Kristen Beckley, MA, CAGS, NCSP
A School Psychologist in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
Every child deserves to be understood clearly.
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Comprehensive Evaluations, Clear Answers:
A School Psychologist Who Speaks School
A student’s needs are not always easy to understand. Sometimes the question is focused, and sometimes there are several factors to sort through. Kristen’s evaluations bring the pieces together, explain what the findings mean for the student, and provide practical next steps for the student, teachers, and parents.
With 20 years of experience evaluating children in a variety of school settings, Kristen understands how assessment findings are used by educators, families, and school teams. Her evaluations are designed to answer practical questions, clarify complex learning profiles, and provide recommendations that are clear, actionable, and grounded in the realities of school.
School-System Expertise
Kristen understands how schools work from the inside, including the value of teacher and support staff input, classroom demands, school-based interventions, and the real-world limits schools must navigate. She also understands how educational decisions are shaped by IDEA eligibility, IEP development, special education law, and relevant case law. This perspective helps her write reports that are practical, credible, and useful to both families and school teams.
Complex-Case Clarity
A whole-student approach to learning, attention, executive functioning, emotional, behavioral, developmental, and school-based concerns. Evaluations are designed to clarify patterns, whether the question is focused or complex, not simply report scores.
Reports That Get Used
Reports are written about the student, not just the data. Kristen connects test results with history, observation, school context, and real-world functioning so families and teams understand how the child learns, where support is needed, and what to do next.
Practical Recommendations
Findings are explained in plain language, with recommendations tied directly to the student’s profile and the questions that brought them to evaluation. The goal is to provide next steps that are clear, concrete, and usable for students, teachers, and parents.
Shorter Wait Times
Testing is typically scheduled within 2–3 weeks of intake, not months. A faster turnaround from records receipt to final report helps families and school teams move forward with less delay.
Transparent Pricing
Published flat-rate pricing helps families and districts understand costs from the beginning. No surprise fees, no unclear billing structure, and a clear scope of what is included in each evaluation package.
About
Kristen specializes in comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations for children ages 5-16 and has been a school psychologist for 20 years. She provides expert consultation services to families and school teams, helping to support students' academic and emotional well-being. In addition, Kristen serves as an assessment consultant and researcher for Alpha Schools based in Austin, Texas. She was New Hampshire's School Psychologist of the Year in 2011 for her dedication to supporting students, educators, and families. She has been an active volunteer with the New Hampshire Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team (DBHRT) for the last 10 years and has previously contributed her time to a therapeutic equestrian facility assisting individuals with disabilities. For the past 5 years Kristen and her dog, York have received certification from the Alliance of Therapy Dogs (ATD), allowing them to provide comfort and support in various settings as therapy dog and handler.
Kristen earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Simmons College, focusing on research, child development, pediatric assessment, and biopsychology. She completed long-term internships at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and the Rivendell Child, Adolescent, and Family Unit at Thomas Walker Hospital. Following her work as a research assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital, Kristen pursued her master's and advanced graduate degrees in School Psychology from Tufts University. Since then, she has worked across public, private, parochial, and alternative schools, providing assessments, counseling, and consultation services. To ensure the highest standard of care, Kristen is committed to professional supervision from veteran clinicians, as well as frequent continuing education.
Excited about learning, education and sharing knowledge, Kristen has delivered numerous trainings and workshops for parents, educators, and school teams on topics such as learning disabilities, ADHD, executive functioning, and interpreting assessment data. She has also been part of research teams that have presented findings at the Eastern Psychological Association and the National Association of School Psychologists' annual conferences. Kristen is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) and holds School Psychologist certifications in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, as well as licensure through the New Hampshire Board of Psychology. She is an active member of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).
Kristen is dedicated to helping children succeed by understanding their unique learning strengths and challenges. She is also committed to delivering thoughtful, evidence-based interventions to help children, families, and educators make informed decisions that support student growth and success. She uses a neuropsychological lens and a whole child approach with a clear dedication to ethical and conscientious work.
Areas of Focus
Services and Rates
Comprehensive Complex-Case Psychoeducational Evaluation
$4,200
Comprehensive evaluation for students with complex learning, attention, executive functioning, emotional, behavioral, developmental, or school-based concerns. Includes records review, interviews, testing, observation when appropriate, integrated report, feedback session, and one school or team meeting. May also serve as a comprehensive IEE when appropriate.
Targeted Psychoeducational Evaluation
$3,200
Focused evaluation for a clearer referral question or updated area of concern. May include cognitive, academic, attention/executive functioning, behavioral, or emotional screening depending on the student’s needs. Includes report, feedback session, and one school or team meeting. May also serve as a focused IEE when appropriate.
Independent Educational Evaluations
$3,200-$4,200
IEEs are available when families or districts need an independent evaluation. Scope is determined by the referral questions, prior testing, district criteria, and areas requiring independent review.
Record Review & Consultation
$800
Review of existing evaluations, school records, IEPs or 504 plans, and progress data. Includes written summary, recommendations, and one consultation meeting.
Observation Only
$400
Classroom or learning-environment observation with a brief written observational summary. Useful when a student’s functioning in the learning environment is an important part of the referral question.
Homeschool Evaluation and Consultation
Pricing varies by scope
Evaluation and consultation services for homeschool families, including psychoeducational evaluation, achievement testing, portfolio or homeschool-material review, learning consultation, and homeschool-specific recommendations.
Hourly Services
$125/hour
Additional meeting time, follow-up consultation, school-team collaboration, district overflow support, professional collaboration, or services outside the agreed-upon evaluation scope.
Therapy Dog Visits and Crisis Response Support
Provided at no cost
Kristen and York, a certified therapy dog team, provide comfort and support in approved school, hospital, airport, community, and crisis-response settings at no cost. When appropriate, York may also join evaluation sessions to help students feel comfortable and at ease.
Flat-rate evaluation pricing includes testing, scoring, records review, report writing, observations when appropriate, interviews, a feedback session, and one school, IEP, or team meeting. Additional meetings or services outside the agreed-upon evaluation scope are billed at the hourly rate.
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