For Children & Adults
Testing and Evaluations

Insightful Tests

Empowering Growth Through Insightful Assessment.

At Thriving Child Center, our testing and evaluation services are designed to provide a deeper understanding of both children and adults' unique cognitive, emotional, and developmental needs. Whether you are seeking answers for your child or yourself, our comprehensive assessments are tailored to uncover the factors that may be impacting learning, behavior, or mental health. For children, this might mean identifying learning disabilities or emotional challenges. For adults, evaluations can provide clarity on cognitive function, memory concerns, or psychological well-being.

Evaluations for Children

  • Psychological evaluations are important for diagnosing mental and developmental difficulties in children and teenagers and helping you become aware of your child's strengths and weaknesses. Understanding your child's functioning will help you get him or her the right therapeutic services at home and at school. Clinicians at Thriving Child Center do in-depth psychological testing to answer the following questions:

    • Does my child have Autism?

    • Does my child meet criteria for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?

    • Is my child's intellectual functioning interfering with school?

    • Is there a psychological or emotional reason that my child is showing these concerning behaviors?

  • Psychological testing can take 2-6 hours and will include both remote interventions over teletherapy and in-person testing. Psychological testing will usually include:

    • A detailed interview of parents/caregivers (remote)

    • An interview with your child or teenager (in person)

    • Questionnaires to be completed by parents/caregivers (and sometimes children) (remote)

    • Questionnaires to be completed by teachers (remote)

    • Completion of psychological testing measures by your child with the clinician (in person)

  • The initial detailed interview will take place remotely with parents/caregivers and help to determine whether more detailed in-person psychological testing is necessary. If parents are concerned about the presence of an Autism Spectrum Disorder, this testing will include a Gold Standard diagnosis tool called the Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R). The interview will take either one hour for ADHD testing or two hours for ASD testing.

    After the clinical interview, the clinician will provide the testing in one of our clinics.

    After the evaluation is done, the clinician reviews all of the information from the evaluation and writes a comprehensive psychological report that you can keep for your child's records and share with your child's school and doctors. The clinician will invite you back for a remote appointment called a “feedback session” go over the report and diagnosis, answer your questions, and help you develop a treatment plan.

Evalutions for Adults

  • Psychological evaluations are important for diagnosing mental and developmental difficulties in adults. It is important to understand yourself and your learning style so that you can be successful in the ways that are important to you. You may need a formal evaluation to receive services at school or for accommodations on formalized exams or to be prescribed certain medications. Clinicians at Thriving Child Center do in-depth psychological testing to determine whether you may meet criteria for:

    • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)

    • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

  • Psychological testing can take 2-6 hours and will include both remote interventions over teletherapy and in-person testing:

    • A detailed interview with you

    • Questionnaires to be completed by you about your emotions and behaviors

    • Questionnaires to be completed by others who know your well

    • Completion of psychological testing measures with the clinician

  • After the evaluation is done, the clinician reviews all of the information from the evaluation and writes a comprehensive psychological report that you can keep for your records and share with your school and doctors. If you are a student at Baylor College of Medicine and meet criteria for accommodations, the report will be written according to the necessary guidelines required by BCM. The clinician will invite you back to go over the report and diagnosis, answer your questions, and help you develop a treatment plan.