Parent-Child Services Group, Inc.
1225 E. Weisgarber Road, Suite 180 South ● Knoxville, TN 37909 ● (865) 584-5558 ● Fax: (865) 584-6607

A PSYCHOLOGIST EVALUATES:

Intellectual Status: Intelligence measures vary according to the age of the child, but can generally provide an indication of a child’s learning potential. For children with very poor language or listening skills, a nonverbal intelligence test is sometimes appropriate.

Academic Achievement: A child’s performance in each academic area (e.g., reading, spelling, math, written language) or each developmental area (e.g., motor, language, social) will be evaluated and then compared with the child’s learning potential skills (i.e., intellectual quotient) to identify possible learning disabilities.

Processing: Visual and auditory processing skills are evaluated to determine any impact on learning. These tests may involve tasks such as drawing designs, remembering visual patterns, listening in the presence of noise, or sequencing sounds to form words.

Behavior and Attention: Parents and teachers are asked to complete checklists, which help to identify attention difficulties, anxieties, or other behaviors that may interfere with learning.