Trouble With School?
We Help You Understand your CHild So Your Child Can Thrive
Learn what might be causing your child to struggle in school and with academics. A thorough evaluation of intellectual skills, academic functioning, behavioral issues, and mood can help determine if a learning disability or some other issue is preventing your child from succeeding.
Sometimes the issue is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or a Learning Disability such as dyslexia interfering with a child’s ability to do well in school. Other times it may be an emotional issue, like depression or anxiety, or social skills, that is limiting them. Nowadays emotional health is especially important as all of our children are struggling with the issues brought on by the COVID pandemic. Often they face challenges we never experienced in school.
This is why a comprehensive psychoeducational assessment with doctors who understand these conditions and how to work with private schools, public schools, colleges and universities is essential.
What is a Psychoeducational Assessment?
A comprehensive evaluation that can help you learn what might be causing you or your child to struggle in school and with academics. A thorough evaluation of intellectual skills, academic functioning, social skills, behavioral issues, and mood can help determine if a learning disability or some other issue is preventing your child from succeeding.
Good evaluations will describe intellectual and academic strengths and weaknesses, as well as social and emotional needs. Good evaluations will help students and families better understand the effects of learning disabilities, ADHD, brain injury, or illnesses that may contribute to their difficulties. Good evaluations will make suggestions in clear, non-technical language about what services and accommodations would be helpful in the school setting. A good evaluator will provide support and collaboration services to help you in interacting with the school system when seeking care and services for your child, including explaining the various ways in schools to get support, as well as attending IEP teams and/or 504 meetings for your child.
Interested in an Independent Educational Evaluation?
This is a psychoeducational assessment completed by a private clinician, such as Dr. Stifel or Dr. Shanahan, who has credentials similar to those of a school’s clinician, but who is providing the assessment privately for you. Sometimes schools may pay for these assessments directly. It is then called an independent evaluation at public expense. The school is paying for the assessment and the evaluator is picked from an approved list of professionals who do not work for the district. We can provide this service in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Why Get a Psychoeducational Assessment With Us?
Our psychologists are experts in the field
Dr. Stifel’s background in the classroom as a special education teacher and in schools as a nationally certified school psychologist, as well as her combined doctoral training in clinical, counseling, and school psychology enable her to understand the various systems and programs children can potentially benefit from as they face challenges. Dr. Stifel offers a unique expertise because of her experience working both in schools and in private practice. She knows how to collaborate with the school system to access school-based interventions and services, including Student Success Teams, 504 General Education Plans, and Individualized Education Plans. Dr. Stifel has worked as a school psychologist in preschool through high school programs across Southern California.
We can help your child with a variety of services, not just psychoeducational assessment. Click below to learn about our other services.
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Provides:
• Comprehensive assessments of learning ability and challenges
• In-depth, parent-friendly reports reviewed with you
• Addresses special education criteria to find services for your child
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Provides:
• Support to help your child develop a better understanding of themselves
• Help improving coping skills
• Support with addressing challenges and mood difficulties
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• Empower children and parents with effective skills to consistently address behavior issues at home and school
• Solution-focused and cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques
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• Our clinicians collaborate with the school system to access school-based interventions and services, including Student Success Teams, 504 General Education Plans, and Individualized Education Plans
• They provide assistance with finding in-home and community agency supports
• Our clinicians stay up to date on California Ed Code special education criteria and American’s with Disabilities Act criteria that can affect your child
Contact Us at (805) 988-6197 or
info@insightneuropsychology.com
We serve Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara Counties, with offices in each location.
Our Camarillo Office
1200 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 245
Camarillo, CA 93010