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Effective March 4, 2022, pay parking will resume at all Island Health sites that previously had pay parking in place.![Caring for the Vulnerable](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_image/public/news/images/caring-for-vulnerable.png?itok=e2Z_BdXq)
A neuropsychological evaluation helps us get a better understanding of a child's memory, attention, perception, language, visual-spatial abilities, problem solving, planning, abstract reasoning and personality.
Neuropsychology Services offers assessments and psychoeducational/rehabilitation plans for children who have been diagnosed with neurological or neurological/ neurodevelopmental medical conditions where brain dysfunction is suspected to affect their cognitive abilities, learning in school, or day to day behaviours.
Our criteria require demonstrated disturbances in brain functioning contributing to difficulties in at least two aspects of daily living (e.g., in home, school, or community). This testing involves the assessment of cognitive and emotional functioning.
For example, children with:
Children and adolescents with documented evidence of a neurological, neurodevelopmental or other medical condition affecting brain function are considered for evaluation by our program.
Children who have sustained an acquired brain injury within the past 12 months, or those with acute or urgent medical needs, will be given priority and seen at the soonest possible time.
Neuropsychological assessments take time and therefore the child needs to be able to attend to and cooperate with standardized test procedures.
Children with severe generalized developmental delay, severe behaviour disorders, or severe motor or communication disorders are unlikely to be able to complete tests beyond those available from school districts or developmental programs/clinics, and are therefore not eligible for Neuropsychology Services.
Neuropsychological Services does not assess children who require a diagnosis primarily for funding purposes, nor those with ADHD or a learning disability (without an accompanying medical condition). Children in these categories are referred to school districts, psychologists consulting to child development centres, or other community services.
Referrals should be by way of the Neuropsychology Referral Form and should clearly state the child's medical condition, the nature of the suspected brain-based problems, and the reason a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment is required.
Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health
2400 Arbutus Rd
Victoria BC V8N 1V7
General Inquiries: 250-519-6954
Toll Free: 1-877-238-0846
Fax: 250-519-6918
Heather Fox, Program Coordinator
250-519-6909
heather.fox@islandhealth.ca