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Psychoeducational Assessments  
Metro Vancouver
Low Summer  Rates


778 860-4520
Dr. MacKinnon-McQuarrie
Registered Psychologist
CHCPBC 1618

35 years experience.

778 860-4520

Psychoeducational Assessments 

Gifted
Dyslexia Assessments
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia  

Learning Disabilities Assessments 
ADHD
Academic Test Anxiety
Executive Function

Metro Vancouver
Lower Mainland
Surrey - Coquitlam - Burnaby - New Westminster - Delta - Richmond 

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Featured Research & Podcast Listen to an AI-generated podcast summary of Dr. Maureen MacKinnon-McQuarrie’s research examining stress reactivity, working memory, processing speed, and mathematical learning disability in Grade 1 children. Research publication and podcast: https://www.academia.edu/56078647/Reactivity_to_Stress_and_the_Cognitive_Components_of_Math_Disability_in_Grade_1_Children

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Learning Disabilities /Dyslexia Assessments Vancouver (Metro)

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Comprehensive Psychoeducational Assessments

Solve what years of psychotherapy can't.

 

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We understand that navigating learning challenges with schools is complex. Our approach is designed to provide clarity and a clear path forward for our clients. 

 

Our comprehensive psychoeducational assessments delve deep to identify our clients specific learning strengths and challenges before kids give up, develop depression or resort to street drugs to escape their "developing" or "emerging" ratings on report cards.

 

Parents frustration with a lack of clear solutions to solve  learning problems can cause family stress. We know that frustration can extend to all areas of family life and how distressing that can be.

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We take this very seriously, because the research is clear, undiagnosed learning disability such as dyslexia, anxiety or high functioning autism are not diseases, but they can be more debilitating than a chronic illness, undermining self-esteem and future education, limit future earning capacity, if not identified and treated early.

 

Undiagnosed ADHD, severe anxiety,  or high functioning autism can leave students socially isolated or with significant difficulties forming relationships later in life, resulting in a life of isolation.

 

We carefully interpret each client's diagnostic findings to understand their strengths and the root of any difficulties a child, adolescent, or adult learner might be experiencing.

We make referrals for more specialized assessments if required.

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Our comprehensive psychoeducational assessments are designed to identify our client's cognitive strengths, many students are gifted and are not aware of this.  

 

We build academic self-confidence by identifying strengths and any academic challenges, or problems with attention, executive functioning, behavioural, emotional or processing differences that can slow learning down.

 

We provide you a clear interpretation of data and translate that into practical recommendations tailored

to each client whether it is a child, adolescent, or adult learner.

 

We create optimal learning contexts for your child.

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Helping children, adolescents, and adults understand their strengths is our first goal. Understanding that learning, attention, memory, and academic and emotional challenges can be accommodated for,  is our second goal.  

 

We design the steps so students with learning disabilities  have access to an equal education.  Our clients can flourish in school and feel confident during examinations.

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✔ Registered Psychologist-led assessments
✔ Evidence-Based Recommendations
✔ Supporting Families Across the Lower Mainland

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Why Families Choose Us

  • Over 30 years of school psychology experience in Metro Vancouver (Coquitlam, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, Richmond, Delta)

  • Registered Psychologist (with school psychology training) provides the direct assessments and writes the reports.

  • One psychologist from intake to final report

  • Evidence-based recommendations easily linked to School Supports.

  • Precise, Accurate, Immediate Scoring  

  • Q interactive delivery latest tests on iPads (Pearson Canada)

  • Comprehensive IQ, Cognitive, Memory, Dyslexia (reading), Dyscalculia (math), Dysgraphia (writing)

  • Attention & Executive Function, Behaviour and Emotional Assessment

Who provides the Psychoeducational Assessment Services?

At PACBC, our highly trained and experienced  Registered Psychologists specialize in in SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY. They are doctoral level, specialized training in memory, learning, and the assessment of children and adolescents in school settings using Level C testing. With thousands of assessments conducted in Metro Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, West Vancouver and at UBC; we know exactly how the system works.

At PACBC we pride ourselves in providing private assessments that are unique, and that few clinics offer their clients. 
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Why are we different?

PACBC's unique system of the professional commitment ensures that you have hired a registered psychologist trained in school psychology.
 
The psychologist you hire is your child's advocate 100% of the way through this process from intake, onwards.

Continuity, Expertise, and Professional Oversight
 
At Psychoeducational Assessment Centre for BC, your child’s assessment is conducted by a Registered Psychologist with expertise in school and psychoeducational assessment training at UBC.  
 
Dr. MacKinnon McQuarrie is also a certified teacher with additional specialty training in  multicultural education/ ELL.  She served as a high school department head for French and Girls PE, she coached grade 8, 9, 10s in high school track and field, basketball, volleyball.  She coordinated  and led  federally funded trips to Quebec and back to Vancouver for BC high school students to attend Winter Festival to advance French cultural and linguistic learning and for the partner students from Quebec to come to Vancouver to expand their knowledge of Vancouver. 

The same psychologist follows your child’s case from intake through testing, interpretation, report writing, feedback, and recommendations. This continuity allows for a deeper understanding of your child’s learning profile and ensures consistency for your child throughout the assessment process.
 
Some clinic models divide responsibilities among multiple staff members.  
 
We believe the child and parents benefit from direct involvement with the assessing registered school psychologist at every stage of the process.  
 
We do not see children as data points on a chart.
 
We view the behaviour during testing as a very rich source of information to observe as it informs us how the child solves problems and retrieves information.
 
Our assessments are grounded in extensive training, internships, years of experience in school psychology, learning differences, child development, and educational planning.​
 
Many parents are very surprised that in some clinic settings, portions of testing, intake, scoring, or report preparation may be delegated across multiple non-registrants as trained personnel.
 
The psychologist may only see numbers or portions of the data without any direct administration of assesssment.
 
At our clinic, we do guarantee the Registered Psychologist who accepts the referral conducts the assessment and remains directly involved throughout the entire assessment process.

We do not use non psychologists to administer tests, or have someone else write the report. 


We utilize state-of-art testing technology, which is the Q interactive iPad delivery system from Pearson Canada, for precise, accurate and immediate results for IQ/cognitive/memory/achievment/language asssessment. executive function, behaviour and emotional rating scales.
 
We have over 30 types of state of the art assessments available to us through Q Interactive as direct assessments or rating inventories and scales.
 
We're currently booking appointments for July, August, and later in the Fall. Summer assessments will have reports ready by September 2026. Sign up for an evaluation of your child's personal cognitive profile and watch their academic self-esteem soar.

Psychoeducational
Dyslexia Assessments
Dyscalculia,
Dysgraphia

(Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Surrey, Richmond, Delta)

Gifted, Learning Disability, ADHD Assessments 
(Vancouver, Coquitlam, Burnaby, Surrey, New Westminster, Richmond, Delta) 

Psychoeducational Assessment Center for BC

Reduce family stress.
No waitlists.
Optimal learning contexts.
100%  confidence that an expert psychologist assesses your child.
Evidence-based easy to implement recommendations for IEP. 
Ready to assess- July August September...call to book.   

Psychoedcuational Assessments in Metro Vancouver

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Psychoeducational Assessments Vancouver
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Surrey
Dyscalculia 
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Richmond

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