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Champion’s team of experienced Educational Psychologists brings extensive expertise in both school-based settings and direct student support. Having worked closely with students, families, and educators in both school settings and private practice, they understand the complexities of diverse learning profiles, including attention-related challenges, learning differences, anxiety, and depression. Our Educational Psychologists collaborate throughout the assessment and interpretation process, ensuring a comprehensive, individualized understanding of each student’s strengths, challenges, and learning needs.
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Understanding Your Child's Learning Profile
If your child's teacher, tutor or another educational specialist has suggested an educational psychological evaluation, you may be wondering why it is needed and how it can help.
A educational psychological assessment provides valuable information about how your child learns, including their strengths and areas where they may need support. It looks at cognitive, academic, social, emotional and attentional processing to build a clearer picture of your child's learning profile.
The findings, along with input from teachers and other educational professionals, can help guide decisions about support at school, at home, and possible accommodations with exam boards. As part of this process, you will receive a comprehensive report with recommendations to help your child develop to their fullest potential.
What does an Evaluation Assess?
Cognitive processing
Memory, attention, focus and listening skills.
Academic skills
Reading, reading comprehension, written expression, spelling and mathematics.
Social and emotional development
Emotional development and social skills.
Additional educational support
School consultation or observation, exam accommodations and handwriting.
ADHD
Attention, focus, and impulse control.
Understanding Adult ADHD
Adults seeking an ADHD assessment may have experienced difficulties at work, in relationships, or with everyday responsibilities. They may find it challenging to manage competing demands, stay organised, or follow through on tasks. These challenges can be frustrating, particularly when the reasons behind them are unclear.
An assessment offers an opportunity to explore these experiences, understand what may be contributing to them, and gain clarity about individual needs.
A comprehensive assessment considers an individual's experiences, history and current challenges to help determine whether ADHD may be contributing to these difficulties and inform appropriate recommendations for support.
What does an Adult ADHD Assessment Cover?
Work and academic history
Inconsistent performance at work, frequent job changes and a history of academic or career underachievement.
Organization and daily responsibilities
Difficulty managing household tasks, paying bills, staying organized and following through on responsibilities.
Relationships and emotional wellbeing
Relationship difficulties related to unfinished tasks or responsibilities, forgetfulness, becoming upset easily over minor things, ongoing stress and worry, and persistent feelings of frustration, guilt or self blame.
Diagnostic evaluation and support recommendations
Includes a diagnostic interview, family input, social emotional and behavioral rating scales, and additional testing if needed. It helps build diagnostic understanding and guide appropriate support recommendations.
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Individual Counseling
Individual counseling involves working one-to-one with a counselor to develop skills and strategies that support everyday functioning, wellbeing and relationships. It can help children, adolescents and adults work through emotional, behavioral, social and personal challenges.
Individual Counseling May Address
Mood and Emotions
Depression, anxiety, panic attacks, obsessions, compulsions and the impact of trauma.
Behavioral Difficulties
Temper tantrums, anger outbursts, aggression and explosive behavior.
Gender and Sexual Orientation
Navigating personal thoughts, feelings and experiences.
Self-harm and Risk-taking
Behaviors that may compromise personal safety, physical well-being, or emotional health.
Friendships and Relationships
Making and keeping friends, isolation, withdrawal, bullying and being bullied.
Learning and Development
Autism, ADHD, general and specific learning disabilities.
School Issues
Attendance, academic progress, motivation, behavior and relationships with teachers.
Family Life and Transitions
Conflict with parents or siblings, separation, divorce, blended families, illness, bereavement and adapting to a new school, country or family circumstance.
Social Skills
Navigating social relationships, understanding social norms and expectations, perspective-taking, conflict resolution, and effective communication.
Family Counseling
Family counseling can help strengthen relationships and understanding within a family. It may provide support during significant events such as separation, divorce or bereavement, or help families navigate challenges when one member's psychological or physical health affects the wider family.
Together, family members can explore their concerns, understand different perspectives and find more supportive ways of responding to one another.
How Can Family Counseling Help?
Parent Support
Bonding, setting boundaries, parenting effectively as a couple, building relationships and balancing work and family life.
Family Support
Working through challenging family dynamics and specific child behavior concerns.
Understanding your child
Understanding anxious children, structuring the home environment to support a child with ADHD and working through fixed mindsets.
Gender and Sexual Orientation
Navigating thoughts and feelings, avoiding unintentional hurt and managing relationships with extended family.
The focus is on helping families understand one another and find practical ways to support each other through everyday challenges and important life changes.
