What are Psychological and Educational evaluations?
Psychological and educational evaluations are the systematic analysis of a person’s intellectual, emotional, behavioral, educational, and social functioning, using scientifically validated techniques. Psychologists conduct an evaluation by gathering information from a wide variety of sources and integrating it into a comprehensive view of a person’s functioning. These sources can include interviews with children, parents, teachers, and other professionals, standardized questionnaires, systematic observations, problem solving tasks, academic work, and creative tasks such as drawing and storytelling. An individual’s score from a standard assessment is then compared to those scores from hundreds or thousands of other people who have taken the same assessment. From psychological and educational evaluations, we learn what is unique about individuals and what they share with others. We also learn what areas they excel in and where they are having difficulties.
