Cognitive/Learning and Emotional/Behavioral Assessments can be valuable for students of all ages. When ability, learning style, and areas of giftedness or difficulty are identified, learning environments can be modified to maximize the student’s opportunity for success. The outcomes are then transcribed into a report that will include recommendations for programming and remediation. A final meeting will be scheduled to explain the report and answer questions.
For children, assessments can help parents and teachers understand the child’s strengths and areas of challenge. For a student that struggles in school, a learning assessment can guide teachers and parents to develop realistic expectations and appropriate interventions.
Adult learners can also benefit from assessments. Assessments can be used to determine career choice, understand learning style, or identify areas that require remediation. Assessments can also be useful when advocating for reasonable accommodation at work or at a post-secondary educational institution.
Cognitive/Learning Ability Assessment
This assessment evaluates the client’s learning ability and style. The assessment consists of a selection of ability tests, a measure of the client’s adaptive behaviour and an interview with the child – and parents or teachers, if appropriate.
Emotional/Behavioural Assessment
An emotional/behavioural report almost always includes a cognitive/learning assessment as the two are interrelated. The psychologist will conduct a clinical interview with the student and administer some tests.
Other Assessment Services
For more information on additional assessment services, please contact the front desk at 780.482.6215 ext. 0
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Our Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioural Assessment Counsellors
Marliss Meyer, Ph.D.
Registered Psychologist
Marliss graduated with her Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Alberta. She has her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and has been counselling for over 25 years. Marliss works with individuals, couples, families, primarily adults, but also works with children and adolescents (when working with children it is essential to work with the parents as well.)
From the time that she was involved in planning her university career, she was interested in Psychology. Her mother was a special education teacher, and her father was an Administrator in Social Work. She was always interested in their work and in their attitudes of caring for and helping others. When she took her first psychology course, she was totally inspired and knew that it was the direction that her career would take. She continued to believe that it was the most wonderful choice of career for herself. Marliss has always been fortunate to love her work. Marliss’s strongest interests in counselling are stress management, marriage counselling, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, understanding cognitive disabilities and special education needs, managing behavior problems, depression, and anxiety.
How do you believe counselling can help?
“Providing support in a nonjudgmental fashion, allowing people to have their feelings, recognizing the vulnerabilities, but also the strengths that individuals bring to the situation, offering observations and suggestions from a helpful perspective, and by helping clients to resolve their concerns within an accepting environment.”
Your approach to counselling:
“I use a supportive, client focused approach. I strongly believe in Cognitive Behavior Therapy as well. I listen, ask questions, and provide observations, but also try to provide theoretical perspectives that will assist the individual to explore, understand, and resolve their concerns.”