Psycho-educational Assessments for Post-Secondary Students

What is a psycho-educational assessment?

A psychoeducational assessment provides a comprehensive picture of cognitive strengths and challenges, emotional well-being, behavioural functioning, and academic skills. These assessments can help identify learning disorders, ADHD, mood-related concerns, and more. Most importantly, they focus on practical, actionable recommendations for students who want to excel in post-secondary settings and can also support students in securing accommodations.

Unlike counselling, assessment is typically a one-time process, which includes:

Intake
Two assessment sessions (2 hours each, or one longer session if preferred)
A 60-minute feedback session to review the results

Upon completion of the assessment, you receive a detailed written report full of insights and recommendations.

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Who offers assessments at CRMH?

Maria Skriver

Registered Psychologist

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Maria’s assessments are unique because of her background in the school system, which helps her tailor recommendations that are both realistic and effective in educational settings.

Maria also collaborates with a teacher trained in assessment, who often conducts the academic portion of the testing — giving you the benefit of both a teacher and psychologist perspective.

How to Start the Process

Maria Skriver, Registered Psychologist, is our team member who offers assessments. If you would like to learn a little bit about Maria, check out Maria’s bio on our about page.
The fastest route for connecting with a therapist is by clicking the “Request an Appointment” button which can be found in multiple locations on the website. From here, you can book an initial consultation.
Other options include (1) completing the contact form at the bottom of the page, (2) sending an email to our general email (crmhinfo@gmail.com) or to a therapist directly (found at the bottom of the bio pages), or (3) calling our office. If you leave a voicemail, please let us know your name, and if you are comfortable, an email address you are comfortable using for communication.
Once you have contacted us, a team member will be in touch to gather some information to support us with an appropriate referral to a clinician.
Please give our team a few days to respond to requests. If you do not hear back from us, please feel free to call or send email to crmhinfo@gmail.com
You therapist will be in touch to set up a first appointment.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our team at crmhinfo@gmail.com

FAQs About Assessment

Unlike counselling, assessment is typically a one-time process, which includes:
- Intake
- Two assessment sessions (2 hours each, or one longer session if preferred)
- A 60-minute feedback session to review results
Upon completion of the assessment, you receive a detailed written report full of insights and recommendations.
The full cost of a psychoeducational assessment is $2400.
Please contact your insurance company to inquire about possible assessment coverage.
No, we do not offer direct billing at this time. We will provide you with an invoice with all the information required to submit to your insurance company.
Please contact your insurance company to inquire about your personal coverage.
We accept etransfer, cash, or cheque. If you prefer to pay by credit card, there is a 2.4% fee associated with the payment.
We hold a credit card securely on file in the case that payment is not received in 7 days.
We require 24 hours notice of cancellation. With less than 24 hours notice of cancellation, you will be billed the full cost of the session.
This policy is out of respect for the psychologist who reserved the spot for you in their schedule, and also for other clients who may be waiting for services.
Services provided by psychologists are confidential. We are regulated health professionals, and therefore we are upheld to this rule of confidentiality by the College of Alberta Psychologists.
If you are an adult, the information you provide is confidential. We cannot even confirm or deny that you are a client (ie: to your partner or doctor) without your consent.
If you are a parent or caregiver of a child in therapy, you will work with your psychologist to determine appropriate information sharing depending on the age of the child.
There are times that psychologists must disclose confidential information, even without the consent of clients. These circumstances include:
- If the client is in serious or imminent danger of gravely harming themselves or others (please note, suicidal thoughts without active planning are common in clients, and without serious or imminent risk, it is not necessary for a psychologist to disclose this information without consent)
- If a child or vulnerable person is at risk of being harmed
- If a regulated health care professional (ie: physician, psychologist, physiotherapist) has engaged in sexual abuse or sexual misconduct
- If there is a subpoena by a judge
- In the case of required file review by the College of Alberta Psychologists (ie: in the case of a malpractice complaint)
- If you experienced harm at work that contributed in whole or in part to (psychological) injury, and this injury has caused you to be off work for more than one day and interferes with, or is likely to interfere with, your ability to engage in normal work activities
- If your services are covered through insurance, insurance companies will occasionally audit claims and inquire if clients have attended the sessions they have attempted to claim. There are also mandatory reporting circumstances for some clients (ie: for therapy to support a return to work, clients with the Canadian Armed Forces or Veterans Affairs)