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Carolinas Institute is proud to lead the way in neurological care. Our providers are dedicated to providing advanced diagnostic, treatment, and management options for your neurological concerns.

We also offer psychological assessments and various therapies to address behavioral and emotional concerns.

Carolinas Institute

Carolinas Institute for Neurology and Psychology is

Behavioral Health services include treatment and therapy for ASD, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, OCD, and trauma for children and adults. We utilize play, expressive, emotional, and behavioral therapies individually tailored to the patient’s needs.

Services

Carolines Institute offers play based, cognitive behavioral, dialectic behavioral, and traditional psychotherapies.

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.

Neurology

We offer

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.

Neurological Services Covered

 

  • ADHD and ADD
  • Stroke and traumatic brain injury
  • Long-term effects of premature birth
  • Side-effects of cancer treatment

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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

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