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Psychological Testing
Psychological testing can provide answers to your questions about your child’s academic, behavioral or emotional issues – or to your concerns about yourself. Rebecca Bier, Psy.D. LCSW, with over 25 years of experience, provides an excellent professional diagnostic evaluation, thoroughly and promptly. Her approach is respectful and gentle, and her clients feel safe in her care. She listens closely, explains carefully to her clients and their family members, and develops a written report with concrete recommendations for follow-up strategies and treatments. She thoroughly discusses this report with her clients, making sure they understand her recommendations, and helps them make an appropriate plan. Rebecca works closely with other professionals who may be involved – school staff, physicians, therapists – in developing her diagnostic results and recommendations. All results are confidential.
Psychological testing can provide answers to your questions about your child’s academic, behavioral or emotional issues – or to your concerns about yourself. Such questions could include the following:
- Does my child (or do I) suffer from inattention problems?
- Does my child (or do I) suffer from hyperactivity or impulsivity problems?
- Does my child (or do I) suffer from learning problems?
- Does my child (or do I) suffer from an autism spectrum disorder?
- Does my child (or do I) suffer from executive functioning problems, such as organizational and planning skills and procrastination?
- Are there personality issues interfering with my child’s (or my own) relationships with others at home, school and / or work?
- What is preventing my child (or me) from achieving up to my child’s (or my) intellectual potential?
- Am I a suitable candidate for bariatric surgery?
- Do I suffer from memory problems?
Tests provided depend on the presenting problem. They may include the following:
- Asperger Syndrome Disorders Scale
- Gilliam Asperger’s Disorder Scale
- Beck Anxiety Inventory
- Beck Depression Inventory – 2
- Beck Hopelessness Scale
- Behavior Assessment System for Children – 2
- Bender Gestalt
- Children’s Depression Inventory
- Mental Status Exam
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – A
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 2
- Projective Drawings
- Rorschach Inkblot
- Rotter Sentence Completion
- Screening for Childhood Anxiety Related Disorders
- Thematic Apperception Test
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – 4th Edition
- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – 4th Edition
- Wechsler Individual Achievement Scale – 3rd Edition
- Wechsler Memory Scale
Problems which require Psychological Testing are as follows:
- Inattention
- Poor concentration/attention
- Makes careless mistakes
- Easily distracted
- Gives up easily
- Becomes easily bored
- May avoid schoolwork
- Hyperactivity/Impulsivity
- High activity levels
- May be restless and/or impulsive
- May have difficulty being quiet
- May interrupt others
- May be easily excited
- Learning Problems
- Academic struggles
- May have difficulty learning and remembering concepts
- May need extra explanations
- Executive Functioning
- May have difficulty starting or finishing projects
- May procrastinate and complete projects at the last minute
- May have poor planning or organizational skills
- Peer Relations
- May have difficulty with friendships
- Poor social skills
- Limited social skills
- May appear to be unaccepted by the group