Neuropsychological Testing
Temple Grandin
“The world needs all kinds of minds.”
Testing process is a comprehensive exploration of your unique strengths and challenges. Through a series of assessments, observations, and discussions, we aim to provide you with a deeper insight into the complexities of your cognitive and emotional world.
ADHD and autism can present themselves in various ways, making it essential to undergo proper evaluation. Our testing process involves thorough evaluations, discussions about your experiences, and observations that shed light on your cognitive patterns, attention span, social interactions, and emotional responses.
Our testing serves as a bridge to understanding the intricacies of these conditions. It can help you recognize the patterns that influence your daily life – from difficulties in attention and organization to social interactions and communication challenges. This newfound awareness is the cornerstone of empowerment and growth.
Our goal is to equip you with a comprehensive understanding of your strengths and areas of improvement. Armed with this knowledge, you can tailor your strategies, seek appropriate support, and make informed decisions about your well-being.
By undergoing testing for ADHD and autism, you embark on a journey of self-discovery, acceptance, and growth. Through this process, you gain valuable insights that empower you to navigate challenges with resilience and embrace your unique abilities.
3 simple steps to get your questions answered
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Clinical Interview
1-2 hours of information gathering with your clinician to better prepare a unique series of tests to help answer your questions.
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Test Administration
Your clinician will go through various tests and questionnaire with you, either in-person or virtually.
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Feedback Session
Meet with your clinician to review the comprehensive report, discuss the results, and ask questions. You'll receive a copy of the report afterwards.
FAQs
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We offer testing to clients age 6 to 65.
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All testing tools are in English. For test validity, conversational English is required
We have in-depth knowledge about immigrant experiences and ESL backgrounds. We provide affirming practice to folx who use English as a second language.
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Clinical Interview (in-person or virtual)
After completing of intake paperwork, you will meet with your clinician for a clinical interview. Depending on your goals for testing, the clinical interview can range from 1 to 2 hours. Your clinician will gather information about you or your child's symptoms, struggles, strengths, history. This will help the clinician better understand your concern and prepare a series of tests that works best for you or your child.
Test Administration, Scoring, and Writing
For test administration, we use questionnaires, interactive measures, self-complete measures, and information gathering from people who have close observations of you or your child to help us paint a comprehensive picture of the functioning, strengths, and weaknesses. After the testing, your clinician will spend time scoring the measures, reviewing the results and information gathered, and writing a comprehensive report on the questions you’d like an answer through assessment.
Feedback (in-person or virtual)
Once your clinician finalizes the report, we will contact you to schedule a feedback session. During this 55-minute session, your clinician will walk you through the results, share you or your child's strengths and weaknesses, answer the questions you have for the testing, and make recommendations according to the results. You can ask any questions you have during the feedback session and will have access to a copy of the final report afterwards.
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We provide superbills by the end of the assessment process to help you utilize your out-of-network benefits. Here are 3 ways to better understand if and how much your insurance plan will help cover the testing.
1. You can call the customer service number at the back of your insurance card.
2. Use this website for more detailed information: https://calculator.meetnirvana.com/
3. Use this service to get the most out of your out-of-network benefits: https://www.mentaya.com/patients
Your insurance company may ask for detailed CPT codes to provide a more accurate estimate of coverage. Below are the CPT codes you can utilize to obtain a more accurate estimate of the out-of-pocket cost for testing.
Clinician interview CPT code 90791
Test administration CPT code 96136, 96137
Scoring, interpretation, and writing CPT code 96130, 96131, 96132, 96133
Feedback session CPT code 96130
Our Fees
Gifted Testing
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N/A; mainly for the purpose of school adminission
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Clinical interview: 30 mins
Collateral interview: N/A
Test administration: 1-2 hrs
Data analysis, interpretation, & report writing: 2-3 hrs
Feedback session: 30 mins
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$1100
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Mood disorder diagnosis--$220
Neurodiversity Testing—Single diagnosis
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ADHD OR Autism
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Clinical interview: 1.5 hrs
Collateral interview: 1 hr
Test administration: 4-6 hrs
Data analysis, interpretation, & report writing: 4-6 hrs
Feedback session: 1 hr
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$3250
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Mood disorder diagnosis--$220
Neurodiversity Testing—Double diagnoses
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ADHD AND Autism
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Clinical interview: 2 hrs
Collateral interview: 1 hr
Test administration: 4-10 hrs
Data analysis, interpretation, & report writing: 4-10 hrs
Feedback session: 1 hr
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$5140
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Mood disorder diagnosis--$220