Our preschool evaluation team consists of a special education teacher and a psychologist, as well as a speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist and/or physical therapist, depending on the expressed areas of concern. Typically, the psychologist requires a separate appointment for his/her part of the evaluation.

An evaluation is merely an impression of your child's behavior on that particular day. To complete the picture, the team gathers your input regarding your childs abilities and difficulties. The evaluation consists of the following sections.   

1. Social History: This component is conducted by the psychologists. Much of this information is gathered from your previously completed intake questionnaire, however further dialog is needed.
2. Psychological: This section covers cognitive skills, adaptive behavior and social-emotional skills. The cognitive portion addresses your child's thinking and problem solving; adaptive behaviorpertains to how your child functions in his/her daily environment(self-help skills); and social-emotional describes your child's performance and interactions in a variety of social situations.
3. Social Readiness: A special education teacher conducts this portion of the evaluation consisting of both cognitive and behavioral observation.
4. Communication: Performed by a speech-language pathologist, this area evaluates speech(articulation,fluency), language(the use and understanding of language), feeding/swallowing and hearing.
5. Motor: A special education teacher or psychologist(or if need be, a physical or occupational therapist) screens your child's fine motor, gross motor and sensory skills.