Registered Psychologist, BACS (Hons), MA
Our child psychologist, Mark Vickers, offers Psychoeducational assessments at Encompass Holistic Health. Psych Ed assessments can be used for a variety of reasons, and can be helpful with specific accommodations offered at school or other locations for children who need additional supports.
The assessment process is collaborative, thorough, and structured to ensure the highest clinical utility. The different parts of an assessment may include:
The goal of the assessment is to help you thrive by providing a clear, personalized path for personal growth and development. Our team will be there every step of the way to support you.
A Psych Ed assessment is used to give you answers about how you or your child functions, what are your strengths, your challenges, and any help/support you might need. Some common reasons for an assessment are:
Consistent academic achievement challenges despite effort, including those with reading, written expression, or mathematics.
Concerns with activities of daily living and adaptive functioning (e.g., self-care, social communication, understanding of health and safety skills).
Chronic difficulties with sustained attention, task initiation, time management, organization, impulsivity, or motor restlessness that impair daily functioning at school, work, or in relationships.
Persistent emotional distress, interpersonal conflict, diagnostic confusion (e.g., differentiating between trauma, mood disorders, or personality dynamics), or a lack of progress in ongoing psychotherapy.
Registered Psychologist, BACS (Hons), MA
This is measured more in hours. Our psychologists tend to take 5-10 hours (sometimes less, sometimes more) of in-person sessions, and then some of those hours are used for report writing.
No, you do not need to be seen by one of our registered psychologists at this clinic in order to be assessed.
