Expert Psychoeducational Evaluation in Pasadena.
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Does This Sound Like You or Your Child?
Whether you are a parent searching for academic clarity or an adult trying to understand a lifetime of processing frustration, your journey is valid. We provide highly individualized testing for:
Children & Teens
Struggling with core academic milestones—including reading fluency (Dyslexia), handwriting and written expression (Dysgraphia), or mathematical calculation (Dyscalculia)—resulting in school anxiety and falling grades.
College Students & Young Adults
Feeling overwhelmed by heavy university workloads, running out of time on exams despite studying intensely, and requiring rigorous, objective clinical data to clarify underlying processing barriers.
Professionals & Adults
Preparing for high-stakes professional board or graduate exams, seeking a profound, data-driven understanding of their cognitive baseline to address long-standing learning vulnerabilities.
Finding the Root Cause
When a bright student underperforms, experiences intense homework exhaustion, or falls behind academically, the underlying cause is rarely a lack of effort. Because underlying learning profiles like Dyslexia (reading challenges), Dysgraphia (written expression difficulties), and Dyscalculia (math risks) heavily mask an individual’s true intellectual capability, a simple school screening or a generic tutoring plan is simply insufficient. Your educational history deserves a much more rigorous, thoughtful look than a surface-level assessment can provide.
We are deeply committed to diagnostic precision. Our goal is never to overdiagnose or underdiagnose, but to identify the exact right answer for your specific situation. By measuring the explicit intersection between your cognitive potential and your academic achievement through independent, standardized science, we ensure you or your child walk away feeling truly seen, validated, and armed with a clear, practical blueprint for real-world academic growth. (Suspecting straightforward attention or focus concerns specifically? View our dedicated ADHD Evaluation or Autism Assessment pathways.)
Rigorous Science. Genuine Care.
Regional Leadership & Elite TrainingYou aren't just seeing any clinic—you are working with recognized leaders in the field. Director Dr. Allen Sung serves as the Vice President of the San Gabriel Valley Psychological Association (SGVPA), leading a dedicated team of specialists trained at premier clinical and academic institutions like UCLA, NYU Langone Health and Rutgers University.
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No Long WaitlistsDon't wait half a year for clarity. As a private practice, we prioritize unhurried, attentive care and typically have the clinical availability to begin the evaluation process within a few weeks.
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A Culture of Kindness, Warmth & RespectWe believe that premier clinical science is meaningless without genuine empathy. From your very first phone call to your final feedback session, you will be treated with deep respect, warmth, and hospitality. We pride ourselves on creating an inviting, supportive environment where you feel genuinely cared for every step of the way.
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Clear Pricing, No Surprises.
Comprehensive assessment packages start at $4,900. Because we do not use a generic, "one-size-fits-all" approach, your exact investment will be confirmed based on clinical complexity and specific diagnostic scope required for your case. Our evaluations are deeply comprehensive, evidence-based, and designed to uncover an objective, accurate profile—ensuring our data-driven recommendations carry the highest clinical authority and weight before school districts, universities, and testing boards.
The Investment
We operate as an out-of-network private practice. For patients wishing to seek reimbursement from their insurance, our care team can provide an itemized "superbill" upon request, complete with the specific diagnostic codes required by PPO insurance carriers.
Out-of-Network Benefits
Your peace of mind is our priority from the moment you arrive. Enjoy the convenience of easy, free parking in our private building lot, leading into a clean, quiet, and highly professional office suite designed to provide a pleasant, peaceful space for your family.
A Welcoming Environment
Your Path Forward in
3 Simple Steps
A WELCOMING FIRST STEPPick a time on our live calendar for a free, 15-minute phone consultation. You’ll speak with a member of our dedicated care team who will listen to your story with warmth, respect, and zero pressure.
THE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATIONA collaborative process involving detailed clinical interviews followed by personalized, in-person testing at our Pasadena office. To ensure absolute diagnostic precision, we utilize advanced cross-battery assessments to evaluate the whole person, measuring integrated intelligence (IQ), executive functioning, and explicit academic processing styles.
THE ROADMAP & PRESENTATIONOur process concludes with a warm, professional feedback session where your doctor translates dense clinical results into practical, accessible insights. Following this discussion, you will receive your formal, comprehensive written report (delivered in approximately two weeks). Strictly grounded in objective data and standardized science, our reports are meticulously structured to meet the rigorous criteria required to advocate for school accommodations (IEPs/504 plans), university support, or high-stakes testing adjustments.
Our Care Team
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Dr. Allen Sung
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Dr. Gianna Rinaldi
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Dr. Sydney Todd
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes, absolutely. A psychoeducational evaluation is the comprehensive gold standard used to formally identify and diagnose specific learning disorders across all academic domains. This includes reading decoding and fluency (Dyslexia), spelling, sentence composition, and essay formulation (Dysgraphia), and spatial numerical processing and math reasoning (Dyscalculia).
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Yes. National standardized testing boards maintain exceptionally strict, meticulous requirements for granting testing modifications. Because they look for highly rigorous, multi-battery evidence of functional impairment, our evaluations are designed to meet their exact gold standards. We provide the precise, medical-grade documentation required to authentically advocate for necessary accommodations like extra time or quiet testing spaces, ensuring your true cognitive and academic capabilities can be fairly demonstrated.
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Public school evaluations are strictly designed to determine if a child meets narrow legal eligibility criteria for special education funding or support (like an IEP) within that specific district; they do not provide clinical medical-grade diagnoses. Our private psychoeducational evaluations offer a comprehensive clinical diagnosis of learning and attention differences, producing highly detailed, gold-standard documentation universally recognized by private schools, universities, workplace HR departments, and national high-stakes testing boards.
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This is a frequent, incredibly frustrating phenomenon known as an asynchronous profile or a potential twice-exceptional (2e) presentation. High intelligence can allow a child to compensate and "mask" an underlying learning disability or executive functioning deficit during early childhood. However, as the academic workload increases and text demands shift in middle or high school, these compensation strategies collapse, resulting in sudden academic underperformance, severe homework anxiety, and behavioral burnout.
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We recognize that seeking answers can bring a unique spectrum of emotions—from profound validation and relief to natural uncertainty. Our role is to guide your family through this process with immense warmth. By focusing on a person’s whole cognitive profile from a solution-focused, strengths-based lens, we ensure the final report serves as an empowering guide for self-understanding and real-world growth rather than a limitation.
Let's Find Your Path Forward
Whether you are seeking a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation or specialized therapy, we are here to help. Book a free 15-min consultation call to get your questions answered, or leave us a message below.