An assessment can be used to diagnose common conditions such as Specific Learning Disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or Depressive and Anxiety Disorders, and to identify giftedness.

Whether a diagnosis is appropriate or not, an assessment can help you and your child better understand their profile of strengths and areas of challenge so that they can be best supported at home and at school.

 

Psychoeducational ASsessment

A psychoeducational assessment is a thorough exploration of a child’s use of verbal and nonverbal reasoning, memory, processing speed, academic performance, and how they’re feeling and engaging socially, emotionally, and behaviourally.

In the full assessment process, you’ll be able to work with the assessor to ensure a tailored approach to your child’s unique strengths and challenges.

giftedness assessment

Some academic programs in Calgary, such as the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Program, and the Westmount Charter School programs, require an intelligence test, administered by a Registered Psychologist. In this case, only the cognitive (intelligence) component of the assessment is required.

adult assessment

Assessment is not just for children! Often, we may get to adulthood using the survival strategies we’ve built over the course of our development, but we struggle with unanswered questions about our thinking, learning, and emotions. Assessment is a way to learn more about ourselves, and to potentially identify or diagnose conditions that may have been missed earlier in life.

Assessments at Upswing

Dr. Mike completes the assessments for Upswing, and he has over a decade of experience in this field.

He has both a Masters and Ph.D. in School/Applied Child Psychology from McGill University, and has conducted child, adolescent, and adult assessments within public schools, in inpatient mental health treatment programs, and in community practice settings, working with clients from all sorts of different backgrounds and with a wide variety of mental health and learning needs.

He has taught (and continues to teach) a variety of graduate level courses at the University of Calgary and City University on assessment and diagnosis, including Assessment in Counselling, Cognitive Assessment and Psychopathology and Psychopharmacology. He also supervises multiple provisional psychologists in assessment.

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