Giftedness (IQ) Evaluations for Children

At OpenWorld Psychology, we provide specialized evaluations to assess cognitive strengths, learning styles, and intellectual giftedness in children. Our evaluations are designed to offer clear, supportive information for education planning, enrichment programs, or simply better understanding your child's unique potential. Check out our team or schedule a consultation. Download our guide for families here.

Why Families Seek a Giftedness Evaluation:

  • To explore eligibility for gifted and talented programs

  • To better understand learning strengths and cognitive profiles

  • To support individualized educational planning

  • To receive recommendations for enrichment opportunities

  • To gain insight into how your child thinks, solves problems, and processes information

The Evaluation Includes:

  • In-Person Testing: Cognitive testing session using gold-standard measures

  • Written Psychological Report: Detailed summary of results and personalized recommendations

  • Feedback Session: A meeting to review findings, answer questions, and plan next steps

If you need an IQ test for school admissions, we are offering discounted rates on our IQ clinic days! Your evaluation will be done by one of our doctoral students supervised by Dr. Beard in our Santa Clara. Check out our team here! We’ve coordinated with several schools, including The Nueva School, Helios School, and The Harker School to support evaluations by our doctoral students in our clinic. If you have any additional questions, reach out to those admissions teams and they can provide more information.

What does the evaluation look like?

You will fill out our online paperwork that asks questions about your child’s background. Then, your child will meet with one of our providers 1-1 for 1.5-2 hours in-person in one of our clinics. We’ll provide a report in 1-2 weeks with a summary of scores, interpretation, and recommendations. Finally, meet with your assessor for a 30-minute feedback session to answer any questions about the findings!

Check out our FAQs

Our Evaluation Includes:

WISC-V or WPPSI-IV

WISC-V, WPPSI-IV, IQ Test

1-2 hour in-person assessment

Psychological Assessment

Virtual feedback session

Psychological Evaluation Feedback

Evaluation report

Psychological Evaluation Report

FAQs

  • We use nationally recognized, research-supported tools to assess cognitive abilities. Depending on your child's age, the evaluation will typically include one of the following:

    • Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition (WISC-V)

    • Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV)

  • Typically 1.5 - 2 hours is needed to complete the clinical interview and testing.

    • Complete Pre-Visit Forms: We will send you a link to our OpenWorld portal to complete forms about your child’s history.Rest and Nutrition: Ensure your child has a good night's sleep and a healthy meal before testing.

    • Comfort Items: Feel free to bring a favorite snack, water bottle, or comfort object.

    • Positive Framing: We recommend telling your child something like,
      "Everyone learns in different ways. Today we are going to find out how you learn best so we can find activities that are a good fit for you!"

    • No Practice Tests: Please avoid using online IQ tests or preparation apps, as this can interfere with the validity of the results.

  • We offer child IQ and giftedness evaluations at these locations:

    • Everett, WA: 1902 120th Pl SE, Suite 201, Everet, WA 98208

    • Santa Clara: 5201 Great America Parkway, Suite 320, Santa Clara, CA 95054

    • Trainee Rate: $649 (available through our training program)
      Evaluations at this rate are conducted by advanced doctoral students under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.

    • Licensed Psychologist and Postdoctoral Clinician Rate: Higher rates may apply if you prefer to schedule directly with a postdoctoral clinician or licensed psychologist.

    Payment is processed securely through our online patient portal.
    We do not accept insurance for giftedness-only evaluations.

  • Your feedback session is designed to thoroughly review your child’s results. You are always welcome to reach out afterward if new questions arise.

  • The report takes 7-10 days to complete for doctoral students and ~5 days for our more senior providers.