Tests Typically Used in Our Assessments

Psychoeducational Assessments

Our psychoeducational assessments reflect the most current research developments in learning disability and attention deficit disorder evaluation. Our assessment batteries, informed by the Cross-Battery Assessment model, are selected from the following:

Developmental History

Aggregate Neurobehavioral Student Health & Educational Review (ANSER)
Clinical/Developmental Interview

Tests of Cognitive Abilities

Woodcock Johnson-III Test of Cognitive Abilities, Extended Battery (WJ III-Cognitive) or Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-IV) or Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV) supplemented by WJ III CHC Clusters
Bender Gestalt-II
Rey Complex Figure Test

Achievement Test Batteries

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test- Second Edition (WIAT-II) or Woodcock Johnson-III Achievement Standard Battery, supplemented as necessary
Learning & Study Skills Inventory (LASSI)

Standardized Behavioral Checklists and Non-clinical Personality Test

Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL-Parent & Teacher Forms), Youth Self-Report (YSR), Adult Self-Report (ASR), and/or Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL)
NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI)

Tests of Attention & Executive Function (predominantly for ADHD questions)

Basic Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF Forms for children & adults)
Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scale
Connors Continuous Performance Test (CCPT)
Woodcock-Johnson III Executive Processes Clinical Cluster
Woodcock-Johnson III Broad Attention Clinical Cluster
Woodcock-Johnson III Working Memory Clinical Cluster
Rey Complex Figure Test-Boston Qualitative Scoring or Developmental

When Indicated, Extended Personality Assessment

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) or Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents (MMPI-A) or Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) (adult or Adolescent version)
Rorschach
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Human Figure & Kinetic Family Drawings (children & adolescents only)

Psychological/Diagnostic Assessments

Clinical Interview & Mental Status Exam
Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) or Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (WAIS-IV) or Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV)
One Standardized Clinical Personality Measure:

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) or Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents (MMPI-A) or
Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) (Adult or Adolescent version)

Selected Projective Tests:

Rorschach
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Human Figure & Kinetic Family Drawings (children & adolescents)

Last Updated: 9/11/09