Professional resources

Practical assessment resources for professionals.

Concise, printable guidance for making a focused referral, contributing relevant information and understanding a psychological assessment report.

School observation and referral

Professional Referral Builder

Turn high-level observations, setting and assessment goals into a concise referral summary without entering identifying information.

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ADHD or a learning difficulty at school?

How attention, learning, anxiety, language, instruction and context can produce overlapping classroom signs.

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When to consider psychoeducational assessment

Decision points for learning, academic and educational-documentation questions.

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School assessment referral checklist

A structured prompt for referral question, observed impact, prior supports and available records.

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Teacher information checklist

A consent-conscious guide to observations and school information that may help.

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Preparing families and using reports

Preparing a family for psychological assessment

How referral sources can explain assessment without promising a diagnosis or predetermined result.

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Understanding a psychological assessment report

How to read the referral question, methods, findings, interpretation and recommendations.

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Recommendations and accommodations

How recommendations arise from findings, relate to function and interact with external decision-making.

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Psychological assessment report uses

Common uses and the limits of external eligibility or accommodation decisions.

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Assessment boundaries

Screening vs psychological assessment

A clear explanation of what screening can and cannot establish.

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Compare assessment pathways

Purpose, focus, information sources, delivery and common overlap across four BrainLab assessment pathways.

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Nunavut professional referrals

Professionals may refer people in Nunavut for virtual psychological assessment. BrainLab confirms that the referral question and required methods suit virtual delivery before proposing a plan.

No diagnosis is required to make a referral

A useful referral describes what has been observed, how it affects functioning, what has already been tried and what decision or question the assessment should help clarify.

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Need to discuss a referral?

Use the professional referral route and avoid sending sensitive records until secure instructions are provided.