When school feels harder than it should, clarity changes everything.
Comprehensive, evidence-based evaluations that turn worries about learning, attention, and emotions into clear answers, and a practical path forward your family can act on.
Compassionate, evidence-based assessment that empowers children and their families to understand strengths, overcome challenges, and move forward with confidence at home, at school, and in the community.
Ways I can help your family find clarity.
Every engagement is grounded in respect and collaboration, and ends with practical, individualized recommendations you can actually use.
NeuropsychologicalEvaluations
A comprehensive look at cognition, learning, attention, and social-emotional functioning. It clarifies questions about ADHD, learning disabilities, autism, and related concerns, with autism and adaptive skills assessed as needed.
What to Expect →Ongoing Support& Collaboration
Support that continues after the report. I help clarify results, communicate with schools and treatment teams, and guide next steps as new questions arise. You are never expected to navigate this alone.
Learn More →OtherEvaluations
Psychoeducational, targeted, and adult evaluations. Clarify a learning profile, answer a specific question, or make sense of an adult's own attention or autism profile.
What to Expect →Twenty-six years listening closely to children.
My path began in the classroom as a public-school teacher and led to neuropsychology, so I understand children not just as a set of scores, but as learners in real schools and real families. Respect, compassion, and careful attention to detail are at the core of my practice.
Before founding Bridging Gaps Psychology, I spent nearly fourteen years at the Child Mind Institute as a Senior Neuropsychologist, Director of Clinical Training, and later Associate Clinical Director.
Dr. Schuster
A complete picture, not a single number.
Each evaluation draws on these domains to understand the whole child.
Intellectual Functioning
Overall cognitive abilities, including reasoning and problem-solving.
Language Skills
Understanding and use of spoken and written language.
Attention & Executive Functioning
Focus, organization, planning, and impulse control.
Learning & Memory
The ability to acquire, retain, and recall information.
Academic Achievement
Reading, writing, math, and other school-related skills.
Motor Skills
Fine and gross motor coordination and planning.
Social & Emotional Functioning
Social skills, emotional regulation, and relationships.
Adaptive Skills
Practical, everyday skills for independence and daily living, such as self-care, communication, and community functioning.
Autism Spectrum
Specialized evaluation of social communication, reciprocal interaction, and restricted or repetitive behaviors.
Knowing what to expect makes it easier.
A few of the questions parents ask most often.
See All FAQs →A comprehensive assessment that examines how a child's brain development affects learning, behavior, and emotions, helping to clarify strengths, challenges, and the supports that will actually help.
Consider an evaluation if your child is struggling with learning, attention, emotions, or behavior, or if you simply need clearer information to guide decisions at home or school.
Neuropsychological evaluations are more comprehensive. They assess cognitive, academic, and emotional functioning together to understand the underlying reasons for a child's difficulties, not just whether they qualify for a service.
I am not in-network with insurance, but I provide detailed documentation you can submit for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Let's start with a conversation.
Tell me a little about your child and what's on your mind. I'll help you understand whether an evaluation makes sense, and what it would look like for your family.