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Evaluations

Comprehensive Evaluations Tailored to Your Child’s Needs

At Children’s Health Council (CHC), we specialize in providing expert evaluations for children, teens, and young adults (birth to age 25) through a unique, interdisciplinary approach. 

Our team of psychologists, neuropsychologists, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, and educational specialists works collaboratively to uncover each individual’s strengths and challenges, ensuring a holistic understanding of their needs.

What Sets CHC Apart


CHC offers more than just an evaluation—we provide a seamless path forward. Our ability to deliver comprehensive care under one roof ensures that families don’t have to start over after an evaluation.

Culturally Responsive and Personalized Care

At CHC, we understand that every individual’s background and experiences are unique. We prioritize understanding each individual’s cultural identity and family context to provide evaluations that are respectful, inclusive, and tailored to their lived experiences. By thoughtfully considering cultural factors, we ensure a better understanding of your child and their specific needs.

Why Families Choose CHC

From evaluation to ongoing care, CHC is here to support your child’s journey toward reaching their full potential.

Interdisciplinary Expertise

A collaborative team approach delivers comprehensive insights and tailored recommendations.

Strengths-Based Philosophy

We help families understand their child’s unique strengths and potential, alongside their challenges.

Evidence-Based

Our evaluations are grounded in the latest research and assessments for accuracy and reliability.

Whole-Person Support

We go beyond diagnosis to provide actionable recommendations for school, home, and therapeutic environments.

The CHC Evaluation Model

CHC provides single and inter-disciplinary comprehensive evaluations. 

LEARN MORE

Phone: 650-688-3625
Medi-Cal: 650-688-3650

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What We Offer

Comprehensive evaluations are key to understanding a child’s unique needs, whether academic, emotional, or behavioral.

Our comprehensive evaluations cover the range of concerns typically assessed in psychoeducational and neuropsychological evaluations, including intellectual and academic functioning, cognitive processing (e.g., attention, memory), and social-emotional development. These evaluations test for things like ADHD, learning disabilities, and more.

Designed to identify developmental delays or a diagnosis of autism and provide treatment recommendations for long-term success, for ages 0-25.

Evaluates motor skills, handwriting, and sensory processing to enhance coordination and physical development for school and daily life success.

We offer IQ testing to support applications to private schools or gifted programs.

Assesses articulation, expression, comprehension, functional communication, and social language to address delays and improve academic performance and communication.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) evaluations determine the most effective ways for individuals to communicate. They support children with limited or no speech by identifying alternative methods to enhance their communication abilities.

What We Evaluate

Neurodevelopmental & Learning Challenges

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • ADHD and executive functioning difficulties
  • Learning differences, including dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia
  • Developmental delays and intellectual disabilities

Speech, Language, & Motor Skills

  • Speech and language delays
  • Social communication challenges
  • Sensory processing and motor coordination difficulties

Giftedness & Twice-Exceptional (2e) Assessments

  • Identification of giftedness
  • Evaluating the needs of twice-exceptional children (gifted with learning, emotional, or behavioral challenges)

Mental Health & Emotional Well-Being

  • Anxiety, depression, and mood disorders
  • Trauma-related conditions
  • Behavioral challenges and impulse control
  • Social and emotional development

Cognitive & Academic Skills

  • Cognitive abilities (IQ)
  • Memory, attention, and problem-solving abilities
  • Academic achievement

Evaluation Follow Up at No Cost

Evaluations typically include patient interviews, parent interviews, observations, collaboration with other providers, testing, interpretation, report-writing, and follow-up. Multiple experts. Multiple disciplines. One report. Less confusion.

Once your family has completed an evaluation, participated in the follow up and received a comprehensive report from us, you are invited to return to CHC at no additional cost if you have questions and would like further guidance.
Your Care Coordinator can provide details.


Clinical Leadership Team

CHC’s clinical staff includes psychologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, educational specialists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists, and more—all right here and ready to help your child, teen or young adult discover their promise and potential.

Explore the Resource Library

Access expert articles, tools, and guides on mental health, learning differences, and more in CHC’s free Resource Library—all at no cost!

Why Early Intervention Matters

Mental health struggles like anxiety, depression, trauma, or social challenges can worsen over time if left untreated. Early therapeutic intervention provides coping tools and emotional support, fostering resilience and healthier relationships. 

Evaluation FAQs

Why CHC?

CHC has been a trusted community resource for nearly 70 years, providing life-changing services for ADHD, learning differences, autism, and anxiety and depression. While we recognize that this process must be overwhelming for you and your family, we invite you to take a breath. CHC is here for you. This is what we do.

Learn more about The CHC Evaluation Model. Our in-house expert team at CHC provides single and multi-disciplinary psychological and neuropsychological evaluations. Caregivers receive a collaborative report and treatment plan for their child, teen or young adult.