What we do:
When you have concerns regarding your child’s progress, we understand that you want as much information as possible in a short amount of time. Academic Insights can help ensure that clients are performing to the best of their potential by providing data on both strengths and areas for growth. We are uniquely qualified to advise stakeholders on how best to utilize evaluation information to tailor best practices for student success. While districts are governed by timelines that allow several months for testing and reporting and other practices have waitlists months long, our commitment is to keep our queue reasonable and our turn around times short. We only take as many clients as we can serve in a timely manner. We know that when you are concerned about your child, the last thing you want is unnecessary delays in attaining the help you need.
Our Services:
Full Evaluations for Children:
We provide Full Individual Evaluations (FIEs), Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs), and re-evaluations. These batteries are tailored to your specific concerns for your child. Psychoeducational and Psychological assessment includes a data analysis and a comprehensive report. Assessment may uncover unanticipated information, but goals for assessment may include the following:
Identification or ruling out of exceptionality including but not limited to
Dyslexia or Hyperlexia
Dysgraphia
Dyscalculia
Global Learning Disability or Intellectual Disability
Giftedness
Twice exceptionality (for example, giftedness comorbid with dyslexia or ADHD with dysgraphia)
ADHD
Autism
Emotional Disorders including Anxiety and Depression
General learning profile for your child- by identifying strengths and weaknesses, parents can target information delivery to help students of any ability reach maximum potential
Psychoeducational Assessment
A psychoeducational assessment includes formal assessment of language, achievement, and cognitive abilities along with informal accompanying information to provide a learning profile. Tests used might include the WISC-V, TOD, FAW, FAR, WIAT-4, and/or KTEA-III.
IQ Testing
Parents may request this assessment for admittance to certain programs and schools. Parents may also be interested in this information in order to specifically target their child’s cognitive learning style. Examples of batteries used include WISC-V, KABC-II NU, or WPPSI-IV.
Executive Functioning Coaching
Using a data-driven approach, your child will be supported in gaining skills that he or she needs to really be successful independently. The skills targeted will be individualized for your child but may include tasks such as organization, planning, time management, and self-regulation. Coaching is most often individual, but watch for groups coming soon.
Individualized Materials
A diagnostician and/or psychologist will review your child’s data and your concerns in order to create individualized supports such as social stories, schedules, visuals, and labels for use at home and school.
School Readiness Assessment
A shorter assessment for younger children beginning around age 3 in order to determine level of kindergarten readiness and steps to take prior to kindergarten or prekindergarten. Examples of batteries used might include BBCS-4 R, BSRA-4, WPPSI-IV, and/or KTEA-III.
Executive Functioning Evaluation
Executive functioning is critical for your child to reach his or her potential. Our Executive Functioning Evaluation identifies areas of need using direct assessment such as the NEPSY-II, ratings scales such as the BRIEF-2, and interviews with stakeholders to determine exactly which skills your child needs to target in order to thrive.
Achievement Testing
Standardized achievement testing can help to establish baselines for learning. Batteries can be tailored to your specific concerns for your child. Examples of batteries used might include TOD, KTEA-III, and/or WIAT-4. In addition, data provided regarding progress in school is considered.
IEP/FIE Paperwork Review
Staff will help you review your child’s FIE and proposed IEP prior to sitting at the table. This will help you better understand the actions being proposed for your child and come equipped with any changes that would be appropriate to propose for your child Staff can also ensure that IEPs are aligned with your child’s FIE data. For parents of students in private school, this can help ensure that your child’s needs are accurately reflected when applying for vouchers for the 26-27 school year.
ARD/504 Meeting advisement
A diagnostician or psychologist will attend your child’s 504 or ARD meeting with you in order to ensure parents understand the data used and proposed actions, that the school is honoring the best interest of the child and the law, and that parents and the school can come to a reasonable agreement. This can also help parents who intend to apply for private school vouchers to ensure that their child’s needs are accurately reflected in the public school’s plan.
Psychological Assessment
Parents may seek psychological assessment to answer questions about attention, impulsivity, socialization, mood regulation, and/or behavioral challenges. A variety of measures including the BASC-3 and the BRIEF may be used along with other rating scales, interviews and observations.
Parent Consultation
A diagnostician or psychologist will review your child’s records along with your current concerns in order to provide a list of interventions for home and school, as well as recommendations for professional interventions. Your professional will meet with you via zoom in order to answer all of your questions. In-home consultations with two professionals are available for additional fees.