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What is The Point and Value of Psycho Educational Assessments?

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Teachers and parents have at least one goal in common — that every child comfortably and confidently achieves their highest level of academic and personal success. There are multiple factors that affect every child’s experience of school, including personal and family factors, social influences, psychological and emotional conditions, economic circumstances, health-related conditions, and behavioural patterns. Psycho educational assessments are one kind of tool used to identify what supports might improve a child’s opportunities for success at school. What are psycho educational assessments? Psycho educational assessments are a comprehensive evaluation of a child’s: Cognitive skills such as logical reasoning, attention, memory and executive functioning Academic knowledge relative to particular curricula Ability to function effectively socially, behaviourally and emotionally in a school setting and generally A psychologists in Calgary will perform a psycho educational assessmen