Estimated time: 2 hours

AEG’s experienced Education Experts provide a comprehensive assessment and evaluation of a student’s academic performance and those personal strengths providing a competitive edge. With this information, we assess the skills and training required to help students attend their ideal school.

Estimated time: 3 hours

AEG offers this assessment for students ranging from age 4 to adult. This assessment and evaluation assesses an individual’s IQ (intelligence quotient – the score used to predict an individual’s academic ability), EQ (emotional intelligence – the score used to determine an individual’s ability to get along with others and build positive relationships), and social competences (the score used to predict an individual’s social skills, social communication, and interpersonal communication). Since individuals can develop their EQ and social competences, this assessment plays an important role in an individual’s development.

An AEG BC Registered Psychologist conducts this assessment, providing a written report at its completion. Using these assessment results provides a compass to guide a plan for the student’s future. This assessment and evaluation helps a student and parent, where appropriate, to understand the best fit for a student’s choice of major for university and career options.

Students in grade 9 and up also receive a career path assessment

What is IQ?

An IQ (intelligence quotient) is a score derived from one of several standardized tests, designed to assess intelligence. In modern IQ tests, the mean (average) score within an age group is set to 100 and the standard deviation (SD) is almost always 15. This means approximately 95% of the population scores within two SDs of the mean (i.e., between 70 IQ and 130 IQ).

We use IQ test scores to predict an individual’s academic achievements, special needs, and potential job performance and income. While there is a large hereditary component related to an individual’s IQ test score, recent research suggests that a stimulating environment also impacts an individual’s IQ test result.

What is EQ?

EQ (emotional intelligence) refers to an individual’s ability to get along with others and build positive relationships. Daniel Goleman’s book, Emotional Intelligence, helps us to understand that it is not an individuals’ IQ (technical and analytical abilities) alone that guarantees career success. The most successful leaders also have a high degree of emotional intelligence. Most importantly, individuals can develop their EQ.

We know that top ranked schools and universities, as well as companies world-wide, look through the EQ lens to select the best applicants for their institutions and companies.

The five components comprising EQ include:

1. Self-Awareness – the ability to understand your moods and emotions and how these moods and emotions affect others;
2. Self-Regulation – the ability to think before you act: to stay calm, focussed and alert;
3. Motivation – the ability to maintain a strong drive to achieve goals;
4. Empathy – the ability to understand the emotions of others and to treat others in the way you would like to be treated;
5. Social Skill – the ability to meet new people and develop positive relationships.

Estimated time: 5 hours

This assessment and evaluation, conducted by a BC Registered Psychologist, includes the IQ and EQ assessments. As well, it assesses an individual’s learning style and those factors that negatively impact academic performance. This assessment helps us develop a plan to eliminate the negative factors influencing a student’s study habits and personal development.

Students above grade 8 also receive a career path assessment.

How Does an Individual’s Learning Style Affect Achievement?

Many schools still focus primarily on linguistic (verbal) and logical (mathematical) teaching and learning. They sometimes neglect to acknowledge the kinesthetic or visual learner. As a result, we sometimes label students as bright or less bright, based upon the predominant linguistic and logical teaching styles used in a school.

While there is no one correct way of learning; knowing one’s learning style offers an advantage as individuals can use the style and strategies for learning best suited for them. Most importantly, the brain research confirms that each learning style uses a different part of the brain; consequently, the more parts of the brain that we engage when studying, the more we remember.

The most commonly addressed learning styles include::

1. Auditory learners – those who remember information best by listening, using sound and music
2. Visual learners – those who learn best by using pictures, images and spatial representations
3. Physical (kinesthetic) learners– those who learn best by movement, touching or manipulating things
4. Verbal (linguistic) learners – those who learn best by using words, both in speech and writing
5. Logical (mathematical) learners – those who learn best by using logic, reasoning systems
6. Social (interpersonal) learners – those who prefer to learn in groups or with other people
7. Solitary (intrapersonal) learners – those who prefer to work alone and use self-study

Estimated Time: 7 hours

This assessment, conducted by a BC Registered Psychologist, provides a comprehensive review of a student’s development. It assesses a student’s academic ability, social and emotional competency, and learning style. Further tests assess a student’s memory, executive function, personality type, and leadership skills.

This comprehensive assessment helps us to identify a student’s strengths and areas for further development. It provides information about a student’s potential. Understanding the results of these assessments helps the student and parent, where appropriate, to establish a plan for the student’s future development. The psychologist’s written report provides recommendations to help students fully develop in all areas and ultimately realize their dreams.

Estimated Time: This varies depending upon the student’s age and ability to focus.

This specially designed test determines if a student has a learning disability (e.g., poor aural memory, visual processing difficulty, ADHD, etc.). At AEG, a BC-Registered Psychologist administers this test only if the student and/or parent suspects the student has a disability, or if a teacher, counsellor or organization recommends the assessment.

Students with a learning disability do not lack intelligence or motivation. In fact, they are of average or above average intelligence. Their brain structure and/or function simply differ from that of the typical student. If an individual cannot concentrate for long periods of time, is hyper-active, or has poor memory, this detailed assessment can make a major difference in helping an individual become successful.

This assessment helps the student and parent, where appropriate, identify the root causing of poor performance. Once we identify an individual’s performance problems, we can provide solutions that help the individual become successful.

What is a Learning Disability (LD)?

First and foremost, a learning disability does not mean that an individual has low intellectual ability. In fact, it means that an individual has normal or above normal intelligence. A learning disability is a neurological disorder, whereby an individual’s brain structure and/or function differ from that of a typical individual. In other words, the individual’s brain works differently. Sometimes an individual with a learning disability also has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Learning disabilities usually affect one of the following areas:

• Spoken language – experiencing problems listening and speaking
• Reading – experiencing difficulty decoding or recognizing words, or understanding them
• Written language – experiencing problems with writing, spelling and organizing ideas
• Math – experiencing difficulty with Math or understanding basic Math concepts
• Memory – experiencing difficulty remembering facts or instructions
• Social behaviour – experiencing difficulty with social judgement, tolerating frustration or making friends
• Physical coordination – experiencing problems with handwriting, manipulating small objects, running and jumping
• Organization – experiencing difficulty managing time and belongings or carrying out a plan
• Metacognition (thinking about your thinking) – experiencing difficulty with knowing, using and monitoring thinking and learning strategies, as well as learning from mistakes

How common are learning disabilities?

Educators estimate that between 5 and 10 percent of students between the ages of 6 and 17 have learning disabilities.

Why is early diagnosis and treatment so important?

• As children get further and further behind in school, they become more and more frustrated. Often these children view themselves as failures, displaying low self-esteem. Problems with low self-esteem lead to behaviour and other problems.
• The dropout rate of students with a learning disability is much higher than for those students without a disability. This obviously affects an individual’s potential job opportunities and income.
• Identifying a child’s learning disability early allows us to provide the training necessary to help the child overcome any shortcomings and reach his or her potential.