Highland Park, Illinois
Specialized evaluations for children, teens, and adults — with experience in high-masking autism, late-diagnosed autism, and PDA profiles.
Highland Park & the North Shore
Looking for psychological testing or an autism evaluation in Highland Park, IL? Help & Healing Center provides specialized evaluations for children, teens, and adults with questions about autism, ADHD, learning, cognitive, and developmental concerns.
Our clinicians have experience with high-masking autism, late-diagnosed autism, and PDA profiles that may be overlooked in traditional evaluations. We serve Highland Park-area individuals and families from our nearby Glenview office, with telehealth available for eligible evaluations.
Highland Park is part of Chicago's North Shore. The surrounding area includes communities such as Deerfield, Lake Forest, Northbrook, Bannockburn, Glencoe, and Highwood.
How we can help
Psychological testing can help answer specific questions about development, attention, learning, behavior, social communication, and cognitive functioning. Our clinicians consider the individual's history and current concerns when determining what areas should be evaluated.
Autism assessments consider developmental history, social communication, sensory experiences, behavioral patterns, and current functioning. Evaluations are available for individuals across different stages of life.
Some autistic individuals develop strategies to camouflage or compensate for their characteristics. This can make autism less obvious to others while creating significant internal stress or difficulty. Our clinicians consider masking and compensation strategies when they are relevant to the evaluation.
Adults can pursue an autism evaluation even if they were never assessed during childhood. An evaluation may help explore lifelong patterns involving social communication, sensory experiences, attention, executive functioning, behavior, and cognitive functioning.
PDA, commonly described as Pathological Demand Avoidance or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy, can involve intense resistance to everyday demands and a strong need for autonomy. PDA characteristics may be considered within a comprehensive autism evaluation when clinically appropriate.
Psychological testing can help clarify concerns involving attention, working memory, executive functioning, organization, and impulse control. These difficulties may affect school, work, relationships, or everyday responsibilities.
Children may be referred for an evaluation when parents have questions about learning, attention, development, behavior, emotional regulation, communication, or social interaction. Testing is guided by the concerns affecting the child rather than using the same assessment approach for every child.
Adolescence can bring greater academic, social, and emotional demands. Evaluation may help clarify concerns involving autism, ADHD, learning, executive functioning, social communication, sensory experiences, attention, or emotional functioning.
A previous autism evaluation may leave unanswered questions, particularly when masking or other less obvious characteristics were not fully considered. A second opinion can provide an opportunity to review the available information and determine whether further clarification may be appropriate.
Convenient for Highland Park residents
Help & Healing Center serves Highland Park residents from our nearby Glenview office.
Our office is located at: 2700 Patriot Blvd, Suite 250, Glenview, IL 60026.
Highland Park is part of Chicago's North Shore. The surrounding area includes communities such as Deerfield, Lake Forest, Northbrook, Bannockburn, Glencoe, and Highwood. Our location provides access to specialized psychological and autism assessment services for individuals and families throughout Highland Park and nearby North Shore communities. Telehealth may also be available for eligible evaluations. Availability depends on the assessment type, clinical requirements, and individual circumstances.
Is testing right for you?
You may be considering an evaluation if you have questions about:
Autism or lifelong social communication differences, ADHD and attention difficulties, executive functioning and organization, learning difficulties, sensory experiences, emotional regulation, cognitive strengths and challenges, high-masking autistic characteristics, demand avoidance and autonomy-related patterns, a previous diagnosis that does not seem to explain your experiences, or recommendations or supports that may be appropriate.
What to expect
The evaluation process varies according to the type of assessment and the questions being addressed. Depending on the evaluation, you may move through the following stages:
Initial Consultation
You will discuss what prompted the evaluation and what questions you would like the assessment to address.
Interviews & Assessment
The evaluation may include interviews, developmental history, questionnaires, observations, and standardized assessment measures.
Clinical Review
Results are considered alongside developmental history and current functioning to develop a broader clinical picture.
Written Report
A written report summarizes relevant findings and recommendations from the evaluation.
Feedback Session
The findings are reviewed with you, providing an opportunity to ask questions and discuss possible next steps.
Neurodevelopmental differences do not always appear in obvious or stereotypical ways.
Help & Healing Center considers the individual's experiences, history, and current functioning, with particular attention to presentations that may be overlooked, including high masking, later-identified autism, and demand-avoidant patterns.
Services for Highland Park-area individuals may include:
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Help & Healing Center provides psychological testing for Highland Park-area residents from its Glenview office at 2700 Patriot Blvd, Suite 250, Glenview, IL 60026.
Yes. Adult evaluations can explore lifelong patterns involving social communication, sensory experiences, attention, executive functioning, behavior, and development.
Yes. Evaluations can address concerns involving autism, ADHD, learning, attention, behavior, development, communication, and emotional functioning.
Yes. High-masking presentations can be considered during an autism evaluation when relevant to the individual's history and current concerns.
Yes. PDA characteristics can be considered as part of a comprehensive autism evaluation when clinically appropriate.
Yes. A second opinion may be appropriate when you continue to have questions about a previous assessment or believe important aspects of your presentation were not considered.
Telehealth may be available for certain evaluations. Eligibility depends on the assessment type and clinical requirements.
Google Reviews
2 months ago
Everything about the process was great, regardless of the diagnosis. All of the communication, your approach, and your demeanor. I really commend you.
3 months ago
Dr. Jessica made me feel at ease throughout the consultation and assessments. It has changed almost every aspect of my life – relationships, self esteem, how I view myself.
4 months ago
We brought our son to Dr. Myszak recently; she was patient, flexible and kind and helped him feel comfortable. At first he was very anxious but she was willing to meet him where he was.
5 months ago
The experience felt validating, compassionate, and non-judgmental. I was able to reveal information that I wasn’t comfortable revealing to previous psychologists.
6 months ago
I felt heard, understood, and not judged. It totally changed my life. It validated my experiences and took away the guilt and shame that my challenges were just character flaws.
7 months ago
I was really intimidated to start this process but you made it easy and comfortable, so thank you. This was a 10 out of 10.
Compassionate care. Expert insight.
If you are looking for psychological testing, autism assessment, ADHD testing, adult autism evaluation, child or teen assessment, high-masking autism evaluation, PDA evaluation, or an autism second opinion near Highland Park, Help & Healing Center can help you determine which evaluation may be appropriate.
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