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Assessment Programs
Please contact the Grow Your Life Practice to arrange an initial consultation to discuss your psycho-educational, academic, literacy
and neuropsychological assessment requirements.
Dr Michelle Byrnes: info@growyourlife.com.au
Functional Psycho-Educational Assessment
Functional Psycho-Educational Assessments provide a comprehensive analysis of the person’s learning strengths and difficulties in
the areas of Academic and Cognitive abilities at school, or in the workplace, as well as recommended strategies for both remediaton
and appropriate support. An assessment is generally requested to ascertain whether an identifiable learning or language disorder
exists in addition to a comprehensive assessment of attention, executive function, memory, visual perception, behaviour and
adaptive functioning. Individual’s attending the Grow Your Life practice for a Functional Psycho-Educational Assessment usually
have struggled with one or more of the core academic skill areas (e.g., reading, writing, spelling, mathematics) for an extended
period of time. The degree to which they struggle is often unexpected given their apparent capabilities in other areas and the
educational opportunities they have been provided with to date. It is also generally the case that attempts to remediate the
difficulty has not been successful, or less successful than expected. These individuals may also be struggling to achieve
academically with language related difficulties. The Functional Psycho-Educational Assessment is usually completed in 2 to 2.5
hours.
Functional Neurocognitive Assessments
Functional Neurocognitive Assessments provides a comprehensive analysis of areas of cognition, including impulse control,
attention, sustained attention, memory, decision making and executive function. The individual’s emotional and behavioural
wellbeing are also analysed to assist with the diagnosis, characterisation and treatment planning for a number of conditions (e.g.,
neurodegenerative, developmental and neurological). Functional Neurocognitive Assessments can be undertaken to characterise
strengths and weaknesses, monitor change over time and response to treatment or rehabilitation. The Functional Neurocognitive
Assessment is usually completed in 4 to 6 hours.
Functional Screening of Employees for Career Pathways
Grow Your Life provides comprehensive assessment protocols for the screening of job applicants and existing employees. Fir
applicants we can
All assessments are conducted by a Fully Registered Clinical Psychologist with Specialist Clinical Experience in the field of cogntive
neuroscience and clinical psychology. Following the assessment, a 10 to 20 page detailed report outlining the assessment
performances and recommendations specifically related to the current level of functioning is provided approximately 3 weeks after
the assessments with details of evidence based strategies for remediation and suggestions for accomodation, if warranted,
included. The individual is also given an opportunity to attend a clinical feedback session regarding the outcomes of the various
assessment procedures.
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