Where Can I Get Assessed?

This is a non-exhaustive list of resources for diagnosis and assessment. Please connect with OAA if you need assistance finding a provider.

Make sure the clinic you go to can provide the correct type of documentation. Please review our Disability Documentation Standards and Eligibility for Accommodations page before your visit to a clinic to ensure you obtain the documentation you need in the most timely and cost efficient manner possible.

Your Provider and Insurance - The easiest way to get documentation is by seeing your PCP or a provider you regularly visit. If you have a provider you saw for a while but stopped seeing you can usually contact their office for records.

Utilizing your insurance is a great way to get in contact with a provider if you don’t have one. You can call the number on the back of your insurance card or look up the website for your insurance carrier and search for providers. Usually, over the phone, someone can curate a list of local providers who take your insurance. In many cases, to see a specialist, you will need a referral from a PCP.

If you don’t have insurance you may qualify for Medicaid. The Oregon Health Plan provides medicaid in Oregon. 

If you have insurance through your guardians and are afraid to ask them for your insurance card you can always tell them you need to see a doctor about a cold or call your insurance carrier and ask them to mail you a card. Due to HIPPA your insurance can’t divulge your personal medical information to your guardians.

Mental Health - Pacific University Counseling Center (Forest Grove and Hillsboro)
Offers Teletherapy in the state of Oregon
Phone: 503-352-2191
Email: counselingcenter@pacificu.edu

The Counseling Center offers short term counseling and can refer you to a therapist in the community for longer term counseling or diagnostic testing. The Counseling Center may be able to provide diagnoses for accommodations or refer you to someone who can. Please note that this process takes several sessions and is not an immediate process. For more information, visit the Counseling Services webpage. 

If you are looking outside of the Counseling Center, for therapy you can try the following resources.

  • Call your insurance company and ask for a list of local providers
  • Psychology Today allows you to filter therapists by location and insurance
  • Portland Therapy Center provides contact information for therapists in the metro area
  • Ask your PCP for a referral

*Student Counseling is free for students
*Please note that the Student Counseling Center does not provide ESA letters

Physical Health - Pacific University Health Center (Forest Grove and Hillsboro)
Offers basic healthcare and does referrals to specialists
Phone: 503-352-2269
Email: healthcenter@contact.pacificu.edu

Talking with your PCP may lead to a diagnosis in some cases. Your PCP can also refer you to a specialist as needed

*The Health Center takes multiple insurance plans including: Aetna, Cigna, First Choice Health, HealthNet, InterCommunity Health Network, Kaiser Northwest Region (OR/SW Washington), Moda, Oregon Health Plan- Care Oregon, Open Card, Samaritan and Trillium Community Health Plan, PacificSource, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield, Samaritan Health Plans, and TriCare/TriWest

Learning Disability - Pacific Psychology and Comprehensive Health Clinic (Portland and Hillsboro)
Offers learning disability, cognitive, and memory evaluations
Phone Portland: 503-352-2400
Phone Hillsboro: 503-352-7333

*The comprehensive assessment fee is calculated based on take home income and ranges from $625-$1,375. This fee is due at the first appointment. They are not able to bill insurance for any of the testing services.

There are many other practices that offer evaluations — some of which may be able to complete your evaluation in a shorter time frame though this may or may not incur a higher cost. Another thing to keep in mind is that you may have insurance that may cover all or part of your assessments at some clinics. The costs of these and other services vary and for some services, Pacific students may be granted a discounted price. The OAA encourages you to compare services and pursue the assessments you need at the best cost for you.

Autism - Autism Society of Oregon Resource Directory
Adults - Diagnosis tab lists adult test providers in the state of Oregon. ADHD- Most psychiatrists and psychologists can evaluate ADHD.

Vision - Pacific Eye Clinic (several locations)
The vision clinics offer eye exams, vision therapy, eye disease management, and low vision care