ASSESSMENT

Diagnostic evaluations can aid with better identifying specific mental health issues through interviews and testing. This can provide a better understanding of individual behaviors and provide recommendations regarding the best interventions. Evaluations can be geared for general diagnostic questions and solutions as well as more specific conditions, such as ADHD. Prices vary by age and tests required.

Sometimes people struggle in school due to a variety of emotional, behavioral, and cognitive issues. Educational evaluations not only provide typical diagnostic testing but also include specific cognitive tests to determine general cognitive functioning and whether or not a Specific Learning Disorder may be present. These evaluations include any relevant recommendations regarding potential accommodations that might help a student perform to their full potential.

Ensuring suitable candidates are initially hired for public safety jobs is essential to reducing subsequent problems down the road for police, fire, and other related agencies entrusted with protecting others. There are also times when confidence in such personnel is in question due to their behavior. In these cases, clinically evaluating the individual's fitness for duty is paramount.

Improve child placement decisions by utilizing thorough evaluations of the parent's mental health and ability to parent in a manner that provides a safe environment for their children. These evaluations generally include interviews and measures to assess the parent for any significant pathology as well as specific interview questions and measures regarding their ability to manage the stress in raising each particular child and additional measures when accusations of child abuse have been made.

Several types of evaluations may aid in the decision-making process regarding immigrations concerns. These could be Extreme Hardship of a U.S. citizen or resident due to the deportation of another individual, evaluation pertaining to asylum, or a waiver for English or the civics test for citizenship.

When children or adults engage in conduct or use words that suggest they may pose a risk to a particular individual, group of individuals, or specific public setting, an evaluation to determine whether they actually pose a risk and what can be done to manage it is essential to saving lives. Traditional violence approaches often fail in these instances. It is also important not to disrupt the lives of individuals to a greater degree than necessary when others are concerned about them when they may pose very little risk. The threat assessment approach incorporates particular targeted threat research with individual situations to aid in determining what to what degree and individual may pose a significant risk of violence toward a particular target. These evaluations can be helpful in school threats, domestic violence, politically motivated threats, workplace violence, and other similar situations.