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Formal assessments can help to identify your strengths and weaknesses and provide a clearer path forward for your mental health care. Insight’s trained therapists provide assessments that assist individuals of all ages to improve their lives. Assessments are helpful in identifying your levels of symptoms objectively. While assessments can vary from individual to individual, most times they include testing, interviews, observation, and consultation with one of Insight’s trained professionals. Many of these assessments can be done as part of therapy but some may require a higher level of formality depending on the level of need and purpose of the assessment.
Insight has been performing psychoeducational assessments for more than twenty years for both private and school divisions. Our psychologists regularly complete assessments for gifted educational programs as many children may require, and benefit from, specialized programming to help supplement or enhance their academic, social, and emotional needs. Some schools provide specialized programming and require independent intellectual assessments to confirm a student’s advanced intellectual or academic skills.
Insight’s intellectually advanced assessments can provide a level of comprehensive information and recommendations which parents and educators can use to make informed educational decisions for their children and get in-school support and additional resources, allowing children to ultimately reach their full potential. Our debrief and final report ultimately provides a parent with all of the information necessary for their application to any particular gifted program or educational planning decisions.
The most common tests used to assess these intellectual skills are the WISC-V or the WPPSI-IV. However, we do have additional intellectual testing options which can include the Woodcock-Johnson assessment system. Additionally, some schools require an academic evaluation which can also include the WIAT-III or the KTEA, all which Insight possesses and regularly use.
In Calgary we have done work for entrance into both Westmount Charter School and the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) programs. In the Edmonton area we have done assessments for the Buffalo Trails School Division, for the Edmonton Public School Board on a private basis, and New Horizons gifted program.
To learn more about booking an Intellectually Advanced assessment, please call 780-461-1717. We recognize that each individual has different needs and our intake and admin specialists will be able to provide you with an estimated quote and timeline for your assessment.
