Maybe your child races through days of nonstop energy and then shuts down for a spell, or maybe the pattern is your own and it has never added up. You are looking for a real understanding, not a rushed label. Our Bipolar Disorder Evaluations in Franklin, WI work to find the true pattern behind the shifts, and no referral is ever needed to start.
We start each evaluation from a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then bring in mood measures and a careful, thorough history. One licensed psychologist stays with the process the entire way, and that single point of continuity is what makes a real screen possible for the conditions bipolar disorder tends to imitate.
In children, we read mood slowly and with caution, mindful that so many conditions look alike when kids are young. The emphasis stays on grasping the full picture as it unfolds rather than settling on a label prematurely.
In teens, key signals include separate stretches of heightened or irritable energy that drop into low, withdrawn periods. Changes in sleep, impulsive behavior, and mood shifts that clearly outrun the usual teenage range are all worth examining.
In adults, this typically looks like expansive or irritable energy that alternates with depression, with sleep, activity, and judgment moving as well. A long personal history that never fit any single explanation often runs underneath it all.
We open with a clinical interview lasting about an hour, in which your psychologist builds out a detailed history of reading and language development, from early milestones through the difficulties you are seeing now. That picture determines which dyslexia specific assessments will lead to the clearest diagnosis.
Next comes a personalized battery that joins broad cognitive and executive function testing with focused reading and phonological evaluation delivered by our in house learning disability specialist. In person testing typically spans 2 to 6 hours over one to two days, and questionnaires go to you and to teachers or others involved in the learning environment.
All findings from the psychologist and the learning disability specialist are integrated into one detailed diagnostic report covering cognitive ability, phonological processing, reading fluency, and comprehension, plus any co occurring conditions the evaluation identified, such as ADHD or another learning difference.
Generally two to three weeks after testing you come back for a feedback session, where your psychologist explains the diagnosis clearly and lays out individualized recommendations: reading intervention strategies, academic accommodations, and assistive technology options fitted to your circumstances.
No. A referral is never necessary to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to contact us directly, for any reason at all.
You will go through a detailed clinical interview and history, complete a cognitive and executive function baseline, work through mood measures, and be screened for conditions that mimic bipolar patterns, all with one psychologist.
Because bipolar patterns blend so easily with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and trauma, and the support that works depends on getting the picture right. A careful history and evaluation are what make that possible.
Yes. We assess both teens and adults, and with younger clients we take a cautious approach to mood, since many conditions can resemble one another early on.
Call (414) 387-2100 and our team will help you find a time and answer whatever you would like to know before committing to anything.
A plain-language report and a feedback session offering individualized recommendations, so you head out with a clear path toward the right support.
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