You don’t need to know the diagnosis before you start.

If you have questions about your child’s development, learning, attention, behavior, or social-emotional well-being, a comprehensive evaluation can help bring the pieces together.

Little Constellations provides individualized neurodevelopmental evaluations for children and adolescents ages 1–17 in South Denver, serving families across Colorado.

What are you trying to understand?

Families may come to us with all kinds of questions. Sometimes a doctor, therapist, or teacher has raised a specific concern. Other times, you simply know your child is struggling and want to understand why. You don’t have to figure that out on your own before reaching out.

Autism Evaluations

If you have questions about autism, we can look closely at your child’s social engagement, communication, sensory processing, behaviors, and individual strengths.

We strive to answer those clear 'yes or no' questions and help families understand why their child might be experiencing the world differently and determine what support will help them thrive.

ADHD & Executive Functioning

Attention challenges can look different from one child to another. Some children present with overt hyperactivity, while others show fewer outward signs, often flying under the radar as they find creative ways to manage or mask their inattentive difficulties.

We evaluate concerns related to attention, impulsivity, activity level, organization, working memory, planning, and other executive-functioning skills while also considering what else may be contributing.

Learning & Academic Differences

When a child is struggling with reading, writing, math, memory, or overall academic performance, a comprehensive evaluation can help identify what is getting in the way.

We look at both learning challenges and your child’s cognitive strengths to develop a clearer picture of how they learn best.

Developmental & Other Concerns

Sometimes the concern doesn’t fit neatly into one category.

A comprehensive evaluation can explore developmental delays, cognitive abilities, adaptive functioning, emotional and behavioral concerns, and other factors that may be affecting your child at home, at school, or in everyday life.

Not sure which category fits? That’s okay.

You don’t need to know exactly what kind of evaluation your child needs before reaching out. We’ll start by listening to what you’re seeing and determine the next step together.

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We don’t use a one-size-fits-all testing approach.

Every child is different, so every evaluation should be different too.

Instead of putting every child through the same predetermined set of tests, we build the evaluation around your child, your concerns, and the questions we’re trying to answer.

Depending on your child’s needs, we may look at areas such as cognitive abilities, attention and executive functioning, academic skills, social communication, emotional and behavioral functioning, and adaptive skills.

Child completing individualized testing with a psychologist

What’s included in an evaluation?

Family interview

We start by learning about your child’s history, strengths, challenges, and the concerns bringing you in.

A broader perspective

When helpful, we may review records and gather information from schools, healthcare providers, or others who know your child well.

Individualized testing

Testing is selected based on your child and the specific questions we’re working to answer.

Clear feedback and recommendations

We bring the information together, walk you through the findings, and provide a written report with practical recommendations for what comes next.

3-Month Follow-up

To ensure you feel supported after the evaluation, we also provide a complimentary 3-month follow-up to help coordinate care and troubleshoot any challenges you might face in finding resources.

Looking for a specific assessment?

We use a wide range of evidence-based assessment tools, selected according to your child’s age, needs, and the questions we’re exploring:

    • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2)

    • Autism Diagnostic Interview–Revised (ADI-R)

    • Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (CARS-2)

    • Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS-2)

    • Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ)

    • Conners 4th Edition (Conners 4)

    • ADHD Rating Scale–5 for Children and Adolescents

    • Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Rating Scales

    • Behavior Assessment System for Children, Fourth Edition (BASC-4)

    • Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF2)

    • NEPSY, Second Edition (NEPSY-II)

    • Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)

    • Conners Continuous Performance Test, Third Edition (Conners CPT 3)

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

    • Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (WAIS-5)

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

    • Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV)

    • Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5)

    • Differential Ability Scales, Second Edition (DAS-II)

    • Leiter International Performance Scale, Third Edition (Leiter-3)

    • Rorschach Inkblot Test

    • Children's Apperception Test (CAT)

    • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A)

    • Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition (Vineland-3)

    • Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition (ABAS-3)

    • Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Fourth Edition (WIAT-4)

    • Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement (WJ IV ACH)

    • Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Third Edition (KTEA-3)

    • Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Second Edition (CTOPP-2)

    • Gray Oral Reading Test, Fifth Edition (GORT-5)

    • Test of Word Reading Efficiency, Second Edition (TOWRE-2)

    • Test of Written Language, Fourth Edition (TOWL-4)

    • Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fifth Edition (CELF-5)

    • Preschool Language Scales, Fifth Edition (PLS-5)

    • Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fifth Edition (PPVT-5)

    • Expressive Vocabulary Test, Third Edition (EVT-3)

    • Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, Second Edition (CASL-2)

    • Children’s Communication Checklist—Second Edition (CCC-2)

    • Test of Pragmatic Language–Second Edition (TOPL-2)

    • Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Third Edition (BOT-3)

    • Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (MABC-2)

    • Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, Sixth Edition (Beery VMI)

Ready to get some clarity?

Start with a complimentary 15-minute consultation. We’ll listen to what you’re seeing, answer your initial questions, and help determine the next step.

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