Emily Inman, PsyD, ABN

Clinical Psychologist, Board Certified Neuropsychologist

Neuropsychological Evaluations for Children and Adults

Neuropsychological evaluations assess a person’s functioning in various domains including; intellectual, cognitive, academic, and emotional/behavioral functioning. Common reasons for an evaluation include attention problems, learning difficulties, autism-spectrum disorders, emotional/behavioral problems, and neurological illness/injury (e.g.,traumatic brain injury, exposure to toxins,etc). Test results are used to determine a person’s strengths and weaknesses in various domains with the goal of helping her/him/they/them to be more successful in work, school, social, and other situations. The results of the evaluation are used to develop treatment recommendations and an intervention plan.

Domains typically assessed in a neuropsychological evaluation:

Various forms of intelligence (e.g., verbal and nonverbal abilities); Academic skills (e.g., basic reading, reading comprehension, spelling, written expression, math calculations, math reasoning, and academic fluency/speed; Learning and memory (both verbal and visual; important for learning academic material); Attention/concentration (e.g., focusing and sustaining attention on tasks); Language (expressive and receptive language; and phonological processing, which contributes to reading and spelling); Information processing speed; Visual-spatial skills/visual-motor skills; Executive functions (e.g., problem-solving, inhibition, planning, etc.); Emotional/behavioral functioning;

Evaluations involve a review of available records; interview of the client and the parent/guardian when assessing a child, potentially school staff or other professionals familiar with the client; and psychometric testing. Testing can be done in one day or broken up in different days depending on the hours required for evaluation.