Assessment Services

We offer psychoeducational testing for children, teens, and young adults from the ages of 2 to 22. Our assessments provide a comprehensive review of students’ cognitive, emotional, and learning profile, including any areas of strength, weakness or growth.

Information is power, and our goal is for you and your child to walk away from an assessment with a clear understanding of who your child is and how best to support and advocate for them as they continue to learn and grow!

About Our Assessments

Our providers can assess for a variety of specific diagnoses including ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, and more. We will assign a diagnosis if warranted. Regardless of diagnosis, you’ll gain valuable information about your child’s learning profile, and targeted recommendations for support that will help your child thrive.

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How It Works

Schedule a short call with our intake coordinator
Complete a brief survey about your child’s functioning at home.
Participate in a parent-only interview (up to 2 hours) to provide background information about your child and your reasons for seeking an assessment at this time.
Your child will attend between one and three testing sessions with one of our clinical psychologists. Sessions can be up to four hours in duration each.
The clinician will score all measures, aggregate data, contact and talk to any additional contacts (teachers, mental health providers, occupational therapists, tutors/educational therapists, etc), and put together their findings and recommendations in a report.

Once the report is complete, your clinician will schedule a feedback session in order to discuss results, outcomes and recommendations (60-90 minutes), as well as a direct 1:1 feedback session with your child, if appropriate (30-60 minutes).

You will receive a copy of the report summarizing testing results and recommendations within two weeks of your final feedback session. Your clinician may also participate in a debriefing session with your child’s school support team to share results and recommendations, if desired.

Our Testing Team

Joe Tarantino, Ph.D.

LICENSED Psychologist, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Shari Aronson, Ph.D.

licensed psychologist

Haley Peele, Ph.D.

licensed psychologist

Testimonials

Parent testimonial

“Joe put our child at ease during what could have been a very stressful evaluation process, and also explained the results to both us, and her, in layman's terms. The evaluation was comprehensive and helpful. This was a great experience!”

Parent testimonial

“Practice San Francisco provides a non judgmental, safe space for families dealing with the unknown to help them figure out how to best support the child and the family as a whole. Healing started here.”

Cost for Assessment

The cost of a comprehensive assessment is generally around $8000-$9000, and this includes all the sessions between clinician and the parents, and the child, selecting, administering, and performing tests, scoring and aggregating test results, consulting with teachers or other providers/outside parties (with client consent), writing reports, and providing feedback.

The total time for an assessment varies depending on complexity of presenting concerns, need for review of previous assessment/interventions and coordination with collateral providers, and student testing behavior (among other factors) .

If your family has PPO health insurance, a medical Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA), you may be eligible for reimbursement as a qualified medical expense.

Our assessors also offer cognitive ability (IQ) assessments required for admission to specific schools in the Bay Area. This assessment includes a single child assessment session, brief verbal feedback to support you in understanding scores, and a one-page written summary and score appendix provided to you directly to share with your school. Cost for this assessment is $850.