Testimonials

From a physician taking her board certification exam. She was originally evaluated for Step 3 of the USMLE after failing it twice. After my evaluation she was granted double time. She went on to apply for an accommodation for her Board Certification examination:

I just received an email from the American Board of XX that I was approved for an accommodation..

I have been approved for the following accommodations:

A separate room
Double time
An additional 15 minutes added to each scheduled 15-minute break, so there will be four scheduled 30-minute breaks each day in addition to the 60-minute-long break.

If this helps others in my place: ABXX is strict, the documents have to mailed only and they provide very limited information. Therefore, even though it wasn’t requested, I followed the NBME’s requirements and submitted additional documents, i.e., personal statement and my Neuropsych report, alongside the NBME report.

If I had known any accommodation was available to me, I would have sought your help many years ago instead of quiet and hopelessly struggling on my own. Thank you. I am forever grateful for your help.

August, 2024

Good morning Dr. Van Gorp:

I am very happy to let you know that (our son) was made Eligible for OPWDD benefits.

Thank you for your help and guidance as to how to answer their questions. Your assessment and testing was very helpful in this matter.

June, 2024

Thank you so much, Dr. van Gorp, not only for the quick turnaround on this form, but also and more importantly for the amazing work you do and everyone involved in your practice does to make our lives better. My and my son‘s quality of life has improved measurably based on our experience with you.

June 12, 2024

I thought that Dr Van Gorp and Dr Sorenson might be interested to hear how [my child] has been doing since receiving the results of her evaluation:

In one word thriving!

First of all having the diagnosis alone was incredibly validating and allowed [them] to have an explanation for so much and gave her and her loved ones the words to use and perspective necessary in handling various situations.

[They] returned to her work in late October and is doing very well. The combination of the diagnosis, the perspective she gained in her time off – particularly the need to earn her way and feel good about her purpose, being back on a low dose of ADHD medication, a particularly good [work environment] and most importantly her work with her social coach have all helped her to succeed thus far.

In addition to her ability to hold a job [they have] a new boyfriend that appears to be a wonderful match for [them] and they seem to have a very healthy relationship – unlike [their] last several.

Happy to answer any other follow up questions you may have. Mostly wanted to give you the feedback … and also let you know that the evaluation and diagnosis have proven extremely beneficial.

April 9, 2024

I wanted to say thank you for your assistance with my daughter’s efforts for extra time on the upcoming LSATs. They granted her the extra time with 15-minute breaks! We are over the moon. Your guidance during our conversation was extremely helpful…. I am most grateful for your kind and compassionate effort.

November 11, 2023

Thought you might like to know that I was given double time and a separate location on the dental boards which I took a few weeks ago. Just found out that I passed!

I wanted to thank you again for your guidance and encouragement. Though I went into the boards feeling confident, I was less stressed because of the accommodations which I took advantage of to the very last minute! So, thank you both again.

October 25, 2023

I got approved for exam accommodation.

I just wanted to genuinely say thank you for all your help, meticulous work, and continuous support. I can’t believe it to be honest, as I wasn’t quite optimistic since I was rejected once.

I am confident that this time, I will pass this exam and continue pursuing my career and passion with the hopes of helping all those in need as much as possible.

October 23, 2023

Dear Dr. van Gorp:

“My LSAT testing accommodations (50% extra time and breaks in between) got approved. Thank you so much for your time and effort helping me with it! ”
February 22, 2023

Hello Dr. Van Gorp:

“I wanted to let you know that I did receive accommodations on the NYS bar of 100% more time and 30 minutes breaks between each session. Thank you for your help.”

November 28, 2022

By the way, as a follow up, xxx is attending community college and crushing it, all A’s so far! He’s also learning to cook and maintain his own household. Thank you so much for your assessment and the session with the doctor–it helped us a great deal.

December 11, 2020

On another note, my son is starting sixth grade middle school next year. We had his CSE meeting and it went smooth. Thanks to your reports, he will be receiving supports in school more targeted to help him learn and work up to his potential. His confidence is growing!

Thank you so much for all you do for the children that see you. You keep everything organized and everything is so efficient. The insight the doctors have, really helps the children get the correct support. I think it will be my turn to have an evaluation in 2021 so I can learn how to work with my strengths and weaknesses as well as my three children have!

June 7, 2020

I’m thrilled to announce that I got approval for extra-time on the test!!!

I am so incredibly appreciative for all the hard work and guidance that you all provided me throughout this experience. You’re due diligence and support meant so much to me and I wanted to personally thank you again for all that you did!

November 12, 2019

Thank you so much on behalf of myself and my family – for your helpfulness and concern in making a potentially stressful experience seamless and comfortable.

Preliminary discussions with a manager and/or assistant manager can make all the difference in the world, even in deciding whether to follow up with an appointment. Michele and Andrea, you not only explained the nature of the exam thoroughly, you answered all our questions and concerns -many even two or more times- patiently and clearly.

