843-256-6814 (Dr. Lake) or 843-212-6839 (Elaine)
Services
Personalized Care and Guidance
Comprehensive Psychoeducational Evaluation
Dr. Lake is committed to providing the highest quality services and most advanced, comprehensive evaluations for her clients and families.
Areas of assessment may include:
Parent Interview
Review of Records
Developmental History
Intellectual Ability
Memory and Learning
Phonological Processing
Auditory/visual processing
Oral Language
Pragmatic Language
Achievement
Social Emotional Functioning
Depression
Anxiety
Executive Function
Auditory Attention
Attention
Autism Characteristics
Visual Motor Integration
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Limited service
Cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidenced based therapeutic modality that can be highly effective in emotional and behavioral management for a variety of conditions and/or circumstances. Dr. Lake is highly skilled in this area; however, her dedication to her own family prohibits extensive offerings of appointments...particularity after school appointments. There are several wonderful clinicians in the area that are highly recommended.
Consultation
Parenting
Behavioral Management
Understanding parent rights in school
Consultation is sought by parents and guardians when they are struggling with their child in some capacity. It may be a concern with their child's behavior and/or difficulty knowing what to do to mitigate the presenting issues. School issues may arise and they need support knowing how they can partner with the school to support and learning, behavioral, emotional, etc. concerns.
Dr. Lake’s ability to effectively communicate highly complex testing results to parents and educators has proven paramount in assisting parents and school teams understand a child’s learning profile in order to identify and develop purposeful and effective interventions and Individualized Education Plans (IEP). Furthermore, Dr. Lake’s expert knowledge of special education (IDEA, 2004), disability law (ADA) and the public school system has been beneficial in assisting families navigate and access the services necessary for academic, social and emotional growth.
Autism Evaluation
Extensive evaluation, expert examination.
My approach to Autism evaluations are dimensional and very extensive as to thoroughly assess the possible presence of ASD. Points to consider:
Experience and expertise is imperative in an examiner of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
No singular tool or test that can definitely rule it in our out, rather it is the practitioner you choose that is most important in this process.
A test does not diagnose your child, rather it lends information that will practitioner will evaluate and interpret through the lens of their expertise and experience.
Screenings
Dyslexia, ADHD, mood related conditions
Screenings are designed to provide preliminary information regarding the the emerging presence of a particular concerns. They are not diagnostic in nature but may provide useful data to inform the need for comprehensive evaluation and/or targeted intervention supports. They are far less time intensive and costly as full evaluation; however they only target the one specific area of concerns.
Gifted Testing
Cognitive and Achievement
Gifted testing may prove useful in many respects as families decide on academic placements, programming, and engage in their desire to understand their child's cognitive abilities and academic skills.
Contact me today to schedule a personal consultation.