Helping children, teens, and families better understand learning abilities, strengths, challenges, and educational needs through comprehensive psychological assessment.

Core Centre Psychological Services is an award-winning psychological practice in Mississauga specializing in psychoeducational assessments and gifted assessments for children and young people. With more than 20 years of expertise in school psychology, learning, behaviour, and emotional regulation, we understand the questions parents face when a child is struggling academically, learning differently, showing exceptional abilities, or not reaching their potential at school. Our goal is to provide families with clear answers, meaningful recommendations, and a better understanding of how their child learns. BOOK AN ASSESSMENT  ➡️

Psychoeducational Assessment

When a child is experiencing difficulties with reading, writing, mathematics, memory, processing information, organization, attention, or overall academic performance, a psychoeducational assessment can help provide a clearer understanding of their learning profile. A comprehensive assessment examines cognitive abilities and academic skills and may also consider behavioural and emotional factors when relevant. The goal is to identify strengths, understand areas of difficulty, and provide practical recommendations that can help parents and educators make informed decisions about appropriate educational support. Core Centre's psychoeducational assessments are conducted exclusively in person, face-to-face, at our Mississauga clinic. LEARN MORE ABOUT PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT ➡️

Gifted Assessment

Some children demonstrate exceptional reasoning, problem-solving, memory, verbal, visual-spatial, or other cognitive abilities. A gifted assessment can help parents better understand these abilities and their child's overall learning profile. Giftedness is not simply about receiving high grades. A gifted child may excel academically, become bored when insufficiently challenged, underperform relative to their abilities, or experience social or emotional challenges. Understanding a child's cognitive strengths can help families make informed decisions about enrichment, educational planning, and appropriate learning opportunities. Core Centre's gifted assessments are conducted exclusively in person, face-to-face, at our Mississauga clinic. LEARN MORE ABOUT GIFTED ASSESSMENT ➡️

Why Families Choose Core Centre

For more than 20 years, our work has focused on helping children, young people, and families better understand learning, behaviour, emotions, and individual differences. Our experience includes supporting more than 15,000 children, youth, and families through work in a major school board and private practice. Families choose Core Centre for:

• • Extensive experience in school psychology and psychological assessment
  • Comprehensive psychoeducational and gifted assessments
  • Individualized assessment based on each child's needs
  • Clear explanations of assessment findings
  • Comprehensive written reports
  • Practical recommendations for parents and educators
  • Short waiting times and timely assessment results
  • A welcoming psychological practice in Mississauga

Our psychoeducational assessment reports are designed to provide meaningful information that can assist families and educators in understanding a student's learning needs and planning appropriate support.

More Than a Test Score

Psychological assessment is about more than obtaining a score or label. Every child has a unique combination of abilities, strengths, learning preferences, challenges, personality, and experiences. Understanding this complete picture can help explain why a student may be struggling in one area while excelling in another. Our goal is to help families understand how their child learns, identify areas where support may be beneficial, and recognize strengths that can be developed further.

Supporting Children, Teens & Young Adults

In addition to psychological assessments, Core Centre provides focused counselling and consultation services for children, teens, young adults, and parents. Services include:

• • Wellbeing Counselling
  • Emotion Regulation Support
  • Social Skills Support
  • Study & Organizational Skills Support
  • Parenting Skills Consultation

These services are designed to provide practical strategies and individualized support for emotional, social, academic, organizational, and family challenges.

Counselling and consultation services are available in person at our Mississauga clinic or online, depending on the service and individual needs. EXPLORE SUPPORT SERVICES ➡️

Meet Dr. Ewa Antczak

Dr. Ewa Antczak is an award-winning psychologist and founder of Core Centre Psychological Services. With more than 20 years of expertise in school psychology, learning, behaviour, and emotional regulation, she has supported more than 15,000 children, youth, and families through her work in a major school board and private practice. Her extensive experience in school psychology provides a strong understanding of the academic, behavioural, and emotional challenges children and families may encounter. MEET DR. EWA ANTCZAK ➡️

Start With Understanding

When a child is struggling at school or demonstrating abilities that may not be fully recognized, understanding their learning profile can be an important first step. A psychoeducational or gifted assessment can provide valuable information about strengths, abilities, learning needs, and areas where additional support or challenge may be appropriate. Contact Core Centre Psychological Services to discuss your child's needs and determine which assessment may be appropriate.