About Abilities Reimagined

Helping You Understand How Your Child Learns

Hi, I’m Jennifer Dodds, a Licensed Psycho-Educational Specialist and Licensed School Psychologist serving children, teens, and young adults in Fort Mill, SC and the greater Charlotte area.

If you’ve found your way here, there’s a good chance you have questions about your child.

Maybe school has become harder than it seems like it should be. Maybe your child is bright but struggling to keep up. Maybe you’re wondering about ADHD, dyslexia, autism, anxiety, or another learning or behavioral difference. Or maybe you’ve been told that your child needs testing, but you aren’t sure what that actually means or what you’re supposed to do next.

That’s where we come in.

My goal is to make the evaluation process understandable, supportive, and genuinely useful for your family. I don’t believe parents should leave an evaluation with a diagnosis and a 30-page report they don’t understand. You should leave knowing how your child learns, what may be getting in the way, what your child needs, and what you can do next.

Experience That Goes Beyond the Testing Room

Before starting Abilities Reimagined, I spent years working in public schools as a school psychologist, including in lead school psychologist roles.

That experience has shaped the way I approach evaluations.

I don’t just look at test scores. I think about how a child’s learning and behavior show up in the places that matter most: at school, at home, and in everyday life.

I understand how schools approach special education evaluations, 504 plans, MTSS, accommodations, and other supports because I’ve worked within those systems myself. I also understand how frustrating it can be for parents to know that something isn’t quite right but not know how to explain what they’re seeing or what to ask for.

My job is to help connect those dots.

What We Do

Comprehensive Testing for Children, Teens & Young Adults

Abilities Reimagined specializes in psychoeducational and psychological testing for ages 2–25.

Depending on your child’s needs and the questions we’re trying to answer, an evaluation may look at areas such as cognitive abilities, academic achievement, attention, executive functioning, social-emotional functioning, memory, language, and autism-related characteristics.

Evaluations may help answer questions about:

  • ADHD and attention difficulties
  • Dyslexia and reading difficulties
  • Dysgraphia and written-expression difficulties
  • Dyscalculia and math difficulties
  • Learning disabilities
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Anxiety and other emotional concerns
  • Intellectual disability
  • Giftedness
  • Academic strengths and weaknesses
  • School accommodations and support needs
  • College entrance testing accommodations
  • Private and independent school admissions or placement

I use well-established assessment tools selected based on your child’s age, history, and referral questions. Depending on the evaluation, these may include the WISC-V, WAIS-IV, WIAT-4, BASC-3, ADOS-2, CTOPP-2, and other standardized measures.

Every child does not need the same tests. Your evaluation is designed around your child’s specific needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all testing package.

If you’re not sure what type of evaluation your child needs, that’s okay. You don’t have to figure that out before contacting me. We can talk through your concerns and determine what type of assessment makes sense.

More Than a Diagnosis

An evaluation should answer more than, “Does my child have ADHD?” or “Does my child have dyslexia?”

It should help answer:

Why is this happening?

What is my child good at?

Where are they struggling?

What does this mean for school and home?

And most importantly—what do we do now?

That’s why I take a whole-child approach to every evaluation.

A diagnosis can be an important piece of the puzzle, but your child is so much more than a diagnosis or a set of test scores. I consider the full picture—including developmental history, school experiences, behavior, strengths, challenges, and the concerns you brought to the evaluation.

My recommendations are designed to be practical and individualized. Depending on your child’s needs, recommendations may address:

  • Classroom accommodations
  • Special education and IEP considerations
  • 504 plans
  • School-based interventions and MTSS
  • Academic interventions
  • Therapy and other community resources
  • Parenting or behavioral supports
  • Further evaluation or consultation
  • Strategies you can use at home

You should finish the evaluation knowing what the results mean—not wondering what you’re supposed to do with them.

Why Families Choose Abilities Reimagined

School experience matters.

Because my background is in school psychology, I understand the difference between simply identifying a difficulty and understanding how that difficulty affects a child in the classroom.

You won’t be left with a diagnosis and a report.

Testing is only useful if you understand what the results mean. I take the time to explain the findings in clear, everyday language and connect them to your child’s real-world experiences.

Your child isn’t a checklist.

I don’t believe in looking at one score or one diagnosis in isolation. I want to understand the whole child—including their strengths, challenges, personality, and environment.

Recommendations should be realistic.

A recommendation isn’t very helpful if it sounds good on paper but doesn’t work in real life. I focus on practical next steps that families and schools can actually use.

Parents know their children best.

You have been watching, listening, advocating, and worrying about your child long before they walked into my office. Your perspective matters. I see the evaluation as a collaboration between you, your child, and me.

My Education & Credentials

I am a:

  • Licensed Psycho-Educational Specialist (SC)
  • Licensed School Psychologist (SC & NC)
  • Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP)
  • Member of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
  • Delegate for the South Carolina Association of School Psychologists
  • Adjunct Instructor for Winthrop University

I earned my B.A. in Psychology from North Carolina State University and my Specialist in School Psychology (S.S.P.) and Master of Science in School Psychology (M.S.) from Winthrop University.

I have also completed specialized training in areas including autism assessment and school-based crisis prevention and intervention.

A Clearer Path Forward

You don’t need to know exactly what’s going on with your child before you reach out.

You don’t need to know which or if a diagnosis fits.

And you certainly don’t need to become an expert in psychoeducational testing before your first appointment.

You just need to know that something isn’t working and that you want to understand why.

That’s what I’m here to help with.

Abilities Reimagined provides child and adolescent psychoeducational testing in Fort Mill, SC, serving families throughout the Fort Mill, Rock Hill, Indian Land, Tega Cay, and greater Charlotte areas.

If you’re looking for answers about your child’s learning, attention, behavior, or development, I’d be happy to help you determine whether an evaluation is the right next step.