Gifted testing
- Determining reason(s) for academic underachievement
- Determining need for high stakes standardized testing accommodations (e.g., SAT, ACT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT, etc.)
What is assessed?
A typical neuropychological evaluation will involve assessment of the following:
- General intellect
- Academic achievement
- Attention and concentration
- Mental efficiency
- Learning and memory
- Executive functioning, e.g., problem solving, planning, impulse control, and organization
- Language
- Visual-spatial and perceptual skills
- Motor and sensory skills
- Mood and personality
Preparing for the Evalation
- Online questionnaires must be completed beforehand. Incomplete questionnaires will delay the appointment.
- Please eat before the appointment, as the evaluation lasts several hours. It is recommended that you bring a snack and a drink.
- Please take your regularly prescribed medications, as scheduled. However, please avoid optional medications that may cause drowsiness (e.g. pain killers, anti-anxiety, and/or allergy medications). If you are prescribed a stimulant medication for ADHD, please discuss with your psychologist whether to take it on the evaluation day.
- Bring your glasses or hearing aids, if applicable.
- Get good sleep the night before your appointment.
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