You have probably known for a while that something is not adding up, and you are tired of getting one piece of the answer instead of the whole thing. A comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation at Core Spring brings all of our assessments together into one, so a child, teen, or adult in Appleton can finally understand what is really going on. We look at the full behavioral and emotional picture, autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, mood, behavior, and learning.
Every evaluation starts with a foundational baseline, then builds an in-depth understanding of how you are functioning across autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, mood, behavior, and learning. We also screen for the concerns that travel together and look at how emotional factors shape daily life. From the first conversation through testing and your feedback session, one psychologist manages every step for Appleton families, screening for the concerns that travel together so the final picture is always complete rather than narrow.
Big feelings that are hard to manage, meltdowns that seem out of proportion, sensory sensitivities, trouble making or keeping friends, delayed speech, or schoolwork that does not match how hard they try.
Worn out by being around people, anxiety that shows up in unexpected places, shutting down or acting out, slipping grades, missing social cues, or sensory overwhelm at school. It can look like motivation, but you sense it is something more.
Years of working twice as hard just to keep up, a constant sense of masking, moods that swing further than they should, relationships that feel harder than they look for everyone else, or anxiety and low spells that never fully responded to treatment.
Your evaluation begins with a one-hour clinical interview where your psychologist gathers a complete history, from developmental milestones and childhood experiences through your current cognitive, emotional, and daily functioning. This broad conversation is essential because a neuropsychological evaluation looks at the full picture, and your psychologist uses this information to build a customized testing plan.
Your psychologist selects a comprehensive battery spanning cognitive function, executive function, memory, attention, emotional functioning, and adaptive skills. Testing involves 2 to 6 hours of in-person evaluation over one to two days. For concerns that include learning differences, an in-house learning disability specialist provides additional targeted assessments. You are also sent home with questionnaires, and individuals closely involved in your life can complete their own to provide additional clinical context.
All testing data from every domain (cognitive, emotional, academic, adaptive) are compiled into a detailed diagnostic report. This is the most thorough evaluation Core Spring offers, designed to identify the full range of conditions that may be present, whether that is ADHD, autism, learning disabilities, mood disorders, trauma-related conditions, or a combination.
Approximately two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks through every finding and provides individualized recommendations across all identified areas: therapy options, academic or workplace accommodations, lifestyle strategies, and a clear roadmap for next steps.
It is our most extensive assessment, and it brings all of our assessments together into one. It looks at autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, mood, behavior, and learning, along with attention and how emotional factors shape daily life. One psychologist manages the entire process and pulls everything into a detailed written report with individualized recommendations.
Yes. College disability services offices typically require documentation from a qualified licensed psychologist that identifies specific diagnoses and their functional impacts. A comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation from Core Spring Diagnostics meets this standard. The report includes the clinical findings, diagnostic conclusions, and specific accommodation recommendations that colleges use to determine eligibility for academic support.
Therapists and counselors use the reports to guide treatment. Schools use them for IEP and 504 planning. Colleges and universities use them for disability accommodations. Employers may use them for workplace accommodation documentation. The reports are written to be accessible and actionable across these contexts, not just to other psychologists.
Attention and executive function are looked at with a dedicated set of gold-standard tools that measure sustained and selective attention, impulsivity, flexibility, planning, organization, and holding information in mind. These results are read alongside the baseline and the behavioral rating scales to show how attention and executive skills affect everyday life, including how much they get in the way.
Yes, because mild-seeming concerns often reflect significant underlying patterns that have been masked by compensatory strategies or haven’t yet produced a breaking point. A comprehensive evaluation captures these patterns early, before they escalate into more disruptive problems. The findings frequently explain years of subtle struggles that the individual had not connected to a clinical profile.
Call Core Spring at (414) 387-2100 or send a consultation request through the website. Our intake team will learn about your concerns and guide you through the options.
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