Dr. Toth Patiejunas can be reached via email at susan@drsusantothpatiejunas.com
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Insurance: Premera, Regence, First Choice, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Locations: Issaquah
Susan Toth Patiejunas, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical Psychologist who specializes in the diagnostic evaluation of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. She received her doctorate from the University of Washington in 1996 and completed three years of postdoctoral training in the psychological and neuropsychological evaluation of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities at Johns Hopkins’ Kennedy Krieger Institute and the University of Washington’s Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD) and the Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit. Subsequently, Dr. Toth Patiejunas worked as a school psychologist at an urban middle school and a staff psychologist at a pediatric psychology clinic. Her longest tenure (almost 20 years) was as an attending psychologist in the Child Development Clinic/CHDD where she provided psychological evaluations and supervised psychology postdoctoral fellows in a multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluation clinic.
In her private practice, Dr. Toth Patiejunas works with a wide range of children from preschool to adolescence who present with concerns about attention and executive functioning problems (e.g., ADHD), learning problems (e.g., dyslexia/reading disorders; specific learning disorders), social differences (e.g., autism spectrum disorders), emotion and behavior regulation problems, developmental delays, and neurodevelopmental deficits associated with prenatal alcohol and drug exposure (e.g., Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders). She also provides assessments for entrance into highly capable programs and early entrance into kindergarten. She has experience in working directly with public schools in Washington and is versed in law pertaining to special education eligibility criteria. Dr. Toth Patiejunas does not provide therapy or intervention services.
Areas of interest and expertise include the following:
Comprehensive assessment of various developmental domains to highlight strengths and weaknesses – cognitive/intellectual, academic, behavioral, social/emotional, executive functioning, learning and memory
Differential diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD, Autism spectrum disorders, specific learning disorders, intellectual disability
Identification of emotional and behavioral dysfunction
Identification of gifted children
Educational planning (e.g., special education eligibility/IEP, Section 504 Accommodation Plans, private tutoring)