Diagnostic & Assessment Services

Upon admission, all troubled teenagers will be administered a "core" battery of diagnostic and assessment instruments and tools. At minimum, those will include:

1. Psychiatric Evaluation

2. Psychosocial Assessment

3. Family System Assessment

4. Health and Physical Assessment

5. Nutritional Screen Assessment

6. Self-Harm Screen Assessment

7. Psychological Evaluation (Wechsler, MMPI, TAT)

8. Chemical Dependency Evaluation

9. Medication Evaluation

10. Recreational/Leisure Evaluation

Contingent on clinical indication, additional diagnostic or assessment instruments or tools will be utilized in the overall assessment in the diagnostic formulation of the resident. Those may include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Expanded Psychological Testing (Bender-Gestalt, Rorschach, etc.)

2. Neuro-Psychological Testing

3. Brain Mapping

4. Nutritional/Dietetic Evaluation

5. Educational Evaluation

6. Vocational Testing

7. Occupational Assessment

8. Neurological Evaluation

9. Assessment/Evaluation of Learning Disabilities (NLD, Dyslexia, etc.)

10. Speech and Language Assessments

11. Psycho-sexual Risk Assessment