Resource Library
Everything written for parents, in one place
Reading, writing, math, attention, memory, and the evaluation process itself. Organized by what you are noticing at home, and by how old your child is.
Serving Long Island & Queens, NY
Where to start
Three ways parents usually arrive here
There is no wrong entry point. Pick whichever of these sounds closest to where you are right now.
Your child works harder than their classmates, or dreads school, or falls apart over homework, and nothing anyone has told you quite explains why. Start broad.
Start with learning disabilities →A teacher mentioned dyslexia. Or you read something about attention and it sounded uncomfortably familiar. Go straight to the area that matches.
Browse by difficulty →If you have already done the reading and want to know whether an evaluation makes sense for your child specifically, a short consultation costs nothing.
Schedule a consultation →By what you're seeing
Start with the area that matches your child
Each page explains what the difficulty actually looks like day to day, why capable children so often mask it, and when an evaluation is worth considering.
Reading & spelling
Guessing at words instead of decoding them, avoiding reading aloud, spelling the same word three different ways on one page.
Dyslexia →Writing & handwriting
Plenty to say out loud and almost nothing on the page. Writing that is slow, effortful, or physically uncomfortable.
Dysgraphia →Math
Still counting on fingers, forgetting facts that were solid last week, freezing on word problems that should be straightforward.
Dyscalculia →Attention & ADHD
Starting things and not finishing them. Careless errors on work they clearly understand. Effort that comes and goes without warning.
Attention & ADHD →Memory
Knew it last night, gone by the test. Instructions that disappear halfway through. Studying that does not seem to stick.
Memory →Processing speed
They get there, just slower than everyone else. Homework stretching into the evening. Timed tests that never get finished.
Processing speed →Learning efficiency
Working twice as hard as classmates for the same grade, and paying for it in exhaustion, tears, or a growing dislike of school.
Learning efficiency →Gifted & twice-exceptional
Strikingly capable in some areas and unexpectedly stuck in others. Often missed in both directions, because the strengths hide the struggle.
Gifted / 2e →More than one of these
If several of these sound familiar, start here instead. Most children do not fit neatly into one category, and that is worth understanding.
Learning disabilities →By age & stage
The same difficulty looks different at every age
A kindergartener who cannot hear rhymes and a tenth grader who reads accurately but painfully slowly may share the same underlying difficulty. Find your child's stage.
Understanding the evaluation
What testing actually involves
Different questions call for different evaluations. These pages explain what each one is for, what it includes, and what you walk away with.
Neuropsychological evaluations
The comprehensive evaluation: how it works, what is assessed, how long it takes, and what the report gives you.
ADHD evaluations
For children and teens where attention is the central question, including when ADHD sits alongside something else.
Accommodation evaluations
Documentation for extended time, testing accommodations, and the supports a school or board requires.
Diagnostic clarity evaluations
When your child already has one or more diagnoses and the picture still does not add up.
Independent educational evaluations
If your district has approved an IEE, what that covers and how the process works from here.
Private school planning
Understanding a child's learning profile before an admissions process, a placement decision, or a school change.
Making a decision
The questions parents ask before booking
Whether to wait, whether the school's testing is enough, what this costs, and how to tell a good evaluator from a mediocre one.
In parents' own words
The questions people actually type at 11pm
Written the way parents describe it, rather than the way it appears in a report.
Areas served
Families travel to us from across Long Island and Queens
Still not sure which page applies to your child?
That is a common place to be, and it is a reasonable reason to make the call. A short consultation is free, and it is usually enough to tell you whether an evaluation is the right next step.