Psychological + Autism Testing
Spectra and our center, Illumination Psychological Testing, provide first-time diagnoses, second opinions, and updated testing for ages 20 months through late adulthood. Our evaluations offer diagnostic impressions, strengths/weaknesses documentation, accommodations, recommendations, and personalized treatment planning tailored to individual and family needs.
What we assess and test:
Our expert team can assess children and adults at any level of ability, such as: preverbal, nonverbal or hyper-verbal.
- ADHD
- Behavioral Disorder
- Specific Learning Difference
- Autism
- Delays
- Gifted IQ
- Anxiety or ODD
- Mood disorder
- Twice Exceptional
Clinical Interview
Cognitive / Intellectual or Developmental Testing
Social-emotional
Autism specific
Autism Evaluation Fees
A $300 non-refundable deposit is due at time of scheduling an evaluation. The balance is due on the day of testing. We do not take insurance, but can provide an insurance receipt upon completion of the evaluation process.
- Clinical interview
- Developmental testing including: cognitive, adaptive, motor, and language
- Autism assessment – including the ADOS-2
- Feedback session
$1,250.00
- Clinical interview
- Testing including: cognitive, adaptive, motor, language, and social-emotional
- Autism assessment – including the ADOS-2
- Feedback session
$2,000.00
- Clinical interview
- Testing including: cognitive, adaptive, motor, language, social-emotional, behavioral, executive functioning / ADHD, and pragmatic language
- Autism assessment – including the ADOS-2
- Feedback session
$2,750.00
- Clinical interview
- Testing including: cognitive, adaptive, motor, language, social-emotional, behavioral, executive functioning / ADHD, and pragmatic language
- Autism assessment – including the ADOS-2
- Feedback session
$3,000.00
- Clinical interview
- Testing including: cognitive/intellectual, adaptive, motor, language, social-emotional, behavioral, executive functioning / ADHD
- Autism assessment – including the ADOS-2
- Feedback session
$3,250.00
- Clinical interview
- Testing including: cognitive/intellectual, adaptive, motor, language, social-emotional, behavioral, executive functioning / ADHD
- Autism assessment – including the ADOS-2
- Feedback session
$3,500.00
Additional Neuro- Psychological Testing
Personality Testing
Academic Testing
Speech Testing
Speech Assessment Experts
The Social Communication Connection is Dallas' premiere speech-language service provider for comprehensive evaluations and treatment for young children with communication challenges. We serve the whole child and family to facilitate the best outcome for each individual child.
Michelle McFarlin, MS, CCC-SLP
Michelle McFarlin, MS, CCC-SLP, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University; and a Masters of Science in Communication Disorders from the University of Texas at Dallas. Mrs. McFarlin is a certified, clinical speech-language pathologist who specializes in early childhood speech-language, social communication disorders, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Additional Support
Consultation + Other Evaluative Services
Not sure if you should receive an evaluation? Unclear about testing results that you previously received? We can help to review previous evaluations and offer professional opinions and psychoeducation on results. Fee for consultations are based on the fee schedule of the evaluator.
Our brief consultations are geared toward families who do not require an in-depth comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, but rather are seeking clarification or recommendations for diagnosis or treatment (medication and non-medication). These consultations do not provide the more in-depth assessments conducted with our comprehensive assessments.
We offer:
Second opinion evaluations
Treatment planning
School placement and advocacy
Recommendations or clarifications
Scheduling detail: in-person or virtual
Sometimes a school observation is warranted to increase the validity of the testing findings. Your evaluator will discuss this option with you as an optional and additional service. As a rule, our evaluators do not typically engage in school observations if not clinically indicated. Fee for observations are based on the fee schedule of the evaluator.
Scheduling detail: a different evaluator on our team may be asked to conduct the evaluation if warranted.
Typical evaluations do necessitate over the hours allotted for these packages; however, some complex cases may require additional record review or testing above and beyond and thus require additional billable hours.
If you would like coaching, further assistance in understanding or for us to attend a school meeting with you, please consider our school advocacy services. Attending Admission Review Dismissal (ARD) meetings or informally meeting with administrations or teachers may help to access resources, services and programming.
3-Step Process of Testing
