Services
Dr. Lasher believes in providing professional services which are tailored to the needs of each individual client and which can answer questions about their specific concerns. Services include neuropsychological assessment and psychotherapy with children and adolescents, as well as parent training and education classes.
Testing and Assessment
Neuropsychological Evaluation
Dr. Lasher specializes in the neuropsychological evaluation of developmental disorders and functioning in children and adolescents. A neuropsychological evaluation is a comprehensive assessment that can provide answers and guidance about a person’s development, learning, behavior, emotions, and social functioning. The evaluation involves integrating and analyzing information from early history and development, performances on a variety of neuropsychological tests, and observational measures.
How can a neuropsychological evaluation help me and my child?
◾ It can provide a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder such as ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, or learning disability. It can help identify and differentiate symptoms of a psychological disorder such as anxiety or depression.
◾ It can identify your child’s unique cognitive profile including areas of strength or weakness, learning patterns, emotional perceptions, and behavioral responses that contribute to their overall functioning.
◾ It can guide a treatment plan by recommending appropriate interventions based on your child’s neuropsychological profile that can be used to improve functioning at home or at school.
Other Types of Assessment
Dr. Lasher also provides other types of psychological testing that are focused on specific areas of functioning. These include developmental testing of very young children, intelligence testing and/or achievement testing to determine eligibility in gifted/advanced educational programs, or partial testing to provide more information when a child has already had a less comprehensive evaluation.
Therapy
Dr. Lasher provides individual psychotherapy to children and adolescents using developmentally appropriate cognitive-behavioral strategies and social-play activities to reduce anxious and depressed feelings, increase coping skills, and decrease anger or reactive behaviors. Therapy often includes working with parents to provide supportive strategies that can used at home.
Other Services
Dr. Lasher also provides consultation services to schools and community groups by special arrangement. These may include presentations, workshops, seminars, and support groups.
Contact us now if you want to sign up or learn more about any of our offerings!