My child has already gone through extensive testing with a psychologist. Why is another evaluation necessary at Abilities?
The evaluation that will be conducted at Abilities should not be considered “another” evaluation. Rather, it is a specialized extension, a more in-depth assessment of the areas of need that may have been identified as primary deficit areas by the psycho-educational evaluation. The information received from the psychologist may provide your therapist with invaluable information about your child’s general intellectual ability, academic achievement, attention, and skill areas. A speech-language evaluation will explore the child’s awareness of language meaning, vocabulary, verbal concepts, and the “content” of communication. It will asses his or her ability to understand and express a variety of language structures, including sound-level variations, word choices, and sentence types, or the “form” of language. A speech-language evaluation will determine how your child interacts with his environment, or expresses his needs or ideas, or the “use” of language. The evaluation documents your chi
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