Gifted, IQ & cognitive ability evaluation · Wesley Chapel, FLGiftedness and cognitive ability evaluations
A cognitive evaluation describes how someone thinks and learns: where they are unusually strong, and where that strength is not matched.
The free consultation is a 15-minute video call with Dr. Bethany Harris, who coordinates care at Haven. Your evaluator is Dr. Nikel Rogers-Wood.
- Ages 8–64Children, teens and adults
- In person in Wesley Chapel, FLIntake and feedback can be by video
- Private-pay evaluationsNot billed in-network
- Written fee estimateBefore testing begins
Is this the right evaluation?
Who a cognitive evaluation can help
You may be noticing:
- Questions about gifted identification or a program application
- Advanced in some areas and struggling in others
- Grades, attention or behavior that don’t match ability
- An adult wanting to understand their own cognitive profile
If this sounds familiar, start with a conversation.
Our approach
A profile, not a single number
A score on its own tells a family very little. The evaluation explains abilities in context.
What the evaluation looks at
- Intellectual functioning, reported with the context that makes it meaningful
- Where strengths are matched, and where they are not
- Learning or attention difficulties that high ability can hide
- What the profile means for school, enrichment and support
What you receive
Results you can act on.
What you’ll leave with
- A written report explaining the cognitive profile
- Any scores needed for an application
- Recommendations for educational planning
- A feedback session to talk it through
Meet your evaluator
Dr. Nikel Rogers-Wood
Licensed Psychologist · Psychological Evaluator
Dr. Rogers-Wood’s work centers on psychological assessment. Her background in psychological test development, the science of how measures are built and interpreted, shapes how evaluations here are designed around your question.
How it works
Three steps, starting with a conversation.
Start with a conversation
A free 15-minute video call with Dr. Bethany Harris to talk through your questions and whether an evaluation fits.
Complete your evaluation
Your evaluator, Dr. Nikel Rogers-Wood, learns your history and selects testing for your questions. Testing is in person in Wesley Chapel.
Understand your results
A written report and a feedback session explain the findings, recommendations and next steps.
Step one is a conversation, not a commitment.
Fees
Private-pay, with a written estimate.
- Private pay
- Evaluations are offered on a private-pay basis and are not billed as an in-network service.
- Written estimate
- You receive a written fee estimate before testing begins.
- Superbill
- We provide a superbill for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Reimbursement is not guaranteed and depends on your plan.
Fees & Insurance QuestionsYour Right to a Good Faith Estimate
Common questions
Before you call.
Yes. Intellectual or cognitive ability testing is what most people mean by an IQ test, and it is part of several evaluations here: for gifted program questions, as one half of a psychoeducational evaluation where academic achievement is measured against it, and wherever a cognitive profile informs a broader diagnostic question.
What you receive is not a single number. What is useful is the shape of the profile: where someone is unusually strong, where that strength is not matched, and what that combination tends to look like day to day. Where a score is needed on its own, for a gifted program application for instance, it is included.
No evaluation can promise that. Gifted program eligibility and placement are decided by the school or program under its own criteria. An evaluation reports standardized findings, explains them, and makes recommendations, and where a program asks for a particular score, that score is included.
Yes. High ability and a learning or attention difficulty can exist together, and each can hide the other for years: strengths cover for the difficulty, and the difficulty keeps the strengths from showing. A cognitive evaluation can look at both, so that one is not mistaken for the other.
Start with a conversation.
Tell us what you are hoping to understand. A free 15-minute consultation is often enough to work out whether this evaluation is the right next step, or to point you toward something that fits better.
