Glenwood Testing Center

About

Over 40 years experience in providing caring, quality mental health evaluation and treatment services to people in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. The Doctors own and operate the Glenwood Testing Center, a comprehensive psychological testing, assessment and evaluation firm that offers testing services to all ages from 18 months to senior citizens. Children, adolescents and adults can be tested for all mental health, educational, vocational and legal reasons. Drs. Cushing do extensive psychological testing with children including evaluations to determine the possible presence and extent of attention deficits (ADD/ADHD), learning disabilities, academic problems, developmental delays, behavioral, personality and emotional problems. Testing to determine children's needs in the area of academic accommodations (504 Plan) and special education programming (Individual Educational Plan--IEP) is also available. Testing to assess risk or potential for anger or violence is also offered. The psychologists (one of whom is a certified school psychologist) also are experienced in assessing for possible educational neglect and in preparation for special education manifestation hearings and have testified at such hearings. Comprehensive psychological testing of adults is also offered and includes assessments in forensic psychology including criminal issues: insanity, fitness for trial, competency to waive Miranda or to confess, death penalty evaluations, and sex offender risk assessments and likelihood of recidivism. Civil forensic evaluations are also completed in the areas of child custody/visitation, termination of parental rights, psychological injury on the job, or from a motor vehicle or other accident including PTSD. Civil cases involving the need for a psychological autopsy can also be accommodated. Evaluations to assess the parenting abilities of prospective or current foster parents, or those seeking to adopt children as well as parental surrogacy evaluations are also performed. Vocational testing is also offered including career interests and abilities as well as worker's compensation and vocational disability evaluations. Assessment of police and public safety and law enforcement personnel is also offered in all areas including candidate screening, promotions and fitness for duty. Neuropsychological evaluations, that assess possible deterioration in cognitive functioning including dementia and Alzheimer's and effects of traumatic brain or head injury, are also offered. Evaluations to determine an individual's competence and appropriateness for guardianship are available.