East Bay Pediatric Assessment
Comprehensive Psychological Evaluations
Approach to Assessment
Dr. Ruzin specializes in assessing children when there are questions about a possible Autism Spectrum Disorder (previously known as Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder or Pervasive Developmental Disorder), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD or ADD), thinking, problem solving or learning challenges, or behavioral difficulties. Evaluation can take different forms depending on the questions being asked, so it is important to discuss goals for assessment prior to beginning. Dr. Ruzin will guide you through this process, and is pleased to answer questions along the way.
Some of the assessment tools that Dr. Ruzin commonly utilizes in her evaluations include the WAIS-IV, WASI-II, WISC-V, WPPSI-IV, DAS-II, Bayley-III, Mullens, ADOS-2 Modules T and 1-4, Vineland-II, ABAS-3, SRS-2, DP-4, BASC-3, KTEA-III and various behavioral rating scales for parents, teachers, children and adults. In addition, personality assessments such as the Rorschach and MCMI-IV will be used if there are concerns for personality traits your child is exhibiting.
About me
Dr. Gabriella Ruzin is a licensed clinical psychologist (CA #33207) in the Bay Area. She began working with Dr. Patrick MacLeamy in October 2020 and also works as a psychologist at Kaiser Permanente- Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessments in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Ruzin has dedicated her clinical experiences to working with children and families, and has a specific interest in conducting developmental evaluations and providing Pivotal Response Therapy (PRT) to children on the autism spectrum.
Dr. Ruzin received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and minor in Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She earned her PsyD at Alliant International University in San Francisco and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA) in Westchester, NY. While at JCCA, she worked with children diagnosed with intellectual disability, in addition to autism and severe psychiatric diagnoses. Her dissertation was focused on the use of PRT with children diagnosed with a rare genetic condition known as Dup15q. Her dissertation was supervised by Dr. Lynn Koegel, the founder of PRT.
On her free time, Dr. Ruzin teaches yoga, enjoys running and spending time with her husband and two dogs.
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Schedule a free-15-minutes consultation today.
Email me: gr@drgabriellaruzin.com
Call or text me: 925-322-0766