Social-emotional and behavioural assessments help to provide a comprehensive understanding of how your child is doing across multiple areas of psychological functioning. This type of assessment is helpful if you feel that your child is struggling in any of the following areas:
- Anxiety
- Sadness/Depression
- Behavioral challenges (anger, aggression, defiance)
- Difficulty interacting with others
- Sustained or focused attention
- Hyperactivity/Impulsivity
- School avoidance (ruling out emotional factors)
A parent, teacher and/or child questionnaires are filled to evaluate the frequency of maladaptive behavior. In this case, there are also questions of adaptive behavior and behavioural-emotional strengths. They are necessary for functioning within the home, school, peer group and community.
They include a child observation and parent/teacher clinical interviews that enable the assessment of the child’s past and current development. They also help analyse how your child is in the present environments. We review all relevant documents, such as past psychological or medical reports and school notes.
If needed, we can add a social-emotional and behavioral assessment to a cognitive or learning assessment. This helps identify any factors that might be affecting your child’s performance in the classroom.