People like you are an invaluable resource to patients and doctors. My family and I wish you all good things – none of this happens without you.

*Please do me one last favor and pass this note on to Dr. van Gorp.

Thank you both for always being there for us.

Best wishes,

November 2, 2018

I am very grateful to you, Michelle, Dr. Daren and Dr. Van Gorp for providing excellent, professional service in the days prior to scheduling my appointment date; conducting the day-long series of neuropsychological tests; expediting my written report before the submission deadline of my accommodations application; and for your willingness to meet with me to review and discuss the results of the extensive tests which were compiled in a comprehensive, written report.

June 1, 2019

Thank you all so much! My son received the accommodations recommended by Dr. van Gorp!
He is much more confident in his ability to do well on the LSAT now. Thanks to everyone for making this happen!
You are all such a wonderful team.

Gratefully,

August 22, 2018

Dr. van Gorp was extremely professional and right on spot with his diagnosis of my learning disability. He did a very thorough evaluation and took the time to go over the results with me. His recommendations were also extremely helpful. I have recommended him to all my friends who show signs of learning disabilities or ADHD. Thanks to him and his amazing team, I was able to take the MCAT with double time and apply to the Boards as well. If you wish to reach your true cognitive potential, I strongly believe Dr. van Gorp is the right person to evaluate your needs.

August 21, 2018

My wife and I recently used the Cognitive Assessment Group to conduct a pre-adoption psychological evaluation. The Office Manager and staff (Andrea & Michele) was incredibly helpful in setting up our appointment and making sure that we had all of our questions answered beforehand. Dr. Daren was friendly, very professional and made us both feel welcome and comfortable as we went through the evaluation process. The entire staff was patient and supportive as we worked through very strict report formatting, notarizing, and gathering copies of licenses that needed to be done to send this off as a part of our international adoption dossier. We are so grateful for everything the staff did for us and will not hesitate to use this office for any future evaluation needs.

February 2, 2018

It’s not hard to find someone in manhattan to complete a neuropsych but it’s really hard to find someone you trust. Andrea (Reilly) at the center for cognitive research was great. She was patient and answered all my questions. Sometimes twice! The doctor (Andrew Daren) was just like she said he would be and the whole experience was easy, professional and my son left feeling good about himself.

January 17, 2018

Hi and hope you are well. Many thanks again and we are very happy to report that (my son) had a very successful outcome! Happy Thanksgiving!

Best regards

November 8, 2017

FYI – I have been approved for 50% extra time!
I mentioned how great and comparatively reasonably priced you guys were to my GMAT tutor and am cc’ing him so he can give your name to future students he has in my situation.
Thanks again doc!

Kind Regards,

July 16, 2017

I wanted to thank you for your help with my accommodations process for the USMLE Step 1 examination. I was on a time crunch to submit documentation to my medical school and your office found a way to schedule me on short notice. I received a decision letter today that granted me accommodations of extended time; the test will also be administered over 2 days. Despite hearing from students that “the Nation Board of Medical Examiners never grants accommodations for Step1”, you were reassuring that you would do your best to help me with this process. I am incredibly grateful for all of your help and advice. It was especially helpful that you were able to include the reasons why you felt that I needed certain accommodations – the evaluation not including this has been a reason that many requests have been denied.

I really appreciate everything that you, Ms. Reilly and Dr. Daren did to help me during this stressful time. I did not have Dr. Daren’s email address, but please pass along the message and my gratitude to him, as well.

Thank you again for your time and help! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

September 13, 2016

I just wanted to let you know that I found out that all of my requested accommodations were approved. Not only did the school approve all of your recommended accommodations, but I was even offered an additional helpful accommodation I did not request. It took much longer than usual for the school to process my request due to how novel the requested accommodations were, but thanks to your report written specifically to the school’s needs, the only discussion was on what accommodations would be most reasonable for my disability rather than the diagnosis or need for accommodations. Thank you once again!

June 26, 2017

I just wanted to thank you and your staff for everything. I never thought I would say this but discovering that I had a learning disability though devastating for me has been a blessing in disguise.

I am happy to inform you that not only did I pass my boards this year with the extra time given me per your recommendations, I passed it with a very high score. If it had not been for your evaluation and recommendation I would still be struggling to pass my boards.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I would recommend my friends, family and patients to you. If only you knew what this means to me. I thank God for putting you in my life when he did. I will forever be great full to you and your staff.

October 23, 2016

I am very happy to let you and the team know that we heard from the College board that (my daughter) has 50% extra time accommodated for her exams. Thank you very much for your willingness to help and I thank both the doctors from the bottom of my heart for their detailed assessment, documentation and recommendation which helped make this possible. God Bless!
Sincerely,

September 5, 2016

I just want to thank Dr. Van Gorp for his evaluation and report. (Name redacted) was granted extended time and small room accommodations for the ACT yesterday!

Thank you and have a wonderful rest of summer!

August 14, 2016