Assessment Knowledge Centre
Use practical, clinically reviewed resources before, during and after psychological assessment. Choose by the question you need answered—not by a presumed diagnosis.
Choose a starting point
Choose an assessment, compare options, prepare and review funding routes.
Plan an assessmentUnderstand the results, use recommendations and decide what to do next.
Use a reportFind referral guidance, printable clinical resources and the professional referral route.
View professional resourcesBefore assessment
Build a practical assessment plan from six focused questions about what you want to understand, report purpose, location and funding.
Find the Right AssessmentCompare the four assessment services by purpose, methods, delivery, timing and cost.
Compare assessmentsBuild an age- and assessment-aware checklist for records, contextual information, practical needs and questions.
Build a preparation checklistCompare Ontario insurance, public-program, documentation and related-service options, then confirm details with the payer.
Use the Funding NavigatorSearch official accessibility and documentation sources for major Ontario colleges and universities.
Search the directoryUnderstand
Explore why attention, learning, anxiety, development and daily-functioning concerns can look similar.
View concern overlapCompare patterns that can look similar while learning why development, context, function and co-occurrence matter.
Read the comparison guideUnderstand why a questionnaire cannot diagnose or replace professional assessment.
Compare screening and assessmentExplore an illustrative report to see how the question, methods, results, interpretation and recommendations fit together.
Open the Report ExplorerSee why attention and learning concerns can look similar, how both can occur, and what assessment examines.
Read the comparisonAssessment questions
Developmental history, executive functioning, adult impact, overlap, preparation and report use.
View adult ADHD assessmentLate identification, developmental evidence, masking, differential questions and use of results.
View adult autism assessmentReading, writing, mathematics, intervention history and the psychoeducational evidence used in clarification.
View learning assessmentA profile-based guide to strengths, learning, ADHD, autism and educational planning.
View gifted and 2e assessmentHow to confirm an institution’s current requirements and decide whether assessment or reassessment may be useful.
Plan post-secondary documentationAfter assessment
Build a focused plan for school, postsecondary, workplace, treatment, funding or personal use without uploading a report.
Plan how to use a reportTurn the areas that matter into one to three priorities without any obligation to continue with BrainLab.
Plan next stepsUnderstand how a report may inform treatment, education, workplace or funding discussions—and the limits of external decisions.
Read the report-uses guideScreening questionnaires can help you notice patterns and prepare questions for a professional. They cannot diagnose a condition or replace assessment.
Printable referral, preparation and report-reading guides for healthcare and referral partners.
View professional resourcesA professional referral guide and printable checklist for Ontario primary-care teams.
Open the referral guideOrganize observations, functional impact and the question an assessment should help answer into a concise referral summary.
Build a referral summaryConsent-conscious guidance for school observations, referrals and assessment information.
View school resourcesLooking for something specific? Search assessments, services, tools and practical resources.
No. Start with what you hope to understand, and BrainLab can review whether a focused or broader assessment may fit.
No. Educational comparisons, navigation tools and screening questionnaires cannot establish a diagnosis or replace an appropriate professional assessment.
No. It identifies official avenues and questions to check. Insurers and program administrators make eligibility, authorization and reimbursement decisions.
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Use the Assessment Planner or contact BrainLab with what you would like help understanding.
