Educational Assessments

Preparing Your Child for Assessment

Preparing your child can reduce anxiety and encourage cooperation. The assessment is a positive act, aimed to assess the child’s strengths and areas that are in need of support.

Tips:

• Explain the assessment in a way that wont worry your child. For example, using the word ‘test’ can sometimes cause children to worry excessively.

• Explain to your child the steps for experience- discussion with the parents, and then the psychologist conducts a series of tasks/activities with the child. Following this some guidance and advice will be given to the parents.

• Try to schedule the assessment during the time of day when your child functions best.

• Arrive on time to ensure that you and your child are not feeling stressed.

• Try to ensure your child is well rested on the day before the assessment and has eaten well on that day.

• If things get tough, acknowledge that your child is doing their best and that you are proud of them.

• Always aim to encourage your child

ASK provide independent psycho-educational assessment services with well known and highly qualified educational psychologists and specialists in their specific fields.

• Practical Details
• Role of Assessments

The educational assessment report can help to guide a plan of action at home and at school or at times of transition planning when a move from one school to another may be considered.

1. There are a range of different assessments available. Fees are available on request.

2. Pre-assessment questionnaire

   Assessments involve the prior gathering of background information, including the completion of parent questionnaire and if necessary, teacher’s input will also be requested. See each assessor’s individual requirements.

3. ASK aims to create a comfortable and safe environment for your child’s assessment
   Assessments involve the prior gathering of background information, including the completion of parent questionnaire and if necessary, teacher’s input will also be requested. See each assessor’s individual requirements.

• A comprehensive assessment can play a vital role in diagnosing learning, movement, attention and behavioural problems, and can assist with developing action plans to address those problems, and monitoring progress.

• The assessment should be an encouraging process seeking out strengths and planning for the future. Some of the time will be spent gathering information from the parent and this is usually done without the child present, so that the parent can freely talk about any concerns they may have. It is useful to have a second parent or carer there while this is happening so your child is not left alone. Bring along a game to play or a book to occupy the child so they are not bored while this is happening. This may take up a quarter of the assessment time.

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  Nicolas Dumolin, Muséum d’histoire naturelle (MHN)

  April 13, 2022

  J’ai eu énormément de plaisir à recevoir Elias au Museum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, durant quelques semaine. Son enthousiasme et son intérêt à découvrir le métier de la surveillance et de la sécurité m’ont donné beaucoup de joie. Toute l’équipe de la sécurité garde un bon souvenir d’Elias. L’équipe d’encadrement ainsi que le coach étaient super et bien veillant, nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir à partager cette expérience avec eux.

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  Dr David Claivaz, IIL

  October 3, 2019

  I am deeply impressed with the generous and sincere engagement of ASK in favor of kids with Special Education Needs, as well as the neurotypical ones.

  I wrote an IIL Blog Post called “The Essence of Learning”. Google the title to find out more.

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  Parent

  March 15, 2019

  It was very helpful to have so much positive feedback on the idea of James going into a special school as I was not sure that it was the best thing for him, but it looks like it is a very good option. It’s important to have a group where you can say almost anything and not feel judged or criticised to get the feedback, support and ideas from others and be able to off load a bit of the pressure !

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Assessment Caveats

No single definitive test exists to diagnose a learning difficulty or difference with 100% accuracy. A diagnosis results from the convergence of many tests and may require other health professionals to be involved to gain a full picture of your child’s strengths and difficulties.
Often, observations of a child’s behaviour and social skills assist the identification process. Some children, however, have multiple problems which may make it harder to make a definitive diagnosis.

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