Dr. Hess has provided neuropsychological services on Manhattan’s Upper East Side for thirty years and is dedicated to serving each client personally and promptly. 

Dr. Hess specializes in determining the educational direction that works best for each student, including the tailoring of learning strategies, accommodations, and school placement.  He works with those from preschool through adulthood, with action plans based on individual assessment, consultation, and treatment.  He helps with taking the guesswork out of difficult decisions about education and other important matters in life.    

Services for Preschool through Adulthood include: 

• Neuropsychological, psychoeducational, and educational assessments and treatment plans, providing solid strategies for learning and behavior, and appropriate accommodations (such as extra time on exams)

• Specific, personalized recommendations for issues such as ADHD, dyslexia and other learning disorders, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety, depression, brain injury, dementia, epilepsy, social skills problems, Tourette syndrome, and more

• Remediation for cognitive challenges

• Individual psychotherapy for adolescents and adults

• Development of parenting skills

• Providing referrals to tutors, learning specialists, speech and language therapists, psychiatrists and others 

• Consultation for educational and school psychologists