Empowering Lives Through Counseling & Assessments

Behavior and Emotional Concerns:

ADHD Assessments:

Which assessment is best for your child?

Social Skills and Adaptive Behavior:

Executive Functioning and Attention Difficulties:

To confirm ADHD symptoms and their impact on functioning:

• Conners 4 – Highly specific for ADHD, assessing inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, learning problems, and executive functioning.

• Brown EF/A Scales – Focuses on executive functioning deficits related to ADHD, such as organization, working memory, and emotional regulation.

• BASC-3 (Behavior Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition) – Identifies behavioral and emotional challenges, including hyperactivity, aggression, and attention problems. It also provides teacher and parent ratings.

To evaluate emotional regulation, social skills, and behavioral concerns:

• BASC-3 – Comprehensive for diagnosing EBD, as it assesses internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) and externalizing behaviors (e.g., aggression, conduct problems). It also has self-report, parent, and teacher forms.

• DBRS (Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale) – Helps assess behavioral issues, including ODD, conduct disorder, and ADHD-related behaviors.

• Conners 4 – Best if ADHD symptoms are a concern. It assesses inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, learning difficulties, and executive functioning deficits

• SSIS (Social Skills Improvement System) – Useful for social-emotional skill development and behavioral goal-setting within the IEP.

• Brown EF/A Scales (Executive Function/Attention Scales) – Assesses executive functioning, which is useful for students struggling with organization, working memory, and task completion.

• DBRS (Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale) – Useful if behavioral issues related to ADHD, ODD, or conduct problems need to be addressed.

• SSIS (Social Skills Improvement System) – Evaluates social skills, problem behaviors, and academic competence. Can be helpful for social-emotional and behavioral IEP goals.

• SSIS-SEL (Social-Emotional Learning Edition) – Focuses specifically on SEL competencies, which can be useful for students needing support in emotional regulation and interpersonal skills.

• Vineland-3 – Measures adaptive behavior, including communication, daily living, and socialization. Important if intellectual disability or autism is a concern.

Adaptive and Functional Behavior (if necessary):

If the student struggles with adaptive functioning (e.g., daily living, socialization), consider:

• Vineland-3 – Helps assess adaptive behavior, which can be relevant for both ADHD and EBD students who struggle with life skills and independence.

Pricing for educational assessments. If more than one test is completed, prices will be discounted.

• BASC-3 (Behavior Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition) – $125.00

• Conners 4 –Social Skills and Adaptive Behavior - $75.00

• SSIS (Social Skills Improvement System) - $100.00

• SSIS-SEL (Social-Emotional Learning Edition) - $100.00

• Vineland-3 – $75.00

Executive Functioning and Attention Difficulties:

• Brown EF/A Scales (Executive Function/Attention Scales) - $75.00

• DBRS (Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale) – $100.00

Best Combination Based on Needs:

• General behavioral and emotional concerns: BASC-3 + Conners 4

• Social skills and adaptive behavior needs: SSIS or SSIS-SEL + Vineland-3

• Executive functioning and attention difficulties: Brown EF/A + Conners 4

• Comprehensive assessment: BASC-3 + SSIS + Brown EF/A + Vineland-3

Best Assessment Combination for ADHD & EBD:

• Core assessments: Conners 4 + BASC-3

• For executive functioning deficits: Brown EF/A

• For behavioral concerns (ODD/CD): DBRS

• For social-emotional learning needs: SSIS

• For adaptive functioning (if needed): Vineland-3

Anger Management & Substance Abuse Assessments and Counseling

Adult and Youth Individual Assessments:

Intake Assessment - $125.00

MId-Therapy and Final Check-in - $75.00

7 weeks - 1.25 - 1.5 hour sessions

$275.00 - in advance

$300.00 - on day one

$50.00/weekly ($350.00)

Your journey begins with a thorough intake assessment to better understand your unique needs, goals, and challenges. From there, we’ll meet for 7 one-on-one sessions tailored to support growth, healing, and skill-building. Around the halfway point, we’ll complete a mid-therapy check-in to assess progress and adjust goals if needed. A final session allows us to reflect on your growth and evaluate the overall effectiveness of the process. This structured 9–10 session program may lead to recommendations for continued therapy, if appropriate. Services may be court-ordered, family-referred, or chosen personally.

This assessment explores how alcohol or other substances may be affecting your life, health, or relationships. It helps us understand your current patterns and any areas of concern so we can recommend the best next steps for support or treatment. It’s respectful, confidential, and focused on helping—not judging.

Designed specifically for teens and young adults, this assessment helps us understand if alcohol or drug use is becoming risky or harmful. It also looks at emotional, family, or peer influences that may play a role. The goal is to guide youth toward healthier choices with support that fits their life.

This assessment helps identify how you experience and express anger, and how it may be impacting your relationships, work, or health. It gives us insight into triggers and patterns, and helps shape a plan to manage emotions in more constructive ways. It's about gaining control—not losing it.

This supportive assessment is tailored for kids and teens who are struggling with frustration, outbursts, or shutting down. It helps identify what’s behind the anger and how it’s showing up at home, school, or in relationships. From there, we build skills for calming, communicating, and coping more effectively.

1. AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test)
A 10-item screening tool developed by the WHO to assess alcohol consumption, drinking behaviors, and alcohol-related problems.

2. DAST (Drug Abuse Screening Test)
Used to assess drug use behavior (not including alcohol) and determine the degree of consequences or problems related to substance use.

3. ASI (Addiction Severity Index)
A more in-depth clinical interview that explores multiple life areas affected by substance use—like medical, legal, family, and psychiatric domains.

1. CRAFFT Screening Tool
Specifically designed for adolescents, this brief behavioral health screening tool identifies risky alcohol and drug use.

2. SASSI-A2 (Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory – Adolescent Version)
Helps identify high-risk youth with a high degree of validity—even if they are defensive or in denial about substance use.

3. Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN-SS or GAIN-I)
Can be used with adolescents to assess behavioral health concerns, including substance use, mental health, and risk behaviors.

1. STAXI-2 (State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory)
Measures how often a person experiences anger, how they express it, and how well they control it.

2. Anger Disorders Scale (ADS)
Assesses clinically significant anger across different dimensions like frequency, intensity, and triggers.

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1. Achenbach System (CBCL, TRF, YSR)
A well-validated set of forms completed by parents, teachers, and youth to assess behavioral and emotional issues—including aggression and anger.

2. STAXI-2 C/A (Child and Adolescent Version)
Measures anger experience, expression, and control in children and teens.

3. Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC-3)
Comprehensive tool to evaluate behavior and emotions in youth; includes components for identifying anger regulation issues.

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Adult Alcohol & Substance Use Assessment

Youth Alcohol & Substance Use Assessment

🧒 Youth Alcohol & Substance Use Assessments

🧠 Adult Alcohol & Substance Use Assessments

Adult Anger Management Assessments

Youth Anger Management Assessments

😠 Youth Anger Management Assessments

💢 Adult Anger Management Assessments

Therapy & Assessment Process Overview