You watch your child fight homework that should take twenty minutes, and you know how bright they are, so the gap between the effort they put in and the grades that come back stops making sense. A Learning Disability Evaluation in Brookfield, WI is how you find out exactly where the breakdown is and what will actually move the needle. You do not need a referral to begin.
Every evaluation opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function so we understand how your child, teen, or you as an adult takes in and holds onto information. From there the picture is tailored to the concern you brought in, whether that lives in reading, writing, or math, and an in house learning disability specialist runs the academic testing side by side with your psychologist. One licensed psychologist stays with the case throughout, and because learning differences rarely arrive alone, we screen for the conditions that tend to travel with them.
You might notice reading that stays slow and effortful long after peers have taken off, spelling that looks different every time, or a child who suddenly needs the bathroom the moment math worksheets appear. Effort is high, results do not follow, and the frustration runs deeper than one bad subject should explain.
Maybe your teen studies hard in one class and still lands far below the rest of their grades. They may lean on a friend’s notes or text to speech, quietly avoid the assignments that expose the weak spot, and watch the gap widen no matter how much more practice you add.
Perhaps you engineered your whole life around a single stubborn difficulty in reading, writing, or numbers, and it worked until a promotion, a degree program, or a certification exam raised the bar. Wanting a clear name for something you have carried quietly for years is a perfectly good reason to test.
We start with a roughly one hour conversation where your psychologist builds a complete academic and developmental history, from the earliest school years to the frustration that brought you in now. This is where we locate where learning is actually breaking down and decide which assessments will tell us the most.
Your psychologist assembles a personalized battery that pairs broad cognitive measures with targeted academic testing. Direct testing typically runs 2 to 6 hours across one to two days. The in house learning disability specialist handles the reading, writing, and math assessments while the psychologist covers cognitive, executive, and adaptive functioning, and questionnaires go home to you and to teachers.
Findings from both the psychologist and the learning disability specialist are pulled into a single detailed report covering cognitive ability, academic achievement, and any processing differences. If something like ADHD or anxiety surfaces along the way, it is written in rather than set aside.
Typically two to three weeks later you return for a feedback session where the diagnosis is explained in plain terms. You leave with individualized recommendations: classroom accommodations, strategies for home and school, tutoring or therapy referrals, and next steps matched to your specific profile.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to reach out directly, for any reason at all, and we will coordinate with your child’s school only if you ask us to.
Academic learning disorders need testing built specifically for them. Your psychologist owns the cognitive and executive baseline and the broader clinical read, while an in house learning disability specialist runs the reading, writing, and math testing. Both clinicians sit in on the feedback session.
We evaluate reading disabilities such as dyslexia, writing disabilities such as dysgraphia, and math disabilities such as dyscalculia, together with the attention and processing factors that shape how someone learns.
Yes. We assess children, teens, and adults. A good number of our adult clients come in when college coursework or job demands finally outgrow the workarounds they built years ago.
Yes. The written report spells out specific findings and recommendations that schools, colleges, and employers can act on, including support for an IEP, a 504 plan, and formal testing accommodations.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will talk through your concerns and set up an intake. There is no referral to chase down first, so you can get started as soon as you are ready.
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