Psychoeducational & ADHD Evaluations for Tenafly, NJ
Tenafly's schools are demanding, and that raises the cost of an unidentified learning or attention difference. A capable student can compensate for years and then hit a wall in middle school or in the transition to high school, when the volume of independent work exceeds what compensation can cover.
Dr. Josephine Kim provides psychoeducational, cognitive, and ADHD evaluations from her Englewood office, minutes from Tenafly.
The pattern that usually prompts a referral
A student who is clearly bright, works hard, and still underperforms. Homework that takes three times longer than it should. Strong participation in discussion paired with weak written output. Test scores that do not match classroom understanding. None of these are motivation problems, and treating them as such is how a decade of frustration accumulates.
A psychoeducational evaluation compares cognitive ability against academic achievement and looks for the gap. That comparison is where a learning difference typically hides in an otherwise strong profile.
ADHD, anxiety, or a learning difference
Attention difficulties in a high-pressure district are frequently the endpoint of something else: anxiety consuming working memory, chronic sleep deprivation, or the cognitive effort required to work around an undiagnosed reading or processing weakness. A credible evaluation screens for all of these rather than confirming the referral question it was handed.
What the report is built to do
- Name the specific deficit and its measured impact rather than describing it generally
- Link findings to what the teacher actually observes in class
- Propose concrete accommodations under the appropriate mechanism
- Give parents language they can use in a child study team meeting
- Set a benchmark against which to measure change if re-tested later
Getting Here
From Tenafly to the Englewood office
Tenafly is about eight minutes from the Englewood office: south on County Road or Engle Street into downtown Englewood, to 155 N Dean St, Suite 3B, with street and lot parking nearby. Testing is scheduled in blocks with breaks, and mornings generally produce the most representative results for students.
155 N Dean St, Suite 3B
Englewood, NJ 07631
Telehealth available
Secure video sessions anywhere in New Jersey
Common Questions
Tenafly questions
- Where can Tenafly families get a psychoeducational evaluation?
- Dr. Josephine Kim conducts psychoeducational, cognitive, and ADHD evaluations at 155 N Dean St, Suite 3B in Englewood, roughly eight minutes from Tenafly, with a feedback session and a written report designed for school use.
- Should I ask the school to evaluate first?
- You can, and districts have an obligation to consider a written request. Many families choose a private evaluation as well, because it is typically broader, faster to schedule, and includes a full feedback session. The two are not mutually exclusive.
- What age do you evaluate from?
- Evaluations are available for children, adolescents, and adults. The specific battery is selected by age and by the referral question, and younger children work in shorter blocks across more sessions.
Serving Tenafly from Englewood
Dr. Kim is accepting new clients. A first consultation covers what you are experiencing, what you have already tried, and which approach is likely to fit.