The first step in scheduling an evaluation is to get a referral from your child’s pediatrician. You can contact your child’s pediatrician’s office and request that a referral be faxed to our office at 662-932-4626. Once we receive the referral, we will verify insurance eligibility. Then, we will call you to review your insurance benefits, estimated cost, and schedule an evaluation. Evaluations are scheduled for forty-five minutes to an hour.

You can expect an evaluation to take between 45 minutes to one hour.

Please bring a copy of your driver’s license and insurance card. If your child has an IEP or has any paperwork documenting a medical or developmental diagnosis, we request that you also bring this paperwork to the initial evaluation.

Our administrative staff will email and/or text a copy of the intake paperwork prior to the evaluation. If you are unable to complete the paperwork electronically, we have paper copies available at the front desk on the evaluation date. We recommend that you arrive 10 minutes early to allow for completion without interfering with the evaluation time.

We request that a caregiver be present for each evaluation. This allows us to hear your concerns, complete a parent interview, and discuss results in real-time.

An evaluation typically lasts between 45 minutes to an hour. It is comprised of a combination of parent questionnaire, standardized assessments, and clinical observations. For younger children who are shyer and more uncomfortable, we will lean heavily on the parent questionnaires to obtain a good understanding of your child’s abilities at home. During the assessment, the evaluator will provide you with information on expectations, the child’s abilities, potential therapy targets, how we will target deficits in therapy and home extension activities. We are intentional to include families in the evaluation process to ensure that the families’ concerns are recognized and the family is comfortable with the next steps.

We understand that childcare can be a barrier to receiving care; therefore, siblings are allowed to attend evaluations. However, when possible, we encourage families to not bring siblings to the evaluation to decrease distractions.

In many cases, we will review the evaluation results during the evaluation appointment and make a plan for therapy. If time does not permit, the evaluating therapist will call to review the results and schedule therapy if indicated.

You will receive a printed copy of your child’s evaluation report at your child’s first therapy session. If your child does not qualify for therapy, our office will send a hard or electronic copy for your review.