Psychology Assessment Center

60 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3647

The pediatric specialists at MassGeneral Hospital’s Psychology Assessment Center provide psychological assessment for the diagnosis and treatment of disorders that affect intellectual, academic, personality, and emotional status as well as forensic concerns of children.

Multidisciplinary Treatment for Complex Diagnoses

A multidisciplinary team of psychologists representing neuropsychology, clinical, developmental, and school psychology in conjunction with neurologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and psychometricans provide evaluation, consultation, and referral for a broad spectrum of concerns, including:

• Learning Disabilities
• Intellectual Assessment
• Attention Deficit Disorders
• Developmental Disorders
• Brain Trauma
• Neurological Disease
• Personality Assessment
• Social and Emotional Difficulties
• Educational Consulting Services

Other Specialized Pediatric Psychology Services include:

• Cognitive screening
• Attention deficit disorder screening and diagnosis in adults and children
• Emotional screening/personality assessment
• Monitoring of cognitive development in premature infants (Bailey, Brazelton)
• Involvement in research projects/case studies
• Consultation with patients/parents regarding necessity of assessment or review of previous results
• Feedback to patients/parents and referral sources explaining assessment results
• Educational consulting services, e.g. school observations, attendance at school IEP Team meetings
• Services across the life-span; childhood to geriatric populations

Close Collaboration with Educational Professionals

The Psychology Assessment Center offers educational consulting to bridge the gap between our report recommendations and implementation in the child’s school environment. The consulting also offers parents the opportunity to have their expectations for their child’s education expressed to the school. Gretchen Timmel, MEd, our Educational Liaison, brings to her consulting services over fifteen years of direct experience in the field, which includes educational evaluation, school psychology work in the public schools, teaching, and private tutoring.

Please note that for the purposes of diagnosing learning disabilities, most health insurances will not cover intellectual, academic, cognitive, or neuropsychological testing. You may either contact your local school system to request authorization of an independent educational evaluation (second, outside opinion) to cover the cost of testing for learning disabilities and/or psychological assessment for personality, social and emotional difficulties for your child or sign a waiver agreeing to pay the cost of the evaluation.