About the Clinic
The Psychological Assessment and Testing Clinic (PATC) provides psychological assessment services to our community. Psychological assessment is often a comprehensive process that involves standardized procedures aimed at measuring and evaluating various psychological factors. The results of psychological assessments are used to better understand an individual’s strengths and weaknesses, diagnose mental health conditions, inform treatment planning, and inform decision making in various settings, such as education, employment, and healthcare.
Who Conducts the Assessments
PATC clients will be assessed by an advanced clinical or school psychological trainee, intern or postdoctoral fellow. They will be supervised by licensed faculty experts in their respective fields. PATC clinicians trainees are committed to providing state of the art, evidence-based psychological assessment services.
Assessment Focal Points
Each assessment is unique and based on the referral question(s); however, a typical assessment evaluates:
- Cognitive abilities
- Higher-level cognitive abilities
- Executive functioning
- Problem solving abilities
- Language abilities
- Spatial reasoning skills
- Memory functioning
- Attention and concentration abilities
- Motor and sensory processing
- Mood and personality functioning
Types of Assessments
The PATC offers four types of psychological testing for children (ages 4 and older) and adults. The type of assessment that best suits your needs is determined by a screening interview:
- Psychodiagnostic Assessment: Psychodiagnostic testing is used to help diagnose and clarify concerns regarding behavior, personality traits, mood, emotional functioning, and cognitive processes.
- Psycho-educational Assessment: Psycho-educational assessments help to diagnose and document information-processing dysfunctions found with learning disabilities and ADHD that significantly negatively impact academic achievement.
- Personality Assessment: Personality assessment can help to understand an individual's frame of mind and behavioral tendencies. Personality assessment can also help to discern factors that influence the way in which individuals conduct themselves, their response styles, and their behavioral patterns.
- Intelligence Testing: Intelligence testing is used to evaluate an individual's overall cognitive abilities in areas such as verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, problem solving, working memory, and processing speed.
Assessments We Do Not Offer
There are a few types of assessments that we are not equipped to conduct at PATC. These include:
- Legal or forensic evaluations
- Autism assessments, with certain exceptions
- Custody evaluations
- Evaluations for active psychosis (e.g., hallucinations, delusions)
- Eating disorder evaluations
- Surgical approval evaluations
If we are unable to meet your psychological testing needs, please review our list of other community practices that provide psychological assessment services.
Overview of the Evaluation Process
- To begin the psychological assessment process, the first step is to book a 20-minute free phone screening with one of our assessment coordinators. During this consultation call, we will discuss your reasons for seeking assessment services, determine whether our clinic is a good fit for your needs, and provide information about expected wait times, fees, and the testing process.
- If the phone consultation determines that we can meet your testing needs, we will email you forms and questionnaires to complete. These materials will assist us with learning more about you. Return the completed packet to the clinic by email or by dropping off hard copies at the UNLV PRACTICE front desk located at CEB 226.
- Once we have received your packet, you will either be assigned a student clinician to begin the assessment process or you will be added to our waitlist.
- You will be contacted to schedule testing after you have been assigned a student clinician.
- The assessment process can range from three to five visits, depending on factors such as the complexity of the referral question, the amount of testing required, and your scheduling availability. Each visit ranges from two to four hours. Occasionally, testing can be completed in a six to eight hour day.
- After testing is completed, a feedback session is provided to discuss the findings of your assessment and to outline treatment recommendations. We will provide a written report that summarizes the entire assessment, including tests administered, test findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
Schedule Your Appointment
You can book a phone consultation appointment by calling us at 702-895-1532, ext. 1 (Maryland Location), and we will be happy to assist.
- If you need to cancel or reschedule, call us at 702-895-1532.
- Fees will be discussed during your consultation call. You can also visit our Fees page for more information.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 453033, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3033
Phone
702-895-1532 (UNLV PRACTICE) or 702-895-0296 (PATC)
Fax
702-895-1530
Physical Location
Carlson Education Building, CEB 226, UNLV Main Campus