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Psychological/Neuropsychological Evaluation

Psychological and Neuropsychological evaluations are available for a wide variety of problems and conditions and can be performed by Dr. Hannappel or Dr. Snitchler. Psychological evaluations are intended to provide a structured, organized, and succinct description of current psychological functioning including cognitive abilities and emotional experience. Psychological evaluation offers insight as to the severity of a particular disturbance and the capacity for adequate functioning. It is a formal and structured way of gathering objective information about a person for the purpose of making decisions and sorting out questions about the particular child, adolescent, or adult. In addition, a psychological evaluation may be used to confirm or modify the impressions formed by referring therapists or educators through less structured interactions in therapy or in the classroom. A comprehensive evaluation can identify needs in therapy, highlight issues that may come up in treatment, recommend particular forms of intervention, placement recommendations, and offer guidance about potential outcomes of treatment.

What is involved in a psychological evaluation?

A comprehensive psychological evaluation begins with a clinical interview, and then includes any number of psychological tests depending on the nature of the questions posed about the client. Testing generally takes several hours to complete and usually requires separate appointments. Psychological tests can include assessments of personality styles, tests of emotional well-being, intellectual (or IQ) tests, tests of academic achievement, tests for possible neurological damage, and tests for specific psychological disturbances and their severity. The evaluation may also include interviews with significant others (such as parents, spouses, or teachers), as well as a review of past records and relevant documents. Finally, a formal integrated written report of findings is provided along with recommendations based on those findings, presented in a personal, interactive feedback meeting.

ADHD/ADD Assessment

One type of psychological evaluation performed is for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder assessment. Apex Therapy provides comprehensive ADHD/ADD assessments with children, adolescents, and adults. In investigating the question of ADHD/ADD, we consider other conditions that might co-exist with ADHD or in some cases better explain the difficulties presented.

An assessment for ADHD typically includes information gathered from individuals familiar with the child, adolescent, or adult in more than one setting, i.e., school, home, place of employment or in the community, both in structured rating scales and interviews. The evaluation typically includes intelligence testing. Other testing that may be performed includes achievement testing and/or assessment of emotional/personality functioning.  A continuous performance test is performed to provide evidence of impulsivity and/or inattentiveness; not as a definitive means of diagnosis, but to help support or dispute evidence found elsewhere.

How Do I Schedule an Evaluation?

All you need to do in order to schedule an assessment is to contact our office at 402-851-4026. Provide a brief description as to the nature of your call and either Dr. Hannappel or Dr. Snitchler will contact you. You may also request to speak personally with Dr. Hannappel or Dr. Snitchler to schedule your assessment.

Apex Therapy Services

1306 Andrews Drive; Norfolk, NE 68701

(402) 851-4026

Last modified: 12/07/10