Services
Caring Assessment Services to Support Your Child's Growth and Development
Dr. Mark Lovinger provides gentle, specialized educational and psychological evaluations for children and adolescents at Advanced Therapy Center. These thoughtful assessments identify strengths and challenges while providing clear, practical recommendations to support your child’s development at home and school.
Our Understanding Approach to Child Evaluations
Educational and psychological evaluations for children go beyond basic testing to provide a warm, holistic understanding of your child’s thinking abilities, emotional well-being, learning style, and behavioral patterns. These assessments thoughtfully combine multiple perspectives—including yours as parents, your child’s teachers, and your child’s experience—to create a complete picture that guides effective support.
Dr. Lovinger’s child-centered approach ensures that evaluations occur in a supportive, engaging manner that helps children feel safe and comfortable while providing accurate, meaningful insights that lead to positive change.
When to Consider an Evaluation for Your Child
Comprehensive Assessment
You might consider a psychological evaluation when your child is:
- Struggling in school despite trying their best
- Experiencing emotional difficulties or challenging behaviors
- Having trouble with attention or controlling impulses
- Showing uneven development or unique learning patterns
- Finding social interactions or friendships difficult
- Going through significant life changes or stressful situations
- Not responding as hoped to current support approaches
- Showing exceptional abilities that might indicate giftedness
Our Gentle Child Evaluation Process
Welcoming Parent Conversation
The evaluation begins with a thorough, supportive conversation with you to understand your concerns, your child’s history, and your hopes for the assessment. This conversation helps Dr. Lovinger design an evaluation plan tailored to your child’s needs.
Child-Friendly Assessment
The evaluation typically includes multiple gentle components:
- Child-friendly conversations using age-appropriate activities to help your child feel comfortable
- Thoughtful cognitive and achievement activities to understand thinking abilities and academic skills
- Behavioral and emotional assessments using both direct observation and appropriate measures
- Parent and teacher questionnaires to know how your child functions in different settings
- Educational record review to understand academic progress and previous support approaches
- Developmental assessment examining milestones and patterns of growth
- Specific assessments for particular concerns such as attention, learning, or social functioning
Thoughtful Analysis
Dr. Lovinger carefully integrates information from all sources to develop a comprehensive understanding of your child’s unique profile, identifying patterns that explain current challenges while highlighting strengths that can support growth and confidence.
Supportive Parent Meeting
Following your evaluation, Dr. Lovinger provides a detailed yet accessible explanation of findings in warm, straightforward language. This conversation includes practical recommendations and thoughtful answers to your questions.
Comprehensive Written Guide
You will receive a detailed written report documenting findings, diagnoses (if applicable), and specific recommendations for home, school, and potential support providers. This report serves as a roadmap for moving forward and a tool for accessing appropriate services.
School Partnership
When helpful and with your permission, Dr. Lovinger can connect with your child’s school to explain findings and help implement educational recommendations, ensuring your child receives appropriate academic support.
Areas of Specialized Assessment
Dr. Lovinger provides gentle, expert evaluation in numerous areas affecting children's development and well-being:
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Thoughtful ADHD evaluations assess attention, impulse control, and activity levels across different settings. These assessments distinguish ADHD from other conditions with similar features while identifying the specific type and understanding its impact to guide supportive approaches.
Learning Differences
These evaluations identify specific learning challenges in reading, mathematics, or written expression. By understanding exact areas of difficulty and learning style, these assessments help develop targeted educational approaches that build on strengths while addressing challenges.
Developmental Progress
Assessments of developmental milestones help identify delays in thinking, language, movement, or social areas. Early identification allows for timely support during critical developmental windows.
Autism Spectrum
Comprehensive autism evaluations examine social communication, behavioral patterns, sensory processing, and developmental history. These specialized assessments distinguish the autism spectrum from other developmental conditions with care and sensitivity.
Anxiety and Mood Concerns
These evaluations assess emotional well-being, identifying anxiety, depression, or mood regulation issues that impact your child's happiness and performance. Early understanding leads to appropriate support before emotional challenges become more complex.
Behavioral Challenges
Assessments of behavioral difficulties examine underlying factors contributing to disruptive behaviors, oppositional patterns, or conduct problems. Understanding these factors guides effective, compassionate support approaches.
Mind-Body Connections
These specialized evaluations address conditions with both psychological and physical components, such as eating patterns or tic disorders, to develop integrated support approaches.
Giftedness and Twice-Exceptional Profiles
These assessments identify exceptional abilities while addressing any co-occurring learning or attention challenges that may mask or complicate the expression of giftedness.
School-Related Concerns
Focused evaluations address specific school challenges such as underachievement, test anxiety, or motivation issues, providing practical strategies for educational success.
Benefits of Our Child Evaluations
Clear Understanding of Your Child's Unique Profile
Many children struggle with unidentified learning or emotional challenges. A thoughtful evaluation clarifies the nature of these difficulties, reducing frustration and providing direction for practical support.
Personalized Support Planning
Generic approaches rarely meet your child's specific needs. Dr. Lovinger's detailed recommendations provide specific, individualized strategies based on your child's unique strengths and challenges.
Access to Helpful Services
Evaluation reports provide the documentation needed to access special education services, accommodations, specialized programs, and other support services your child may benefit from.
Family Empowerment Through Understanding
Comprehending the nature of your child's challenges reduces blame and confusion while providing a clear, hopeful path forward for supporting healthy development.
Early Support Advantage
Identifying challenges early often prevents secondary difficulties such as low self-confidence, behavioral issues, and academic struggles that can develop when primary challenges go unaddressed.
The Advanced Therapy Center Difference
Dr. Lovinger brings specialized child development and pediatric psychology training to the evaluation process. His approach combines professional expertise with genuine warmth and understanding, ensuring the assessment experience feels positive and supportive for both children and parents.
Our child evaluations are characterized by:
Child-Friendly Approach
Assessment activities are thoughtfully adapted to engage children based on age, interests, and temperament, yielding more accurate results while creating a positive experience.
Strength-Based Perspective
While identifying challenges, our evaluations emphasize discovering strengths and positive qualities that can be nurtured for growth and confidence.
Practical, Helpful Recommendations
Our reports go beyond diagnosis to provide specific, actionable suggestions for parents, teachers, and other adults supporting your child.
Ongoing Guidance
Dr. Lovinger remains available to discuss findings, answer questions, and provide support as you implement recommendations and access services for your child.
An Investment in Your Child's Journey
Comprehensive educational and psychological evaluations represent a meaningful investment in understanding and addressing the root causes of your child’s challenges rather than merely addressing surface behaviors. The insights gained often save years of trial-and-error approaches while opening doors to appropriate support during critical developmental periods.
Advanced Therapy Center’s quality evaluation services reflect the dedicated time, specialized expertise, and comprehensive care to produce meaningful assessment results. The clarity, understanding, and direction provided by these evaluations often become invaluable resources in supporting your child’s development and educational success.
Begin Your Child's Evaluation Journey
To discuss your child’s needs or schedule an initial conversation, contact Advanced Therapy Center at [phone number]. Dr. Lovinger offers child-friendly scheduling options, including after-school appointments and flexible timing to accommodate your family’s needs.
Take a gentle first step toward supporting your child’s development by exploring a comprehensive educational and psychological evaluation with Dr. Mark Lovinger.
Dr. Lovinger might use the assistance of support staff and other licensed professionals to assist him in the administration and scoring of testing.