Alliance Behavioral Health

07/10/2025

ADHD Assessment Tip #4
You Should Leave with a Plan and a Better Understanding of Yourself...
Comprehensive ADHD assessments should include a follow-up session to review your test results. During this session, your provider should review your scores, discuss any diagnoses that are appropriate, and discuss a plan for managing your symptoms. This treatment plan may include school-based accommodations, interventions for managing behaviors at home, and medication options. In addition, you should receive a copy of your assessment report as part of your medical record. The assessment process is designed to increase insight and self-awareness of your current functioning, so it is imperative that you are given the opportunity to ask questions and discuss your results collaboratively with your provider.

07/09/2025

ADHD Assessment Tip #3
Comprehensive Assessments Rule Out Other Diagnoses... ADHD is a complex and multi-faceted set of symptoms, and it rarely travels alone. As a result, other factors can mimic or contribute to attention problems. These factors can include anxiety, depression, Autism Spectrum Disorder, specific learning disabilities like dyslexia, and concussions. Comprehensive ADHD assessments should address these factors to determine whether they are contributing to distress and impacting your attention and executive function skills.

07/08/2025

ADHD Assessment Tip #2
Executive Function Skills Should Play a Key Role... In the last several decades, research in ADHD has shifted to focus on the relationship between executive function skills and attention-related deficits. There is significant overlap between the two, and people diagnosed with ADHD often exhibit significant challenges with executive skills such as impulse control, emotional regulation, and task-management. A comprehensive ADHD assessment should not only include measures to assess executive function, but it should also include specific treatment plan recommendations that address individual weaknesses in these areas.

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07/07/2025

ADHD Assessment Tip #1
Training Matters... Clinical Psychologists (PhDs) are the only mental health professionals extensively trained to conduct comprehensive assessments. They specialize in administering and scoring tests, data interpretation, and integrating information from multiple sources. When choosing an assessment provider, ask questions and ensure that they are independently licensed with specific ADHD training.

07/07/2025

If you are considering ADHD testing for you or your child, follow our page this week for Dr. Lewallen's tips to navigate the assessment process. We will post one tip per day! Dr. Lewallen is a licensed psychologist and ADHD - Clinical Services Provider who has specialized in the assessment of ADHD and learning disorders for over 10 years.

For more information, feel free to contact our office by phone (256-801-8937) or email (staff@alliancehsv.com).

01/09/2025

Due to the anticipated hazardous winter weather, our office will be closed on Friday, January 10, for the safety of our clients and staff.

Thank you for your understanding!

07/03/2024

The office will be closed on July 4th and July 5th, and will re-open on Monday, July 8th. For any medical emergencies, please call 911 or go to your local emergency room.

06/04/2024

Attention all parents and guardians of tweens and teens: Join us for an insightful workshop on ADHD and executive Functions hosted by Dr. Katie Lewallen! This workshop is designed to help participants understand how ADHD affects executive function and provides practical strategies and tools to improve these skills.

04/15/2024

We are excited to announce that Dr. Lewallen is offering a 2-day workshop designed to help tweens and teens understand and improve their executive function skills. This workshop will be offered in both June and July. Please contact the office by phone or email if interested.