You walk into the room and forget why, or your child loses the thread of an instruction somewhere between the first step and the second. When the details keep slipping before they can be used, an Executive Function Evaluation in Mount Horeb, WI can clarify what is happening and why. Reaching out takes no referral.
The evaluation is anchored by a baseline of cognitive and executive function, the systems that let you hold information, direct attention, and organize a plan, and from there it homes in on your particular sticking point. One licensed psychologist handles the process end to end, and because working memory and focus struggles frequently overlap with ADHD, anxiety, or a learning difference, we deliberately screen for each rather than settle for the obvious answer.
A child might struggle to carry a multi step direction all the way through, forget instructions almost as they are given, and react strongly when a routine changes. Personal items get lost again and again, and even simple tasks can stall partway to done.
With teens it often surfaces as forgotten assignments, missed deadlines, and a chaotic mix of paper and digital clutter. Their capability is not in doubt, yet the results keep trailing behind it, and keeping several demands straight at the same time proves genuinely hard.
Adults frequently describe walking into rooms and forgetting the errand, juggling many started tasks while finishing few, and missing appointments they meant to keep. Prioritizing feels slippery, and there is a constant low hum of working harder than seems fair to stay afloat.
The evaluation begins with a full clinical interview in which your psychologist learns your background, from developmental and academic history through the current executive function concerns. This helps us pin down what you want the testing to answer and which measures will be most revealing.
Your psychologist then selects a personalized set of assessments, usually 2 to 6 hours of in person testing over one or two days. When the referral question warrants it, we fold in measures of processing speed, memory, or attention, and questionnaires are sent home for added perspective.
The scores, the observations made during testing, and the completed questionnaires are combined into a thorough report that lays out your strengths, your processing patterns, and any areas of concern. Should ADHD, anxiety, or a learning difference emerge during the process, those results are recorded as well.
Roughly two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session where your psychologist reviews the findings in plain terms and provides individualized recommendations, whether that means learning or workplace strategies, accommodations, or the next steps that suit your goals.
No. Core Spring Diagnostics does not ask for a referral at any point. Feel free to contact us directly, for whatever reason, and we will coordinate with your other providers only if you would like us to.
There is heavy overlap between them. Executive function is central to ADHD, so the evaluation examines attention, planning, working memory, and self regulation closely, and it screens for ADHD along with the anxiety and learning differences that can present the same way.
It assesses the skills behind planning, starting, organizing, remembering, and following through, all set against a baseline of cognitive and executive function and then linked to the experiences you describe in daily life.
Absolutely. We see children, teens, and adults alike, and many adults come to us once the strategies they have leaned on for years finally cannot keep up with the load they are carrying.
A report written in plain language and a feedback session full of practical, individualized recommendations, including supports, tools, accommodations if useful, and next steps tuned to how your mind genuinely functions.
Reach our Madison office at (608) 396 4830. We will hear out your concerns, answer your questions, and arrange a time that fits, with no referral needed beforehand.
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