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Neuropsychological Testing in Northern Virginia

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Neuropsychological Testing in Northern Virginia

Neuropsychological testing is a comprehensive procedure that measures and identifies the interaction between cognition, processing capacities, and psychological functioning and their impact on academic and daily behavior.ﾠThis sort of comprehensive testing is recommended for cases in which a detailed but general overview of functioning is requested.ﾠNeuropsychological testing provides quantifiable data about the following mental functions:
  • Short-term and long-term memory
  • Intelligence
  • Problem solving and conceptualizingﾠ
  • Ability to learn new skills and solve problemsﾠ
  • Attention, concentration, and distractibilityﾠ
  • Logical and abstract reasoning functionsﾠ
  • Ability to understand and express languageﾠ
  • Visual-spatial organization Visual-motor coordinationﾠ
  • Planning, synthesizing and organizing abilities
  • Functional impacts on learning and information recall
  • Academic achievement
  • Impact on the way a person thinks and feels as a result of the way their brain uses information

A neuropsychological evaluation will serve to confirm or clarify diagnoses such as, dementing conditions (e.g., Alzheimer’s), developmental learning disabilities, attention/executive functioning disorders, developmental disabilities (e.g., Autism or Asperger’s Disorder), and the effects of toxic chemicals or chronic substance abuse, to name but a few.

Testing results will offer specific recommendations to educators, consultants and employers, which can help the child, adolescent or adult adapt to the work or school setting.

We invite you to call Ashburn Psychological Services to discuss your needs and how we can best support you.  Ms. Christine Kutt, our office manager, can be reached directly at (703) 723-2999.  We also invite you to visit us at http://www.ashburnpsych.com to learn more about our team and services.