Center for Psychological and Educational Assessment

10/26/2025

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10/05/2025

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09/30/2025

Join Together We Care for the very first HOPE Conference!

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We’re thrilled to invite you to Together We Care’s inaugural HOPE Conference—a one-day experience created specifically for parents navigating the special needs journey.

This empowering event will provide encouragement, clarity, and practical resources to help you feel equipped for every stage of parenting a child or adult with special needs.

🗓 Event Schedule
Saturday, October 25, 2025: 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM EST

Whether you’re just beginning the journey with an early diagnosis, navigating the school years, preparing for transition into adulthood, or supporting your loved one in adult life, this conference offers something for everyone:

✨ Breakout Sessions
Breakouts are designed around specific age groups and stages, offering practical strategies, real-life guidance, and actionable next steps tailored to your family’s needs.

✨ On-Site Exhibitors
The HOPE Conference will feature 30 exhibitors—trusted service providers and support organizations—offering a wide range of resources and guidance for your journey.

You’ll leave encouraged, connected, and equipped with tools to move forward confidently—no matter where you are on the path.

📍 Location:
Piedmont Church
570 Piedmont Road, Marietta, GA 30066

✨ Register now—space is limited! Don’t miss this opportunity to find HOPE for the road ahead.

Piedmont Church - Marietta, GA, 570 Piedmont Road, Marietta, GA 30066 US - Saturday, Oct 25, 2025 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM EDT

09/25/2025

Brayden Davis wasn’t supposed to end up at MIT. At least, not according to the teachers who dismissed him in elementary school—the ones who saw a boy struggling to read and assumed he was just average. Not according to the system that saw his early learning disability—dyslexia—as a limitation instead of a challenge to overcome. And not, perhaps, even according to the younger version of Davis himself, who once believed he wasn’t cut out to be a student at all.

But this August, Davis, a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill double majoring in biomedical engineering and philosophy and a member of a lab led by APS Assistant Professor Wubin Bai, will pack up his life in rural North Carolina and begin a Ph.D. in medical engineering and medical physics at the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program.

Written Off in Grade School, A Dyslexic Student is Now Headed to MIT to Study the Brain By David DeFusco Brayden Davis wasn’t supposed to end up at MIT. At least, not according to the teachers who dismissed him in … Read more

09/25/2025

"People don’t understand that children don’t start kindergarten with a clean slate."

Nadine Gaab, an associate professor at the Harvard School of Education

Developmental trajectories of children with and without reading disabilities start to diverge around 18 months, rather than at 5 or 6 years old.

09/19/2025

Helping your child talk about their learning disability can be challenging, but it’s an important skill for their self-advocacy and confidence.

09/14/2025

Our team enjoyed our day of networking with the .ga at the Atlanta Botanical Garden!

09/09/2025

09/04/2025

🧡💙 Family Autism Support Group - Marietta, GA

Join Dr Jaffe and Dr. Lang on Sept 18th at First Presbyterian Church Marietta for a discussion about IEPs & psychoeducational evaluations

🕰️ 7:00-8:30 PM | Room 51
📍 189 Church St, Marietta, GA 30064

Hosted by experienced autism moms Janet & Bethel. All families of individuals on the autism spectrum welcome!

08/30/2025

This masterclass will include a detailed review of the application process for Supplemental Security Income. We will review all the steps necessary for a successful application, including a review of the criteria to establish a medical determination of disability. We will also cover all the steps you need to take to prepare to file, including a means-testing review to ensure financial eligibility, followed by a review of the Social Security Blue Book to identify criteria for a medical determination of disability. We will walk through the Adult Disability Report to provide a framework of the required information and then review how to complete the SSI application online. We will guide you through the next steps following application submission.

Topics covered will include:

A detailed review of the SSI application process
Steps to prepare before filing, including a means-testing review
Review of the Social Security blue book for medical eligibility criteria
Walkthrough of the Adult Disability Report to understand required information
Guidance on how to complete the SSI application online
Next steps to take after submitting your application

This masterclass will include a detailed review of the application process for Supplemental Security Income.