Are in-school special education evaluations enough for your child? Should you seek an outside evaluation from a neuropsychologist? How can you get the most accurate picture of your child's specific needs? Join Maureen Brown in a conversation with Dr. Kalyani Krishnan, a school psychologist and therapeutic tutor, as they discuss how special education assessments vary in their approaches and how to know which is right for your child.

What you'll learn:

• The role of a therapeutic tutor
• School evaluations vs. independent assessments
• The importance of building a team around the child
• Accessibility of psychoeducational assessments

If you are seeking to understand how therapeutic tutors and psychoeducational assessments can support your child, click play!

About Dr. Krishnan

Dr. Krishnan specializes in understanding the unique strengths and weaknesses of individuals, and in tailoring interventions to fit the individual. She integrates information across cognitive, learning, behavioral and emotional functioning, using a developmentally and culturally informed framework, to arrive at comprehensive and holistic case conceptualizations. Dr Krishnan employs evidence-based practices and treatments. She is trained in a number of evidence-based treatments including Wilson, Project Read and Orton Gillingham for reading, EmPOWER for writing, and MATCH-ADTC (a manualized, evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy protocol for treating anxiety, depression and disruptive behavior in children and adolescents), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. She provides comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations as well as therapeutic support to address academic and emotional difficulties as well as executive dysfunction.

https://www.wisemindlearning.com/

About Maureen Brown

Years ago, when advocating for her son, Maureen was told so many conflicting things about how the special education process worked. As she began doing her own research and joining different support groups, she connected with other families going through similar challenges. She not only got her son the resources and support he needed to thrive in the school system but made it her mission to help families like yours do so, too. That’s when Ask the Advocate was born. Over the past 22 years, Maureen has resolved thousands of cases, offering solutions such as private education with transportation without high lawyer fees. Most of all, she loves receiving letters, emails, and texts from families she has helped and seeing the impact of her work for decades to follow.

https://asktheadvocate.org/

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