Toronto Psychologist Offers Psychological Assessments for Children and Adolescents

Are you looking for a Toronto Psychologist who provides Psychological Assessments for children and adolescents.

Dr. O’Connor, a Toronto Psychologist, offers Psychological Assessments, School Neuropsychological Evaluations and Consultations for children, adolescents and young adults. She offers her services to clients in the Toronto and surrounding area. You can also access some of her services online, by telephone or email.

Psychological Assessments

Psychological Assessments increase understanding of child problems and how to help. Explore your concerns about child problems. Develop an understanding of a child's strengths. Learn what his or her needs and challenges are. Find out what is contributing to the child problems that worry you.

In consultation with Dr. O'Connor, you can also choose psychological tests and assessment tools tailored to your concerns and needs.

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School Neuropsychological Evaluations.

Dr. O'Connor, a Toronto psychologist, offers School Neuropsychological Evaluations. A School Neuropsychological Evaluation is recommended for children who suffer a range of neurospychological issues and concerns. These include Traumatic and Aquired Brain Injures, Learning Disabilities, Brain Tumours, and Neurodevelopmental Risk Factors, such as prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol, and low birth weight and prematurity.

A School Neuropsychological Evaluation provides a comprehensive assessment of the child's or adolescent's needs. This includes his or her neurological based strengths or weaknesses, as well as the specific deficits, and the extent of these deficits. The School Neuropsychological Evaluation explores brain behaviour relationships, and how these relationships manifest in the learning and behavioural issues of the child.

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Child Behavior Consultations.

Dr. O’Connor, offers consultation services for parents, professionals and organizations. Consult a Toronto psychologist to increase understanding of child problems and how to help.

Seminars, Training Sessions and Workshops

Dr. O’Connor offers Training and Work Shops for parents and professionals. Her focus includes the child problems that worry parents and those that professionals and organizations encounter in their work with children and their families.

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Focus of Dr. O’Connor’s Practice

Dr. O’Connor, a Toronto Psychologist, focuses on the following issues and concerns:

• Learning Disabilities
• Learning/School Problems
• Neuropsychological Issues & Concerns (e.g.,Traumatic Brain Injury, Learning Disabilities)
• Attachment Issues
• Positive Psychology, Child Well Being & Competence
• Behavior, Social and/or Emotional Problems
• Child and Parenting Stress

Psychological Assessments include:

• Comprehensive Psychological Assessments
• School Neuropsychological Evaluations
• Psycho-Educational Assessments (include academic and cognitive tests)
• Gifted Assessments
• Emotional and Behavioral Assessments
• Exploration of Other Issues and Concerns (e.g. under-achievement,social concerns, weight issues)

Dr. O’Connor’s Child Based Consulting Services Include:

• Consultations to Public and Private Schools and School Boards.
• Consultations to Mental Health Organizations and Professionals.
• Consultations with business organizations about child problems and parental concerns that impact on employee performance.
• Consultations with Professionals (lawyers, educators, physicians etc.)
• Consultations with Parents and Families

FEES

(1) Fees for psychological services vary according to the service and the client's needs. Our hourly rate is based on the fees recommended by The Ontario College of Psychologists. Fees are partially covered by most extended health care plans, and are tax deductible as a medical expense.

(2) Consulting fees are based on an hourly rate or by project.

(3) Workshop/training fees vary depending on the length of the presentation.

Contact a Toronto Psychologist to learn more about child problems and how to help.

Please feel free to read several of our case studies. These case studies illustrate how Dr. O’Connor’s services have helped other worried parents and concerned professionals understand and solve child problems.

Dr. 'Connor is the author of I CAN BE ME. This book helps children who are experiencing family stress and includes a focus on Children of Alcoholic and Drug Addicted Parents.

Click here, to learn more about this book and how it can help you to help children.

Copyright 2002 (c) Dianne S. O'Connor, Ed.D. All Rights Reserved.

Dr. O'Connor runs her practice, Assessment Based Solutions, in Toronto (Yonge & St.Clair) and the surrounding area.

She can be reached at 416-592-0838.

You can also contact Dr. O'Connor by email.

Dr. O'Connor is the author of I Can Be Me-A Helping Book for Children of Alcoholic Parents