An assessment is a combination of tasks that you and your child will undertake with the psychologist. The psychologist will then prepare a report and submit it to the court or referral source.

The purpose of the assessment is to provide recommendations for what services might be needed to help the youth and family to resolve problems and strengthen the family unit.

The psychologist will talk with you to get information about your child's development and current problems as you see them. The psychologist may also ask you to complete one or two surveys about your child. The psychologist will interview your child and administer tools to measure intelligence, academic achievement and personality.

In general the assessment will take from 2 to 4 hours depending on the type of assessment administered.

This is a non-criminal offense for which only a person under the age of 17 can be charged. A status offense is truancy from home, truancy from school or incorrigibility.

No, only the police or Court can have a child detained.