Comprehensive Cognitive and Psychological Assessment Services
Conducted for a diagnosis or additional insight for those with:
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Intellectual disability
Dementia e.g. alzheimer’s, parkinson’s, frontotemporal, lewy body and vascular
Acquired brain injury (ABI) e.g. stroke, traumatic brain injury, substance abuse
Specific learning disorder (SLD) e.g. dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
General cognitive/memory concerns
What is a cognitive/psychological assessment?
Cognitive and psychological assessments and tests can measure IQ (verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory and processing speed), attention (selective, sustained and alternating), memory (visual and auditory), executive functioning (mental flexibility, impulse control/inhibition, self-monitoring, planning/problem solving, perseveration and temporal sequencing), verbal fluency (phonemic and semantic), language (expressive and receptive), academic achievement (word reading, reading comprehension, spelling, writing, mathematics, speaking and listening), adaptive functioning (conceptual, social, practical), and mood (anxiety, stress and depression). They can also assess for psychological/behavioural symptoms that match the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria.
Rory Fischer
AHPRA Registered Psychologist
PSY0002290067
BPsyc, MProfPsyc, MscPsyc(Neuro)
Rory has researched and worked clinically across public, private and university sectors in Australia, Canada and the Netherlands, providing him with the most up to date global knowledge and best practice methodologies. Additionally, his academic qualifications were obtained from multiple universities, giving him both broad and unique perspectives into the field of psychology and cognitive assessment.
His predominant areas of research have been in traumatic brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and healthy brain ageing.
Rory has extensive experience in providing cognitive and psychological assessments for adults and children with an intellectual disability, ADHD, ASD, specific learning disorder, people who have experienced an acquired brain injury subsequent to trauma, stroke, or substance abuse, and those with neurodegenerative disorders such as parkinson’s, alzheimer’s, frontotemporal, lewy body and vascular dementia.
Contact
For any questions or to make a booking; please phone, email, or use the contact form:
Balance Boardroom, Level 1, 8 First Ave, Maroochydore, QLD, 4558
Ph: 0484 512 779
info@sunshinecoastcognitiveassessment.com.au