What we do

What to expect during an evaluation?

A neuropsychological assessment is a comprehensive evaluation of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Initial Interview: We start with an hour-long clinical interview to understand your concerns, medical history, and background. This can be done virtually or in-person.

  • Testing: You’ll complete a series of paper-and-pencil and computer-based tasks at our office that assess memory, attention, language, problem-solving, and other skills. This can take anywhere from 2 to 6 hours, depending on your needs (testing for adademic needs is the lengthiest)

  • Feedback Session: Once testing is complete, we’ll schedule a feedback session to review results, answer questions, and provide recommendations.

  • Report: You'll receive a detailed, easy-to-understand report summarizing the assessment findings, diagnoses (if appropriate), and other recommendations.

  • Memory and other cognitive concerns, including normal age-related changes versus mild cognitive impairment or dementia, or those related to Long-Covid or autoimmune disease.

  • Neurological disorders, such as head trauma, multiple sclerosis, brain tumor, and epilepsy.

  • Psychiatric concerns, such as difficulty with mood, anxiety, OCD, psychosis, and substance abuse.

  • Neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD, Learning Disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

  • Accommodations for academics, high-stakes examinations, and in the workplace.

Our Areas of Expertise

What are the goals of neuropsychological assessment?

  • Identify cognitive strengths and weaknesses, as well as potential problems with brain functions

  • Clarify differential diagnoses

  • Determine potential contributing factors to the pattern of cognitive strengths and weaknesses, as well as identify any changes in cognitive abilities

  • Address the impact of cognitive difficulties on performance in home, work, school, and social settings

  • Track changes in cognition over time

  • Develop personalized treatment recommendations

Fresh Pond Neuropsychology complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate or exclude people or treat patients differently on the basis of age, race, color, creed, national origin, ethnicity, religion, marital status, disability, citizenship, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics) or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law.