Karen Dearing, Ph.D. -- Neuropsychological and Psychoeducational Assessment

Greetings and Welcome

I am a licensed clinical psychologist (CA PSY23119) working on the peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I specialize in the neuropsychological and psychoeducational assessment of children, teens, and young adults. My areas of expertise include assessment of learning differences and disabilities (dyslexia, dysgraphia, math disabilities, etc.), processing and attentional disorders, and social and emotional challenges and disorders, as well as the interplay of these as they affect academic achievement. Through comprehensive assessment, I strive to provide each student with whom I work a detailed understanding of his or her personal cognitive, academic, and when relevant, social and emotional strengths and challenges. Through assessment, identification of specific learning disorders, processing and executive functioning deficits, attention-deficit disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and emotional disorders is possible. I offer a whole-child perspective on each student with whom I work, and the acquired information is used to make recommendations for interventions and supports, academic accommodations, and individualized learning strategies as appropriate for each student.