Evaluations
Comprehensive Psychological & Educational Evaluations
Insight-driven assessments to understand your child’s strengths and challenges.
Every child learns and grows in their own way. Our thorough evaluation helps you understand your child’s cognitive, academic, social, and emotional needs, providing clear answers and guidance. The final report includes tailored strategies to support your child’s confidence and success—at home, at school, and beyond.
What is the Evaluation Process?
Discover what’s beneath the struggle. Our evaluations dig deep to reveal the “why” behind challenges like dyslexia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety, and more—turning confusion into clarity and paving the way for meaningful progress.
The evaluation process includes:
A parent intake meeting
A review of records
Communication with teachers
Two to three testing sessions
A parent feedback meeting
What is a psychoeducational evaluation?
A psychoeducational evaluation is a comprehensive assessment, it is often used to understand how someone thinks, learns, and processes information. These evaluations combine psychological testing (which looks at cognitive and emotional functioning) with educational assessments (which measure academic skills such as reading, writing, and math).
Psychoeducational evaluations can help identify conditions such as learning disabilities, ADHD, or other factors that may affect academic or work performance. The results provide valuable insight and guide recommendations for school accommodations, individualized learning plans, or therapeutic support.
At Mental Wellness Montclair, our goal is to ensure that each evaluation not only explains challenges but also highlights strengths, empowering individuals to reach their full potential.
Hallie Malbin, Ph.D.
I conduct comprehensive evaluations, which provide information about a child/adolescent's strengths, weaknesses and current level of functioning. Using the testing results, I develop meaningful recommendations and suggest helpful interventions and accommodations.
Through the evaluation process, my goal is to identify a child’s learning profile and determine what that child needs to be successful. I also hope to empower parents so they can become advocates for their children.
I received my Doctorate in Educational Psychology from the Graduate Center at CUNY, and I earned a Masters Degree in School Psychology from Teachers College at Columbia University. Prior to joining Mental Wellness Montclair, I worked for over fifteen years as an elementary school psychologist in Westchester County, New York.
Who performs the evaluation?
Who might benefit from an evaluation?
Evaluations are beneficial for children who are struggling in one or more academic areas, as well as children who have difficulty with social interactions and maintaining friendships.
An evaluation can help when children are struggling with emotional control and/or are experiencing behavioral difficulties in their home and school environments. If your child or adolescent is having trouble completing assignments and exams, an evaluation can help determine whether there are accommodations and modifications that may help address these concerns.
3 signs your child may benefit from an assessment:
Your child is struggling academically, and you feel the interventions school is providing are not effective, or your child is not making enough progress.
Your child is having big emotions and having a hard time managing them.
You’re hearing from your child’s teacher, and noticing they are struggling to pay attention, follow directions, and focus on tasks
