Neuropsychological Services offers forensic evaluations, clinical assessment, diagnosis and recommended treatment to children & adolescents, adults. Forensic experience reaches from school board hearings to death penalty court cases. In depth forensic case analysis, client evaluations and highly effective expert testimony have determined positive outcomes in cases of all magnitudes.

Challenges facing our
Juvenile Justice System:

• 65% of youth involved in the juvenile justice system have at least one Axis I psychiatric diagnosis (Diagnostic Statistical Manual – IV)
• 67% of juvenile detainees present with one or more alcohol, drug or mental disorders


Juvenile Probation Population:
Neuropsychological - Academic Issues

• an estimated 70% of incarcerated youth suffer from “disabling (learning disability) conditions”
• 80% of males and 65% of females within residential treatment facilities have a functional reading disorder

Juvenile Probation Population:
Psychological Issues

• 55% of males and 70% of females within residential treatment facilities present with symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• 92% of female juvenile offenders report a history of sexual or physical abuse
• 24% of female offenders have seriously considered suicide
• 21% of female offenders report at least one psychiatric hospitalization