Psychological & Neurodevelopmental Evaluations in Orange County
Comprehensive evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults with attention, learning, developmental, and emotional concerns. Most reports are completed within approximately 3 to 4 weeks after testing and receipt of all required information.
In-network with Aetna, Cigna/Evernorth, Anthem Blue Cross, Carelon Behavioral Health, and United Behavioral Health/Optum. Blue Shield of California, beginning August 15, 2026.
Coverage varies by plan, employer group, medical group, diagnosis, and medical necessity. Insurance benefits are verified before testing whenever possible.
What We Evaluate
We evaluate attention, learning, developmental, and emotional concerns through a comprehensive, individualized assessment.
Pediatric ADHD & Executive Functioning
Comprehensive evaluations for attention, impulsivity, activity level, organization, and executive functioning concerns. Evaluations consider ADHD alongside learning, emotional, developmental, medical, and contextual factors and provide individualized recommendations for home, school, and treatment planning.
Autism Evaluations for Children, Adolescents & Young Adults
Comprehensive, developmentally informed evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults through age 22. Assessments examine social communication, developmental history, behavior, adaptive functioning, and overlapping conditions when clinically relevant.
Learning Disabilities & Academic Challenges
Targeted testing for dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and processing disorders to pinpoint exactly why a bright child is struggling academically.
Complex Diagnostic Clarification
Comprehensive evaluations when attention, learning, autism, anxiety, mood, behavior, or executive functioning concerns overlap, and the appropriate diagnosis or next step remains unclear.
Presurgical Psychological Evaluations
Focused psychological evaluations for bariatric surgery and implantable pain-treatment procedures, including spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation, when requested by the treating medical team.
Signs It’s Time for an Evaluation
- Academic Concerns: Reading, writing, mathematics, homework, or school performance remains difficult despite effort and support.
- Attention, Behavior, or Social Concerns: Parents, teachers, or treating providers have noticed persistent difficulties with attention, organization, emotional regulation, behavior, or peer relationships.
- Diagnostic Clarification: A pediatrician, therapist, psychiatrist, educator, or other provider has recommended further evaluation to better understand the concern and guide appropriate services.
- Uneven Development or Functioning: Your child or young adult shows a puzzling pattern of strengths and difficulties that has not been adequately explained.
- Presurgical Requirement: A treating medical provider has requested a psychological evaluation before a bariatric or implantable pain-treatment procedure.Surgical Delays: Your surgeon requires expedited psychological clearance before scheduling your upcoming procedure.
Our Approach
Our evaluations are individualized, clinically grounded, and strengths-based. We focus not only on identifying areas of difficulty, but also on understanding the whole child through developmental history, behavior, and standardized assessment data. This process helps us provide meaningful recommendations that support progress across home, school, and treatment settings.
Service Area
Serving families across Newport Beach, Irvine, Costa Mesa, and surrounding Orange County communities.
Ready to Better Understand What Is Getting in the Way?
If you have concerns about attention, learning, development, behavior, or emotional functioning, we can help determine whether an evaluation is an appropriate next step.
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