Global Assessments


The Quin­cy Med­ical Group Pedi­atric Assess­ment Cen­ter offers com­pre­hen­sive test­ing ser­vices for chil­dren from birth up to the age of 12 years of age. The com­pre­hen­sive assess­ment includes an eval­u­a­tion by a speech/​language pathol­o­gist, occu­pa­tion­al ther­a­pist, and clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gist. Our tests are designed to sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly assess a child’s symp­toms, includ­ing symp­toms relat­ed to atten­tion, dif­fi­cul­ty learn­ing, social dif­fi­cul­ties, sen­so­ry inte­gra­tion, emo­tion­al or behav­ior prob­lems, autism, or gen­er­al devel­op­men­tal delays. We also assess chil­dren for gift­ed­ness and school readi­ness to ensure prop­er school placement.

A team approach allows each spe­cial­ist to pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive infor­ma­tion in their area of exper­tise. This infor­ma­tion helps us deter­mine a child’s diag­no­sis and assists us in iden­ti­fy­ing their strengths and weak­ness­es. Using a strengths-based approach, we use research to devel­op com­pre­hen­sive, indi­vid­u­al­ized rec­om­men­da­tions to help improve your child’s over­all func­tion­ing and devel­op­ment in the home, school, and com­mu­ni­ty environments.

Our assess­ments include the following:

  • Ini­tial meet­ing with parents/​caregivers
  • Review­ing rel­e­vant med­ical and school records
  • Con­sult­ing with oth­er pro­fes­sion­als who work with your child
  • Meet with the child to com­plete objec­tive tests
  • Feed­back with the parents/​caregivers
  • Easy to under­stand writ­ten report that out­lines your child’s med­ical and psy­cho­log­i­cal his­to­ry, test find­ings, and indi­vid­u­al­ized recommendations

Why should my child have a Glob­al Assessment?

Although some­times children’s symp­toms appear clear cut, chil­dren are often mis­di­ag­nosed. For exam­ple, recent research sug­gests that over one mil­lion chil­dren are improp­er­ly diag­nosed with AD/HD. This is because there are sev­er­al oth­er dis­or­ders that mim­ic symp­toms of AD/HD, includ­ing learn­ing dis­abil­i­ties, speech/​language delays, anx­i­ety, depres­sion, or behav­ioral dif­fi­cul­ties. Some chil­dren are also just exhibit­ing nor­mal child­hood behav­ior and are over diag­nosed. Hav­ing a prop­er diag­no­sis is crit­i­cal for deter­min­ing the prop­er treat­ment for your child and will also pro­vide infor­ma­tion that can guide edu­ca­tion­al planning.

Does my child need a Glob­al Assessment?

Upon com­ple­tion of the ini­tial intake with parents/​caregivers, the assess­ment team will review the infor­ma­tion and deter­mine if a com­pre­hen­sive, glob­al assess­ment is war­rant­ed. If the glob­al assess­ment is not nec­es­sary, appro­pri­ate refer­rals for speech ther­a­py, occu­pa­tion­al ther­a­py, coun­sel­ing ser­vices, or addi­tion­al ser­vices would be recommended.

How do I get a Glob­al Assess­ment for my child?

If you believe your child would ben­e­fit from a com­pre­hen­sive assess­ment, please call your child’s pri­ma­ry care provider to request a referral.

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