Contracted Services Through Portage Psychology, PA

Dyslexia accounts for 80% of all learning disorders. Because of its high prevalence, we are very experienced and knowledgeable of reading, its development, common deficits affecting development, and strategies needed to assist with remediation across the developmental lifespan from primary school through college and into adulthood.

Dyscalculia, or specific difficulties with the computational aspects of math development, are often foundational reasons behind struggles in math. Additionally, many suffering from math disorders struggle with the higher-level applied math skills. Our evaluations will pinpoint where the difficulties are and will provide clear guidance on the most appropriate strategies for intervention.

Writing is a very complex academic skill and can be affected by fine motor development, language, and/or executive functioning such as initiation, planning, and organization. We take a neuropsychological approach to understanding where the difficulties in writing occur to provide the most effective path needed to address the identified difficulties. 

Very highly connected to learning and other neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD is quite common. Sometimes it can come across as more inattentive (many refer to as ADD) while others present with more hyperactivity and impulsivity. We take a holistic approach to ensure there is nothing biological or environmental affecting necessary executive functions, and we look at possible explanatory emotional links. Our thorough evaluation looks across both development and environments, and it thoroughly blends this with neuropsychological assessments. 

In our evaluations, we fully address social functioning and reasons behind difficulties with interactions, reciprocity, and atypical behavioral presentations and responses. We address multiple facets of social development, langauge, and behavior subsequently leading to the best methods for intervention. 

Very often, depression and/or anxiety are connected to or even explanatory for difficulties in learning, social functioning, executive functioning, or other life difficulties. As part of our thorough approach, we address the critcial component of emotional functioning to understand its primary, secondary, or corrolary connection to life functioning. 

Sometimes, families and school districts do not see eye-to-eye when it comes to the results of their child's educational evaluation. A parent can request an independent educational evaluation (IEE) to further explore their child's functioning and helping to determine their child's needs. At TC Dyslexia, we are able to provide these evaluations. Given our understanding of special education law, we can provide honest feedback and guidance that are outside the scope of most clinicians. We can help families and districts by efficiently providing realistic expectations about a child's needs and services.