When is a Psychoeducational/Learning
Assessment Helpful?

Parents might consider a comprehensive PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL/learning assessment IF their child:

• Resists learning to read or reading for pleasure

• Has difficulty organizing materials, tracking assignments, or remembering to turn in homework

• Struggles to organize long term projects and essays and often waits until the last minute to start them

• Takes much longer than peers to complete homework

• Requires significant parental help or supervision to complete homework

• Has trouble with rote memory and automatic recall (e.g. math fact automaticity)

• Struggles as expectations for organization and independence at school increase (i.e. 3rd grade, middle school, high school)

• Has trouble getting thoughts and ideas into writing

• Does well on homework assignments but performs poorly on tests

• Appears bright and works hard yet grades do not match effort

• Makes self-deprecating comments about abilities (i.e., “I’m stupid or “I’m the worst reader in the class”)