diagnosis Archives - Robin E. McEvoy, Ph.D. PLLC. Developmental Neuropsychologist

Your Child’s Diagnosis-or Not

September 4, 2017 by Robin Leave a Comment

I don’t diagnose. I mean . . . I CAN diagnose, but I often don’t. I am a developmental neuropsychologist and I do reassure parents that I can diagnose any possible learning disability. But frankly, it’s not the point of my evaluation. I don’t see my evaluations as diagnostic evaluations, but as comprehensive developmental evaluations […]

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Spelling Skills, Spelling Disability, Spelling Accommodations

August 4, 2017 by Robin Leave a Comment

We are in a new age for spelling. A hundred years ago (or even 50) spelling was important. Everyone wrote by hand and some had typewriters. Spelling was up to the writer and poor spelling was a sign that you were sloppy or maybe not very literate. Learning disabilities were unknown or poorly understood. As […]

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Back-to-School Knots

August 14, 2014 by Robin Leave a Comment

I was, on the whole, considerably discouraged by my school days. It was not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the beginning of the race. Winston Churchill Yeay! It’s back-to-school time! Back to a schedule. Back to knowing where your kids are for most of the day. Back to a […]

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