Psychotherapy and psychoeducational assessments for adults, teens, & children

OHIP does not pay for psychologists’ private services. Some extended health insurance plans will reimburse all or part of the fees paid to a psychologist. Extended healthcare insurance plans differ considerably in the types of coverage they provide. Please check your plan carefully to see what the coverage is for psychological services, the claim procedure, details required on receipts, payment options, and whether or not you require a letter of referral from your physician.

The Canada Revenue Agency has ruled that non-reimbursed fees paid to a registered psychologist in Ontario may be claimed as medical expenses on your income tax return.

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that starts in childhood and persists into adulthood. If you have always had difficulty concentrating, paying attention to details, making careless mistakes, feeling restless, sitting still, talking a lot, interrupting others, being easily distractible, planning and organizing, easily forgetting instructions or struggling to listen when others are speaking, then an assessment to determine if you have ADHD would be helpful.

An ADHD assessment looks at the history and current presentation of your inattentive and hyperactivity symptoms, as well as your learning, memory, and executive functioning profile.

For more information see ADHD Assessments, you can click here.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood and last into adulthood. ASD is characterized with difficulties in social communication (both verbal and nonverbal), a lack of interest social relationships, difficulty understanding emotions and nonverbal communication (like facial expressions and body language), and is often times accompanied by fixed or intense interests, rigid routines or a resistance to change, stereotyped body movements, and sensory sensitivities.

An ASD assessment involves an in-depth clinical interview, cognitive and adaptive behaviour testing, as well as the administration of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-II) with children and adolescents.

For more information about Autism & Developmental Disabilities Assessments, you can click here.

Giftedness is not a clinical diagnosis but rather a description of people who are talented and highly intelligent. Each school board defines “giftedness” differently and Mensa defines it as someone who has an IQ score of 98th percentile or higher.

To determine if you are gifted, you must complete an intellectual assessment, and for some school boards you must also complete a partial academic assessment.

For more information about gifted assessments, you can click here.

A learning disability a neurodevelopmental disorder whereby you have average to above average thinking and reasoning skills but that there is some processing weakness like memory problems, weak phonics skills, slow processing speed, or weak fine-motor skills that is causing your difficulty in reading, writing, or math.

For more information see Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia Assessments, you can click here.