Things to Remember for Testing Day:
- Getting a good night’s sleep night before testing day is important
- Please try to keep your child from staying up very late, watching scary movies, having caffeine right before, or deviating from the normal routine
- Try to have your child eat a good breakfast
- Medications should be taken as usual on the testing day unless otherwise discussed with your clinician
- Your child can bring a water bottle and/or snack to sustain energy throughout the day
- Please bring all paperwork completed (child, parent, and teacher forms)
- Please DO NOT tell your child what time testing will finish. Sometimes kids get focused on a certain time and cannot attend appropriately to testing in the afternoon.
- Please DO NOT bring any iPads, tablets, etc. for your child to play with. We will provide play materials during breaks if appropriate.
Schedule
- Testing will start at your scheduled time and last approximately three to four hours. We will call/text you when we’re close to finishing if you chose to leave the office during this time.
- If the appointment is scheduled over lunch time, please bring snacks or a lunch for your child. We may eat while working or take a break if needed.
What Testing Looks Like
- Testing consists of a variety of activities depending on the referral question(s):
- Answering questions out loud, choosing answers from an array, and working on the computer
- Completing puzzles
- Reading, writing, spelling, and math
- Drawing
- Memory “games”
- We will be finding strengths and weaknesses and learning more about how your child’s “brain works” to help with areas of concern