Psychological assessment

• Why an evaluation?
• Stages of the evaluation
• Intelligence test for young children
• Intelligence test for children
• Intelligence test for adults
• Personality tests
• A gifted child
• Giftedness in adults
• Therapy for gifted people
• Choosing the right therapy
• Who asks for it?
• Can IQ be improved?
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• Clinical psychologist, Psychoanalyst Paris

What is psychological assessment?

A psychological assessment evaluates within a few sessions the affective, psychological and intellectual characteristics of a child, an adolescent or an adult. It begins with an interview. Then some psychological tests are proposed:

• an intelligence test giving an IQ score, such as the WPPSI-IV, the WISC-V or the WAIS-IV
• and questionnaires and personality tests.

A psychological assessment helps understand who the person is and what his or her potentials are and/or what makes them suffer. One of the things that a psychological assessment can do is to confirm that the person is intellectually gifted. It also provides concrete answers on how to live well with one's personal characteristics.

Can young children go through psychological assessment?

The psychological assessment's methodology is adapted to anyone over two and a half years old.

Which questions can be answered using psychological assessment?

Here are examples of questions which can be answered using psychological assessment:

• Am I an intellectually gifted person?
• Is my child intellectually gifted?
• What is my IQ score?
• What are my intellectual skills?
• What are the characteristics of my personality?
• What are the characteristics of my cognitive functioning?
• Do I suffer from a mental disorder? If so, which one?
• What is the most effective way for me to treat this disorder?