Six weeks into a deployment, a second grader starts refusing school and gets called oppositional. Deployment stress in children rarely announces itself. Two Pinnacle psychologists explain what to watch for, when a fuller evaluation makes sense, and how to keep support in place through the next move.

Good therapy sometimes stops working, and the reason is not always the therapist or the patient. Our Escondido psychologists explain how an unrecognized diagnosis quietly limits treatment, what a comprehensive evaluation actually measures, and how to tell stalling from ordinary slow progress.

A diagnosis from a short office visit can be accurate and still leave the real questions open. Here is what a full ADHD evaluation examines, why parent and teacher ratings so often disagree, and what separates a screener from a report your child's school can act on.

The hardest part of an autism evaluation is deciding to ask for one. What the testing day actually involves, how to know when it's time, and why the person interpreting the results matters more than the instrument they use.

"We're pretty sure it's just anxiety" is often where the conversation starts, and just as often where it stops too soon. Dr. Joanna Kennedy walks through how psychological testing separates autism, ADHD, and anxiety in children, and why the right answer changes the whole plan.