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Goldberg & LaRosa Psychology Associates, PLLC was founded with the vision of providing comprehensive neurocognitive assessments to individuals and institutions in need. Our experts bring extensive experience and specialized knowledge to every evaluation.

DR. ELKHONON GOLDBERG

Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg leads our team of experts, bringing over 40 years of experience and expertise as a recognized world leader in the field of neuropsychology.

His clinical practice includes neuropsychological diagnosis, neurocognitive rehabilitation, and forensic neuropsychology. His more than 40 years of clinical experience includes traumatic brain injury, memory impairment, executive deficit, dementia, stroke, dyslexia’s, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, and other conditions.

He occasionally provides supervision to other neuropsychologists. Dr. Goldberg is also an active researcher and author whose books on neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience have been translated into more than 20 languages.

DR. VANETTA LAROSA

Dr. LaRosa earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a subspeciality in Human Learning and Development, is a licensed Behavior Analyst and a licensed Psychologist.

She is an expert in administering and interpreting psychoeducational batteries, behavioral and Autism diagnostic services and had expensive expertise administering educational, behavioral, psychological and neuropsychological batteries.

She has 20 years of experience assessing and treating individuals with Neuro-developmental differences. As a licensed Behavior Analyst, she spent her early career building Helping Hands Children Services (est. 2004) which serves over 50 Long Island School Districts.

Children Services became Helping Hands Family in 2019 and is active across five states.

RISING DEMAND FOR HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENTS

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There is a growing need for specialized neurocognitive assessments, especially in educational institutions and among individuals with neurocognitive disorders. This trend highlights the importance of our services in addressing specific cognitive concerns.

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Due to growing needs to have accurate and reliable assessment and diagnostic services for clients that came her way, Dr. LaRosa began a postdoctoral re-specialization program in Clinical Neuropsychology in 2014. She studied under Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg who she sought as a mentor after her studies were completed.

“Dr. Goldberg’s ability to pinpoint neuropsychological connections to my client’s behavior and learning interferences was extraordinary, and it inspired me to continue learning from him. I found that is made the treatments and learning plans more highly effective and I wanted to extend this vital perspective to as many clients as I could reach. If Applied Behavior Analytic programs were based on neurocognitive assessment results and were used as an adjunct to treatment, I have no doubt that progress would be more notable.”

When treatment is prescribed without knowing the way each client learns and processes information, stagnation and goal failure will result. Therefore, progress is more readily achieved when an individual neurocognitive profile is utilized to make treatment decisions.