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Carolinas Institute
Evaluations can help determine important information about an individual’s developmental, cognitive, academic and/or psychosocial functioning. We offer assessments and various therapies to address behavioral and emotional concerns.
Carolinas Institute
Carolinas Institute for Behavioral Health is a behavioral health clinic for children and adults. We also provide working memory therapy as a certified Cogmed Practice. We use the Gold Standard assessments and batteries for each evaluation in order to obtain an accurate, objective, measurable, and comprehensive evaluation presenting needs and chief concerns. Services include treatment and therapy for ASD, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, OCD, and trauma. We utilize play, expressive, emotional, and behavioral therapies individually tailored to a patient’s needs.
Services
Carolines Institute offers play based, cognitive behavioral, dialectic behavioral, and traditional psychotherapies. We use the Gold Standard assessments and batteries for each evaluation in order to obtain an accurate, objective, measurable, and comprehensive evaluation for each patient with their presenting needs and chief concerns.
Some of our areas of expertise in testing in include the following instruments:
ADOS2
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Second Edition (ADOS-2) is a standardized assessment tool that helps providers diagnose autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children and adults.
MMPI 3
The MMPI-3 is an objective self-report measure of personality and psychopathology. It provides a contemporary assessment for mental health, medical, forensic, and public safety settings.
WISC V
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children® Fifth Edition (WISC®-V) is an intelligence test that measures a child’s intellectual ability and 5 cognitive domains that impact performance.
WAIS IV
The WAIS-IV measures intellectual performance as a multidimensional construct. The test contains numerous scales (Indices) assessing qualitatively different types of intellectual functioning.
TOVA 9
The T.O.V.A is a neuropsychological assessment that measures a person's attention while screening for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
ADAS-COG
The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) is the de facto standard primary outcome neuropsychological measure for Alzheimer’s and dementia. It measures several cognitive domains, including memory, language and praxis.
Cogmed Treatment Therapy
Sample evaluation batteries can include
- Central Nervous System Evaluation Assessment Battery
- Projective and Objective Psychological Assessment Battery
- Cognitive Abilities Evaluation Assessment Battery
- ADHD Evaluation Assessment Battery
- Gifted and School Placement Battery
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluation Battery
- Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and Cognitive Baseline Evaluation Battery
- Psycho-social Emotional Battery
- Custody Evaluations
- Forensic Evaluation Battery
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Battery
For an extensive list of our testing instruments, please click here
Carolinas Institute is also accredited to perform National Custody Evaluations. Please contact us for further information to schedule this service.
Carolinas Institute also offers evaluations for Law Enforcement Personnel; Competence to Stand Trial; Criminal Responsibility; Juvenile Justice; and Violent Risk Assessment. Please call us for additional information requesting this evaluation.
Get Cogmed for yourself or a family member
Cogmed has already helped more than 200,000 people suffering from attention deficit, a key component of several conditions:
- ADHD and ADD
- Stroke and traumatic brain injury
- Long-term effects of premature birth
- Side-effects of cancer treatment
Find out how Cogmed can help you or your family by contacting us.
Battery of Assessments
Evaluations can help determine important information about an individual’s developmental, cognitive, academic and/or psychosocial functioning. Below are different types of evaluations that are conducted in our office. Depending on presenting concerns, a specific type of evaluation may be recommended (hence the different types of the evaluations). Regardless of the type of evaluation conducted, every important area of functioning is assessed in our comprehensive evaluations (i.e., cognitive, academic, emotional, behavioral, social, and developmental).
Here are some samples of evaluations we provide:
Developmental Evaluations
Developmental Evaluations seek to assess early development in infants and toddlers (ages zero to three years), typically when there is a concern regarding developmental delays for
Psychodevelopmental Evaluations
Psychodevelopmental Evaluations are conducted to assess young children (ages three to five years) when there are concerns about potential developmental delays
Psychoeducational Evaluations
Psychoeducational Evaluations are conducted to assess an individual’s learning style (ages five years through adulthood). Psychoeducational evaluations are usually
