Comprehensive Child & Adult
ADHD Evaluations
Louisville & Boulder County, CO
Scientific, tailored assessments that clarify attention and executive functioning challenges — with meaningful recommendations for school & home.
I provide comprehensive ADHD assessments for children, adolescents, and adults that go beyond checklists or brief screenings. Evaluations are designed to clarify why your child is struggling and to provide meaningful, practical recommendations for school and home.
Licensed clinical psychologist • Private pay • School‑ready written reports • Quick turnaround
Why Bright Children Can Still Struggle with ADHD - Explained
ADHD is not diagnosed based on intelligence, effort, or grades alone. A thorough evaluation looks at how attention, executive functioning, learning, and behavior interact across settings.
In this brief video, Dr. Gioielli explains how executive functioning challenges — often associated with ADHD — can impact school performance even in bright children.
If you’re wondering whether your child’s struggles reflect ADHD or another learning-related challenge, a consultation can help clarify next steps.
What a Comprehensive ADHD Evaluation Helps Clarify
ADHD can impact school, work, relationships, and your daily life in ways that may be confusing and frustrating. This evaluation can help you understand:
Why homework and tasks may be harder than expected
Whether attention, organization, and planning are affecting school success
Whether ADHD, a learning disorder, or another factor is contributing
What supports or recommendations will help teachers & parents
A comprehensive ADHD evaluation looks beyond surface behaviors and explores how a child’s cognitive processes, attention skills, and executive functions interact to affect performance across settings.
ADHD Strengths and Real-World Outcomes
Seeing ADHD through a strengths-informed lens doesn’t replace the need for formal assessment — but it does help families appreciate that the profile of skills and challenges is complex and nuanced.
It’s also important to understand that ADHD isn’t only about challenges — many individuals with ADHD go on to excel creatively and professionally precisely because of how their brains are wired.
This second video highlights how the unique traits associated with ADHD — such as creativity, high-energy focus on interests, and divergent thinking — can be strengths when understood and supported effectively.
What My ADHD Evaluations Include
For $2,750, you’ll receive a comprehensive ADHD assessment that offers structured insight into attention, executive functioning, and related areas, along with individualized recommendations to help inform next steps. Your fee includes assessment sessions, scoring, interpretation, a written report, relevant research, and a feedback meeting — no surprise charges.
Comprehensive ADHD assessments typically involve:
Clinical interview and developmental history
Standardized cognitive and executive functioning measures
Behavioral and attention rating scales
Academic screening when indicated
Integration of data across multiple sources
Families receive:
A detailed, written psychological report
Clear diagnostic conclusions when appropriate
Practical, individualized recommendations for school and home based on data
A feedback session to review results and answer questions
