Competency can be difficult to measure and a comprehensive evaluation is essential to determine if a client is competent.  Our evaluation will assess for psychological and neuropsychological factors that can impact decision-making.

Our competency evaluations typically involve:

• A clinical interview with the client and close members of their family. The interview will help us understand important psychological, medical, and social background information, and their current cognitive and psychological functioning.
• Consultation with the client’s attorney or representative to determine the legal questions that need to be answered.
• A review of medical, psychological, and other collateral documents that help us have a better understanding of the client’s psychological and emotional functioning.
• We will administer psychological and neuropsychological tests to objectively assess for mental health diagnoses and cognitive abilities.  We will administer and interpret paper and computer-based tests to assess for:
• General intellectual abilities
• Higher level executive skills such as reasoning and problem solving
• Attention and concentration
• Language comprehension and communication
• Visual-spatial skills and perception
• Memory impairment
• Motor and sensory skills
• Mood and personality
• Psychological diagnoses
• After we complete the evaluation, we will write a comprehensive report that integrates our findings and give it to the client’s representative or attorney.