A psychoeducational evaluation looks at how your child thinks, learns, and manages school demands — attention, memory, processing speed, academic skills, and social-emotional functioning. It's worth considering if your child is struggling academically despite effort, a teacher has raised concerns, you're wondering about ADHD, autism, or a learning difference like dyslexia, or you're exploring giftedness or private school admission.

School Admission and Accommodation Testing focuses on cognitive ability, typically used for private school applications or to understand a child's learning profile — it can also support requests for testing accommodations. A comprehensive evaluation is broader — it looks at attention, learning, and behavior together to identify things like ADHD, autism, or learning disabilities. An Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) is a comprehensive evaluation done outside the school district, usually to get a second opinion after a school's own assessment.

Standard testing wasn't designed with bilingual or English-learning children in mind, and language differences can look like — or mask — a real learning difficulty. A bilingual evaluation distinguishes between "this is a language acquisition pattern" and "this is a genuine learning or attention difference," so families get an accurate answer instead of a guess.

Testing is conducted in whichever combination best reflects your child's language exposure and dominance, drawing on both English and Mandarin measures where appropriate, so results reflect your child's true ability rather than language proficiency alone.

Yes. Reports are written to translate directly into school planning — they include specific, actionable recommendations for IEP, 504, or classroom accommodations, and Jinhui can attend IEP or 504 meetings to help interpret results for the team.

Preschool through high school

Yes. While our office is based in San Diego, we serve families throughout California — including Irvine, the San Gabriel Valley (Rowland Heights, Walnut, Arcadia), and the Bay Area (Palo Alto, Fremont) — through virtual evaluations, with in-person travel available depending on location.

We don't accept insurance directly, but we're happy to provide a superbill you can submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement. If your IEE is granted through your public school district, the cost is covered by the district directly — you won't be billed. For private evaluations, cost depends on the type of assessment and typically ranges from $900–$3,500. Contact us for a quote specific to your child's needs.