Learning & academic testing
Cognitive and achievement testing that explains why school is hard, and documentation written for the people who decide about support.
What testing looks at
Learning and academic evaluations measure two things and compare them: cognitive ability (how a person reasons, remembers, and processes information) and academic achievement (how they actually read, write, and do math). Where those two lines diverge, and why, is usually the heart of the answer. Attention, memory, and emotional functioning are measured alongside, because they shape learning too.
The result is a specific description of strengths and weaknesses, not just a label, and recommendations a teacher or professor can put into practice.
Accommodations
Testing can document a learning difference, describe how it affects schoolwork, and recommend specific supports. That documentation is what 504 teams, IEP committees, and college disability offices ask for, and Amlea reports are written to hold up in those conversations.
What testing cannot do is make the decision for the school. Eligibility for a 504 plan, an IEP, or college accommodations is decided by the school or institution under its own rules. A strong, clear evaluation gives them what they need to decide well.
Elementary and secondary students in Round Rock ISD and districts across Central Texas, college students needing documentation for a disability office, and adults with a long-standing learning question. See testing for children and teens and adult evaluations.
Your evaluation day
Every evaluation at Amlea follows the same deliberate sequence, so nothing about the day is a surprise.
A collaborative conversation about history, strengths, and the concerns that brought you in.
Evidence-based measures of cognitive, academic, emotional, behavioral, and adaptive functioning, chosen for the question being asked.
A built-in 15-minute pause, then a 30-minute fNIRS session that observes prefrontal activity with a soft near-infrared headband. No electrodes, no gel, no radiation.
Scores, clinical observations, and fNIRS observations come together in one written report and one plan.
The fNIRS data never diagnoses anything on its own. Every diagnosis comes from validated testing and clinical judgment. Read how the fNIRS layer works.
Where we see you
Learning and academic testing is provided in person at our office at 2631 Gattis School Rd, Round Rock, TX 78664, and by secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth. Families come to us from across Central Texas, including Hutto, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, and Austin.
Visit the Round Rock office page or see the full service area.
Next step
Request an appointment or call 512-417-6504. Tell the CareTeam what you are seeing at school or at work, and they will explain what the evaluation will cover.
