The purpose of a social-emotional assessment is to identify and better understand issues related to social, emotional, or behavioral functioning. This type of assessment may be used to evaluate older youth/adolescents who are displaying:
- difficulties with attention/concentration or hyperactivity/impulsivity
- significant anxiety/worry
- Obsessive-compulsive tendencies
- sadness/depression or emotional reactivity
- difficulties getting along with others
- maladaptive behaviors
- symptoms of other emotional or behavioral disorders