Offered By Merrimack Valley Psychological Services
When struggling with symptoms and searching for answers, it can be difficult to identify the root cause. MVPS is proud to offer neuropsychological testing from clinicians who can not only diagnose but also provide clarity on academic, cognitive, or social struggles that an individual is experiencing, as well as identify potential conditions or disorders that may be present.
Learning and Behavior evaluations are available for ages 6+ and involve intake, testing, projective testing, reporting, feedback, and continued support.
What is a Neuropsychological Assessment?
A neuropsychological assessment is an in-depth, evidence-based, and structured process that evaluates how someone thinks, processes, learns, and responds to certain stimuli. It is a full and robust process that looks into many facets of cognition to build a profile of strengths and challenges. These tests are standardized, meaning all assessments are conducted based on the same criteria and measured against the same standardized dataset to identify where an abnormality appears, whether that is in learning, emotional regulation, or executive function.
Testing may be sought out when a child is struggling in school, a school requires a diagnosis for testing accommodations, an individual is experiencing uncontrollable or unexplained behaviors, struggling in building or keeping relationships, or someone is trying to understand how and why they think or respond a specific way.
Specialties and Diagnosable Conditions:
- Cognitive Testing
- Academic Achievement Testing
- Behavioral Concerns
- Autism
- PANDAS/PANS
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Major Mental Illnesses
- Bipolar Disorder
- Learning Disabilities
- ADHD Testing
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Executive Functioning
- Social and Emotional Functioning
- Learning and Memory Analysis
- Adaptive Functioning
Offerings and Scope of Assessments:
- Comprehensive Neuropsychological Evaluations
- Cognitive
- Executive Functioning
- Attention
- Memory & Learning
- Social & Emotional
- Academic Achievement Testing
- Autism Assessment
Populations Served:
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- Children (ages 6-17)
- Young Adults (18 – 25)
- Adults (26 and up)
What is Included in our Comprehensive Neuropsychological Evaluation:
- Intake Meeting with Family
- Review of all Medical, Academic, and Psychological History
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Academic/Achievement Testing
- Social & Emotional Testing
- Projective Testing
- Cognitive/IQ Testing
- Executive Functioning Assessment
- Autism Assessment
- Learning Strengths and Areas of Need
- Scoring of all testing Results
- Detailed Report Analyzing the Data and Results
- Feedback Session to go over results and report
- Complimentary Additional Support one year post-testing
Why Choose MVPS?
Merrimack Valley Psychological Services has a world-class clinician conducting all evaluations so you can be confident in accurate and comprehensive testing. Leaving with a full report and feedback session, you will have all of the answers you need to feel solid in your understanding of your results.
We have an expert team to help you process your diagnosis and plan out next steps. Get started by calling us today or emailing testing@mvpsych.com for more information!
Dr. David Rainen, PsyD.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with an extensive background treating a variety of different ages, situations, emotional and mental health disorders in individuals and their families. As part of my 10 year professional and training career in psychology, I have developed and refined my skills and approaches through my work in a variety of diverse settings including: hospitals, community outpatient facilities, college counseling centers, secure and unsecure inpatient/residential treatment programs, and therapeutic day schools.