Maybe you are less interested in a label than in a straight answer: what is really going on with your child, or with you, and what to do next. Maybe a bright kid keeps falling short of their potential and no one can say why. IQ & Cognitive Function Testing in Verona, WI is built for that kind of clarity, not for a single score, and you can start without a referral.
Each Verona evaluation at Core Spring Diagnostics rests with one licensed psychologist, the same guide from your first call through the results conversation. It begins by taking stock of reasoning, processing speed, working memory, and executive function, then turns toward the exact concern you want answered. If a learning difference, attention issue, or anxiety is part of the story, it is screened for rather than overlooked.
In children, the clues are often early or lopsided milestones, an all in focus on certain interests, and classroom boredom that spills into frustration. Questions far beyond their years, alongside a visible gap between what they can do and what they actually manage, tend to stand out most.
For teens, the recurring story is ability that the grades never quite capture: underachievement, marks that do not match potential, and open questions about acceleration or advanced coursework. Many simply want a clearer sense of their strengths before the big academic calls arrive.
Adults frequently come to make sense of themselves, to give shape to lifelong patterns of strength and struggle, or to secure documentation of how they think for a program or a job. Rather than a verdict, they are after understanding, and the evaluation is designed to deliver exactly that.
Your evaluation begins with about an hour of interview, where your psychologist gathers a full background across development, schooling, and current concerns. Clarifying the true goal, whether giftedness identification, a baseline, or academic planning, determines which assessments will be the most telling.
Your psychologist then selects a battery tailored to your question. Testing typically involves 2 to 6 hours of in person work over one to two days and may add measures of processing speed, memory, executive function, or adaptive skills. Questionnaires sent home round out the context.
All testing data, observations, and questionnaire responses are compiled into a detailed report on intellectual ability, mental strengths, processing style, and any areas worth noting. If another condition surfaces during the evaluation, it is noted clearly with the other findings.
Roughly two to three weeks after testing, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks the results back in clear language, then offers recommendations built for you: educational direction, ways to lean on your strengths, accommodations if useful, and next steps aligned with your goals.
No. You do not need a referral to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. Get in touch with us directly, for any reason that matters to you.
People pursue it for giftedness identification, academic planning, understanding uneven strengths, backing up accommodation requests, or simply gaining an honest picture of how a child or adult thinks and learns.
No. The evaluation looks at intellectual ability alongside processing speed, working memory, executive function, and other patterns, then explains what the profile means in real terms with individualized recommendations you can act on.
Yes. We work with children, teens, and adults, and many adults come to understand their own profile or to document strengths and needs for school or work.
A report free of jargon and a feedback session that turns the findings into educational and practical guidance built around your goals.
Call our Madison office at (608) 396 4830 and we will talk through your concerns and find a time. No referral is required first.
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