Diagnosis and Evaluation

Upstate Cerebral Palsy offers a wide variety of evaluation services for individuals with differing abilities to define the most suitable services based on each person’s needs.

Staff including psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech/language pathologists, and educational and behavioral specialists are able to provide comprehensive diagnostic evaluations depending on the needs of each individual.    

A psychological evaluation focuses on the social-emotional and/or behavioral functioning of the individual and may or may not include assessment of intellectual or academic functioning. The psychological evaluation is helpful in identifying developmental and behavioral disorders. In addition, psychological assessment can serve as a guide for treatment planning.  

A psychiatric evaluation may be necessary to diagnose any number of emotional, behavioral, or developmental disorders. This type of evaluation is made based on behaviors present and in relation to physical, genetic, environmental, social, cognitive, emotional and educational components that may be effected as a result of the behaviors presented.

In addition to comprehensive evaluations, Upstate Cerebral Palsy also offers individual component evaluations, including:

• Occupational therapy evaluation
• Speech/language evaluation
• Physical therapy evaluation
• Social skills assessment
• Academic evaluation
• Behavioral assessment

For more information, please contact Heather Arcuri at (315) 797-4080 or heather.arcuri@upstatecp.org