Adult Psychoeducational Assessments

A psychoeducational assessment focuses on understanding cognitive skills and abilities in an academic context. It identifies intellectual giftedness, learning difficulties, behavioural issues, and emotional concerns. The assessment typically involves standardised tests, clinical interviews, and observations

Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses: Our assessments will pinpoint specific areas of strength and areas of concern, such as ADHD, dyslexia, or executive functioning difficulties.

Tailored Support: Our recommendations have personalised interventions, accommodations, and strategies to help individuals reach their full potential.

Self-Understanding: Understanding one’s cognitive profile fosters self-awareness and self-advocacy and our assessments will provide the basis for this understanding.

Students: Adolescents and college students benefit from assessments to address learning challenges and develop personalised optimised learning strategies. Our assessments and reports will provide the basis for developing these strategies.

Adults: Adults seeking career changes, accommodations in the workplace, or understanding their cognitive strengths and weaknesses can benefit from our assessments.

A referral from a GP or another healthcare professional is not required for a psychoeducational assessment. You can speak directly with us and seek an assessment if you suspect learning difficulties or need support.

Reasonable Accommodations for Certificate Examinations (RACE) are a number of supports designed for students who are at a disadvantage due to disability.  Reasonable accommodations are designed to mitigate as far as possible the impact of disability upon students’ performance in exams. Some examples relating to specific learning difficulties might include a spelling and grammar waiver, assistive technology to help with reading, or reading support.  Other accommodations relate to the location of the exam, with some students requiring a smaller classroom rather than a large exam hall. Each accommodation requires evidence of difficulty, which our assessments are sufficient in identifying. 

Typically, a comprehensive assessment of this nature will involve at least a 1-hour interview in advance, the completion of questionnaires and approximately 120 minutes of in person testing. A 1-hour feedback session with you is also offered where the findings are explained to you by the psychologist who completed the assessment. 

Yes, it can be provided over the platform of Zoom, with some preparation in advance. 

Our fully qualified chartered psychologists conduct the assessments. Their qualifications ensure accurate evaluations. Our reports are accepted by organisations like the Department of Education and the HSE and most employers.

Yes, all of our psychologists have the appropriate qualifications and are chartered clinical, counselling or educational psychologists with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) 

The assessment report will contain a lot of information which is useful for the individual, educators, and employers.  The report will have descriptions of the cognitive abilities of the individual, covering their verbal and nonverbal skills, their visual–spatial abilities, along aspects of memory and speed. The Psychologist will explain what these are individually and also how the various strengths and challenges interact and the potential implications of these.  

We will also have a point-in-time measure of academic ability, which can be used to indicate areas for improvement and to track progress made from our recommendations. 

The report will importantly contain individualised recommendations and strategies for education, work, and home and to receive appropriate support.