Assessments are helpful if you are concerned about your or your child’s learning ability, or if you feel your child is incredibly bright however fear this is not being recognised within education. Cognitive assessments are also very helpful where young people do not appear to be reaching their potential as it allows better understanding of their capabilities and the support that would be required to facilitate this. A cognitive assessment allows for specific recommendations with respect to learning to be provided to families and schools. Assessments involve a series of tasks and questions to gather information about the above areas of cognition. Some of these are timed activities.