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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

A psychiatric clinical interview is a fundamental component of the evaluation process in mental health assessments.

Cognitive / Intellectual or Developmental Testing

Such as:
Wechsler intelligence tests (WPPSI , WISC, WAIS, WNV)

Woodcock Johnson -IV test of cognitive abilities

Social-emotional

Such as:
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Autism specific

Such as:

ADOS-2

ASRS

MIDGAS-2

Sensory Profile

Autism Evaluation Fees

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Ages 20 to 24 months
  • Clinical interview
  • Developmental testing including: cognitive, adaptive, motor, and language
  • Autism assessment – including the ADOS-2
  • Feedback session

$1,250.00

Ages 2 through 4
  • Clinical interview
  • Testing including: cognitive, adaptive, motor, language, and social-emotional
  • Autism assessment – including the ADOS-2
  • Feedback session

$2,000.00

Ages 5 through 7
  • 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

Ages 8 through 14
  • 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

Ages 15 through 21
  • 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

Ages 22 and Older
  • 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

Neuropsychological testing beyond the base package (base package includes ADHD, cognitive/ intellectual testing).

Add-on $250.

Personality Testing

Such as the MMPI-3

Add-on $250.

Academic Testing

Academic achievement + placement

Learning differences + strengths

Academic accommodations

Academic modifications

Add-on $500.

Speech Testing

Assesses speech, language, social communication, play, and behaviors

Add-on $750.

See below for more details.

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

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