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Intake
Your first appointment will focus on discussing your initial needs, concerns, and expectations.  Dr. Zand will collect relevant background information, review all records, conduct a mental status exam on your child,  engage in an interactive observation of your child, and ask you to complete some forms.  She will then develop with you a personalized plan.
Our doctoral level psychologists conduct individualized, trauma-informed, comprehensive psychological evaluations that include tailored recommendations to support your child's social, emotional, and behavioral development.   We routinely assess for Autism Spectrum Disorders,  Attachment,  Developmental Delays, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disorders,  Intellectual Giftedness, and Social/ Emotional/Behavioral difficulties.  We have particular expertise in differential diagnosis and pre-adoption evaluations.  We tailor our assessments to your concerns, so we may change our test battery after we start working with and getting to know your child, rather than administering the same tests to each client.  
ASSESSMENT

Autism

For ages 24 months to young adulthood:  

(depending on the child's chronological age) 

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  • Developmental Assessment

  • Intelligence Testing

  • Achievement Testing 

  • Language Screening

  • Comprehensive Memory Testing 

  • Adaptive Functioning

  • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 

  • Sensory Profile 

  • Behavioral/Emotional/Social Assessment

  • All Appropriate Neuropsychological Areas: processing speed, visual-motor skills, visual-perceptual skills, auditory processing skills,  attention/ concentration skills, oral language 

  • Feedback session with comprehensive report and recommendations

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Attachment

For ages 18 months to 16 years:

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  • Marschack Interactive Method (MIM): a structured technique for observing and assessing the overall quality and nature of the relationships between a caregiver and their child. 

  • Behavioral/Emotional/Social Assessment

  • Feedback session with comprehensive report and recommendations

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Screeners

Types of Available Screening Tools:

  • Autism, ADHD, Language, Developmental, Trauma,  Social/ Emotional

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ADHD

For ages 48 months to young adulthood:

 

  • Intelligence Testing

  • Achievement Testing 

  • Comprehensive Memory Testing

  • Language Screening

  • Sensory Profile 

  • Behavioral/Emotional/Social Assessment

  • All Appropriate Neuropsychological Areas: processing speed, visual-motor skills, visual-perceptual skills, auditory processing skills, attention/concentration skills, oral language, phonological processing skills

  • Continuous Performance Test 

  • Feedback session with comprehensive report and recommendations.​

 

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Learning Disorders

For ages 48 months to young adulthood:

 

  • Intelligence Testing

  • Achievement Testing 

  • Comprehensive Memory Testingo

  • Language Screening

  • Sensory Profile 

  • Behavioral/Emotional/Social Assessment

  • All Appropriate Neuropsychological Areas: processing speed, visual-motor skills, visual-perceptual skills, auditory processing skills, attention/concentration skills, oral language, phonological processing skills

  • Feedback session with comprehensive report and recommendations.​

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Developmental 

 For ages 18 months to 60 months:

 

  • Comprehensive assessment of cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, language, and social/emotional functioning

  • Feedback session with a comprehensive report and recommendations

 

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Social/Emotional/Behavioral

For ages 5 years to young adulthood:

 

  • Please speak to us regarding your concerns in order to obtain an estimated cost of assessment.  These are typically completed on an hourly fee basis

  • Feedback session with comprehensive report and recommendations

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Gifted 

For ages 4 years to 16 years:
 

  • Intelligence testing

  • Achievement testing

  • Social/ Behavioral/Emotional  Assessment

  • Gifted rating scales: motivation, creativity, artistic talent, leadership

Pre-Adoption 

 For ages birth to 16 years:

 

  • Interviews with each prospective parent if more than 1 parent 

  •  A conjoint interview with the prospective parents

  • A review of the Home Study Report

  •  Psychological testing

  •  Feedback session with the prospective parents, unless the prospective parents waive this right

  • A written report and letter based on the adoption agency's requirements

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Individual and family therapy services are available to address adoption issues, attachment, developmental trauma, anxiety,  depression, parent-child relationship struggles, cognitive/emotional/behavioral regulation difficulties, adjustment problems, communication struggles, disconnection, divorce, parent-child estrangement, and remarriage.
 
PSYCHOTHERAPY
We are accredited in a variety of evidence-based parenting programs to help you manage unwanted behaviors, set rules, encourage behaviors you like, and take care of yourself.   We offer the following programs:  Positive Adult Development, Triple P,  Partners in Parenting Education,  Nurturing Parenting, and  Collaborative & Proactive Solutions.  
PARENTING 
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