Nancy R. Bryant, PhD is a psychologist, licensed to practice in the state of Oregon. She earned her doctorate in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988, and has worked as an elementary school teacher, a research consultant, a community college counselor, and an adjunct instructor of both graduate and undergraduate students on several college/university campuses. Since 1996, she has maintained a private practice in West Linn, Oregon that is devoted to assessment.
Learning assessments. Dr. Bryant works with students aged 12 and up, as well as adults in college, graduate/professional programs, or in the workplace who have difficulties in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, attention, memory, and/or executive functioning that affect their performance.
Comprehensive assessment is critical: There may be multiple underlying causes for academic or workplace challenges. For example, problems with attention surely can be due to ADHD, but might also result from sleep problems, concussion/head injury, learning disabilities, unsuspected depression, or any number of other conditions that require professional advice and support. A "single issue evaluation" that just looks for one type of difficulty may miss other possible causes or even interfere with treatment!!!
Neurocognitive Screening Assessments. Helpful for older adults curious about age-related cognitive changes, this is a brief, affordable, and accessible form of assessment with several potential benefits. First, this type of assessment can provide reassurance that any changes being experienced are normal. It also establishes a helpful baseline, or "snapshot" of a person's typical cognitive functioning, which can help with diagnosis, if new problems do happen to emerge later on. Finally, because a Neurocognitive Screening Assessment uses accurate, standardized assessment tools and measures important domains of cognitive functioning (memory, attention, processing speed, etc.), it is sensitive enough to pick up potentially problematic cognitive changes early. This can help speed up the process of getting the comprehensive neuropsychological and medical assessments needed to diagnose the underlying cause(s) and determine the best treatments. It is important to remember that there are many possible causes of cognitive change that happen as we age, and receiving timely evaluation and treatment is critical to ensuring the best outcome, for you and for those who care about you.
Knowledge is powerful!!