- Concerned parents seeking to understand and address their child’s learning challenges.

- Students and families who need in-depth understanding and guidance for academic challenges, but do not need a full neuropsychological evaluation.

- Families who need guidance but cannot afford or access a neuro-psych evaluation.

- My fees are a fraction of what a full neuro-psychological evaluation costs (typically $5-8,000).
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- I can provide just the tests you need rather than a full battery.

- While my reading & math assessments generally provide more detail and guidance, my cognitive screenings are not as comprehensive as a full neuro-psych evaluation.

- My screenings do not replace neuro-psych evaluations for complex concerns and cannot provide formal diagnoses for school accommodations or special education services.

- Before meeting a student, I gather extensive information from parents, teachers, tutors, and others who have insight into the child’s learning.  So when your child and I meet, I have a good understanding of who they are, and what information / understandings we are seeking through the assessment process.
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- When your child and I meet, I create a relaxed and accepting environment in my home office.  Games and conversation help students feel at ease and perform their best while I learn more by interacting with them. 
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- I engage students in our process; the older they are the more I discuss what each test shows us, what the choices they made on test items suggests about how they learn, and share supportive information I gather as we work together.  

- Students respond to my inclusive and playful approach by sharing more about themselves and their learning, as well as performing better on our tests.

- Students appreciate that I see and discuss how they learn and why they make the choices they make, rather than focusing on right or wrong answers. They feel seen and understood as I model acceptance and appreciation for their unique learning style.

My home office is in Oakland, CA. I only offer in-person assessment due to the importance of connecting socially with each student, the fact that students score better with the tester present; and the importance of observing all student behaviors during testing. How my students test is often as revealing as the scores themselves.

I provide affordable options to parents who need in-depth understanding and direction to help their child find more success in class, when full neuro-psychological evaluation (generally $5-8,000 locally) is not recommended or is unavailable.  My fees are typical of the hourly rate Educational Therapists charge for lessons in our area.  

Each child is different, so assessments are individualized.  While I cannot make costs completely predictable, I strive to keep costs affordable for families.  I’m glad to discuss fees and quote you my hourly rate before we begin work together.  

MindPrint Learning was developed at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine through a grant from the National Institutes of Health.  Mindprint’s highly reliable scoring / interpretation / norms are based on statistical analysis of the results from over 10,000 individuals who piloted the test before it was published, and updated based on the thousands of results submitted from practitioners like me.  NASA has chosen MindPrint to track astronauts’ cognitive efficiency over time while in space.

In general, the information we get from cognitive screening helps us understand why a student is struggling in certain areas and why they are stronger in others.  It helps point us to the best ways for the student to learn.  It helps parents and the student start an important process of understanding the child as a unique learner with areas of cognitive strength and areas that they may want to learn how to develop or manage differently.  This understanding helps a child move from explaining their struggle to learn reading as “I’m stupid,” to realizing “I have some real strengths as a learner, and I also had to work extra at reading because I had dyslexia”.