Dr. Balada is experienced in assessing children and adults in a wide array of issues and disorders, including:

• General Areas of Expertise
ADD / ADHD
Autism
Disability
IQ Testing
Learning Disorder
Mood Disorder
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
SSI

The following are assessment testing tools that Dr. Balada routinely performs:

• Personality Assessments
MMPI-2: Clinical personality assessment for adults
MMPI-A: Clinical personality assessment for adolescents
RORSCHACH: Psychodiagnostic Assessment
ADIS: Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule
BDI: Beck Depression Inventory
CDI: Child Depression Inventory
PIC: Personality Inventory for Children
ROS: Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank - Adult
TAT: Thematic Apperception Test
CBCL: Child Behavior Checklist


• Cognitive Assessments
WAIS: IQ assessment for adults/teens
WISC: IQ assessment for children
WPPSI: IQ assessment for preschool children


• Achievement Assessments
WIAT: Achievement test for PreK-Adult
WJ: The Woodcock Johnson Psychoeducational Battery
WRAT: Wide Range Achievement Test


• ADHD Assessments
Connors (Global, Parent, Teacher, Self-Report)
Connors (CPT: CPT-K): ADHD/Neurological screener
Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA, IVA+Plus)
Comprehensive Executive Function Inventory (CEFI)
Connors Adult ADHD Rating Scale (CAARS)


• Neurological Screeners
WCST: Executive functioning
Trails A & B: Executive functioning
Wechsler Memory Scale Fourth Edition (WMS)
FAS: Verbal Fluency test
Bender Gestalt: Motor functioning


• Autism Diagnostic Assessment Tools
The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI)
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS)
The Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT)
The Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS)
The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS)
The Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (ACBC)
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)


• Family Assessments
The Family Assessment Interview (FAI)
The Family Environmental Scale (FES)
• Custody Assessments
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
The Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI)
MMPI-2: Clinical Personality Assessment for Adults (MPPI-2)