Personal Background - supplied through parent interview, focusing on their child's prenatal and early developmental history, family and peer relationships, school adjustment, and personal skills and interests.

Academic History - provided through school records, teacher references, grades, and test scores.

Student Interview - structured interaction between student and educational consultant to gain first hand impressions of child's motivation, interests, preferences, and goals.

Psychoeducational Testing - thorough assessment to provide current measures of:

• Aptitude - intellectual capabilities and potential.
• Learning style, strengths, and difficulties - including assessment of attention skills, motivation, and work ethic.
  
• Academic achievement levels - current mastery of basic academic levels including reading, written expression, and mathematical areas.
• Adjustment issues - including interpersonal skills, self-confidence, emotional functioning, and problem-solving abilities.
• Personal and career interests.