Psychological assessment and diagnosis

In fact, any initial meeting with parents and children, including an initial assessment. An assessment of the type of treatment that will be effective for them, an assessment of the source of the difficulty and the goals of the treatment if they find it appropriate to start.

Sometimes a broader assessment is needed which is done by formal tools such as intelligence tests (IQ), impact tests, and sometimes didactic tests depending on the question that arises (for example if a question arises about the child's or adolescent's learning abilities or suspicion of a specific learning disorder).

 Referral for a psychological diagnosis can be made by parents who have questions, by an educational staff, or by medical or paramedical professionals (communication clinician or occupational therapist for example).

Assessments and diagnoses usually include a dialogue with the educational or therapeutic staff that knows the child or adolescent and his / her family in order to integrate in understanding the difficulty underlying the referral and recommendations will be given accordingly.