NEURO-EDUCATIONAL CLINIC Description of Neuro-Educational

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NEURO-EDUCATIONAL CLINIC Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate neuropsychological and psycho-educational evaluations for children and adolescents

Dr. Pedro Olvera, PsyD Dr. Veronica I. Olvera, PsyD Bilingual Licensed Educational Psychologist Bilingual Clinical Neuropsychologist LEP #2975 PSY #23490 2522 Chambers Road, Suite 100 Tustin, CA 92780 (714) 625-8808 www.neuroedclinic.com [email protected]

Description of Neuro-Educational Assessments

At NEURO-EDUCATIONAL CLINIC, a Neuro-Educational Assessment consists of the following:

COMPONENTS OF A

NEURO-EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

A thorough Clinical Review of assessment of Interview(s): Classroom child's cognitive, Parent Feedback 1. Parent(s) Medical and Observation and academic, Session Educational Teacher Interview behavioral, and 2. Child, when Records appropriate personality functioning

What is a Neuro-Educational Assessment?

A Neuro-Educational Assessment is a highly specialized type of evaluation of your child’s complex needs. It is the nexus of a psycho-educational and neuropsychological assessment.

 A psycho-educational assessment is conducted when there are no medical/neurological concerns, but there are academic concerns. An example of when this type of evaluation is needed is when either the parent(s) or the school is concerned that the child is not progressing academically due to a learning disability or behavioral concern. For more information, please click on appropriate link.

NEURO-EDUCATIONAL CLINIC Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate neuropsychological and psycho-educational evaluations for children and adolescents

Description of Neuro-Educational Assessments

 A neuropsychological assessment is conducted when a child has a medical/neurological condition and a baseline of the child’s functioning is needed to identify appropriate interventions for cognitive rehabilitation services in settings other than the school (e.g., hospital or home). Treatment progress is also assessed. For more information, please click on appropriate link.  A Neuro-Educational Assessment integrates the two assessments listed above and is tailored to academic learning. A Neuro-Educational Assessment is conducted when a child has a medical/neurological condition and one needs to determine to what extent has the condition impacted academic learning, and how is that condition manifested behaviorally in the academic environment.

 Examples of medical/neurological disorder(s) include but are not limited to:

 Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Disorders: . Traumatic Brain Injuries (e.g. concussions, contusions, vehicle or sport-related head injuries) . Brain Tumors . Epileptic Seizures . Meningitis . Encephalitis . Hydrocephalus

 Medical Disorders/Conditions with CNS involvement: . Cancer . Diabetes . End stage renal disease . Pediatric AIDS/HIV infection . Prematurity and low birth weight . Anoxia/hypoxia . Leukemia

NEURO-EDUCATIONAL CLINIC Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate neuropsychological and psycho-educational evaluations for children and adolescents

Description of Neuro-Educational Assessments

 Disorders with Genetic Etiology: . Fragile X . Down syndrome

 Environmental Neurotoxins: . Substance Exposure . Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) . Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) . Lead Exposure . Inhalant Abuse .  Mental Health Disorders requiring a Neuro-Educational Assessment include, but may not be limited to, the following:

. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) . Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)

Due to its complexity, a Neuro-Educational Assessment requires the expertise of two fields/disciplines offered by NEURO-EDUCATIONAL CLINIC: (1) clinical neuropsychology, and (2) educational psychology. This type of assessment integrates the two highly specialized fields to formulate a clear picture of your child.

When is a Neuro-Educational Assessment Appropriate?

A Neuro-Educational Assessment is appropriate when one wishes to determine how a child’s academic, cognitive, behavioral, and personality components interface with the medical/neurological condition and impact each other in the educational setting.

 Neuro-Educational Assessments can assist with the following: 1. Establish appropriate diagnoses. 2. Identify appropriate interventions according to the child’s needs. 3. Suggest possible corrective aids to assist the child with academic success.

NEURO-EDUCATIONAL CLINIC Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate neuropsychological and psycho-educational evaluations for children and adolescents

Description of Neuro-Educational Assessments

4. Provide a conceptualization or understanding of your child’s behavior concerns and formulating alternative methods for handling disruptive behaviors. 5. Detect specific areas of learning difficulties to assist teachers, parents, and the child to understand the nature of his/her learning differences. 6. Provide appropriate recommendations/intervention methods for improving academic success. 7. Make suitable recommendations of educational or behavioral interventions based on the child’s cognitive strengths and weaknesses. 8. Improve intervention considerations and needs outcome.

A Neuro-Educational Assessment is appropriate for children who require a neuropsychological evaluation (those suffering from an acquired or congenital medical/neurological disorder) in order to determine how cognitive, behavioral, and personality functioning affects the child’s learning (psycho-educational evaluation). Thus, a Neuro-Educational Assessment answers the following question:

How is my child’s medical/neurological condition impacting his/her ability to learn, behave, and attend to information in the academic environment?

This is a complex question that requires assessment of multiple facets of your child. It requires the interfacing of two specialized fields that are offered at NEURO-EDUCATIONAL CLINIC.

Created by Drs. Pedro Olvera & Veronica I. Olvera