Empowering
Young Minds
with comprehensive child
& adolescent assessments
in our Santa Ynez office
or in your home.
Trails To Success
Assessment Services
Providing You a Road Map to Success
I believe every child is doing their best.
Assessment can help make their best even better.
I provide comprehensive neuropsychological testing to children, adolescents and young adults for a wide range of problems. A neuropsychologist has specialized pre-and postdoctoral training in understanding the complex relationship between neurology, psychology and the social world.
CONCERNS WE ASSESS:
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Learning Disorders (reading, writing, math)
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Processing Issues
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Attentional Issues (AD/HD)
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Expressive and Receptive Language Difficulties
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Executive Functioning Issues (organization, planning)
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Problems in Problem Solving
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Visuospatial and Writing Difficulties
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Interpersonal and Relationship Difficulties
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Autistic Spectrum Disorders
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Depression
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Generalized Anxiety
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Bipolar Disorder
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Rumination and Negative Thinking
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Tourette’s Syndrome
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Impulse Control Disorders
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Anger
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Behavioral Disorders
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Life Stress and Transitions
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Medical Conditions
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Giftedness Assessments
Strength-
based
Approach
Family
Support
Clear,
Actionable
Reports
Mobile
Testing
Available
Personalized
Plans
Why Trails To Success?
20+ Years
Experience
Family-centered care
We partner closely with your family—listening to your insights, addressing your concerns, and crafting personalized strategies so every child feels supported at home, at school, and beyond.
Neuropsychological
Assessment
Knowledge can help your child gain an extra edge by….
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Identifying learning differences
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Understanding, empathy and acceptance
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Targeted information about the processing issues
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Providing a foundation for a child’s future development
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Diagnostic clarity
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Using strengths to help with challenges
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Customized treatment recommendations
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Address emotional, social and behavioral struggles
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Document the need for accommodations
Build the Skills
for Success
No more guessing. With this new information we now can…
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Proactively avoid pitfalls
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Build self-confidence
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Improve frustration tolerance
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Increase risk taking
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Get your child invested in the process
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Cultivate key relationship skills
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Develop self-advocacy skills
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Build self-awareness
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Broaden emotional resilience
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Develop life skills
Why Students
Need Us
Life can be challenging in today’s world.
Kids have rigorous workloads, high standards, and immense social pressure to succeed. The assessment provides you…
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Guidance in how to best use their learning style to foster success
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Understand how to implement strategies when they are stuck
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Maximize time management
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Enhance planning and organization
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Give expert guidance on specific study strategies
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Teach coping skills to manage stress
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Help shape and manage expectations
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Promote efficient access to resources
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Build pride in gaining independence
Services Options
About
Meet Dr. Duis
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with specialized pre-and post-doctoral training in Neuropsychology from Brown and Harvard Universities. I obtained my Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 2001. My training provided a strong background in complex assessment of children, adolescents and young adults in a variety of settings. I have extensive experience and in inpatient/outpatient hospitals, therapeutic schools, psychiatric and neurology clinics, university learning centers, and private practices.
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What our clients
say about us
"Honestly this was the best investment of time and money we have ever made because we got all our answers in one place."
Emily's Mom
"Jesse immediately felt at ease in the testing and it has helped him learn new ways of coping."
Jesse's Mom
"We were so overwhelmed before now but Dr. Duis was able to pinpoint exactly where and why our son is experiencing difficulty."
Mike's Dad
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