Immigration psychological evaluations built on standardized testing, administered and interpreted in English or Spanish by a doctoral-level evaluator.
Pick yours. The evaluation is written to that standard, not to a template.
Standardized, normed measures chosen against the referral question, then scored and interpreted. Each one below is listed with what it actually measures.
The SIMS matters most to a case. It tests whether symptoms are being overstated, so the report answers that question directly rather than leaving it for someone else to raise.
More are added depending on the question being asked, covering attention, organisation, independence and emotional functioning.
Four parts, in this order, written to the standard your filing turns on.
Migration history, family structure, medical and caregiving load, and what is actually at stake for the qualifying relative.
Mental status, symptom picture, and functional impairment, gathered across one or more sessions in the client’s own language.
Scored and normed instrument data, presented with what each measure was chosen to answer, including response validity.
The conclusion, the reasoning behind it, and the limits of what the evaluation can support. Testimony available.
Credibility matters. Our evaluations address it directly.
A response-validity measure tests whether symptoms are being overstated. Including it means the report answers that question directly, rather than leaving it for opposing counsel to raise at hearing.
Every report is written to the specific standard at issue, so an extreme hardship waiver and a cancellation of removal do not arrive looking like the same document with the names changed.
Scheduling within a few days. Expedited when a filing deadline requires it.
days to a completed report
business days after the evaluation, and often sooner
Turnaround is measured from the completed evaluation to the delivered report. Scheduling is separate and usually happens within a few days.
An extreme hardship evaluation has to answer both questions: what happens if the family is separated, and what happens if they relocate together. Different pressures load in each.
Select a scenario. The pressures that carry the most weight change, and so does what the report has to establish.
Discuss the case before you refer it. You get a straight answer on what the evaluation can establish, at no charge, before anyone is scheduled.
I work directly with immigration attorneys throughout, so the evaluation addresses the psychologically relevant parts of your particular matter rather than a generic write-up.
Refer a case → Para clientesHabla directamente con el evaluador, en español. Usted decide el ritmo, y su abogado recibe el informe.
Empezar aquí →Filing, posture, deadline. Before anyone is scheduled. No charge.
In the client's own language, across one or more sessions.
Named, normed instruments administered and scored by the evaluator.
Written to the standard at issue and delivered in 7–10 business days. Expedited when a filing deadline requires it.
Immigration is the largest part of the work. It is not all of it.
For superintendents, special education directors and student services teams: contract bilingual and monolingual evaluations, reevaluations, psychoeducational and academic testing, autism and social-emotional assessment, consultation, report writing, and IEP eligibility participation.
Autism testing, ADHD evaluation, learning disability and dyslexia testing, cognitive and IQ testing, academic achievement, and independent educational evaluations for an IEP. Children, adolescents, and young adults.
Custody and parenting matters, neuropsychological and psychological reports, Guardian ad Litem consultation, and testimony.
Individual counseling for adults, adolescents and couples, in English or Spanish. A small number of openings, self-pay.
What to expect. Most people arrive nervous. That is normal, and nothing here is a test you can fail.
No intake coordinator and no interpreter in the middle. The evaluation is conducted personally, in Spanish or English.
Difficult parts can wait for another session. Nothing has to be told before you are ready to tell it.
The report goes to your attorney, who decides what is filed. You are told what it says.
These change how the interview is paced, how questions are asked, and how the findings are read.
Most evaluations happen by secure video, anywhere in Illinois. For clients who cannot drive, cannot take the day off, or would rather not travel, that is the whole point. The Newcastle Avenue office is there when you prefer to come in.
Doctoral-level evaluator practicing in Chicago and by telehealth, bilingual in English and Spanish, with more than fifteen years of clinical and school-based assessment and immigration evaluations conducted alongside immigration attorneys.
He holds a Psy.D. from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois, and carries an Illinois Professional Educator License with a School Psychologist endorsement — the credential behind the school district work.
Fresh Psychological Beginnings is built as a practice that can add qualified clinicians rather than as one person's brand.
The pre-referral conversation costs nothing. If an evaluation is not indicated for the case, you should hear that first.
