Our Team

Dr. Karly Stroup, PsyD, ABPP, CPRP, Clinical Psychologist

Hello, my name is Dr. Karly Warren and I am an energetic and ambitious licensed clinical psychologist who is offering comprehensive psychological assessments and psychoeducational assessments to the Greenville, SC community. I use a variety of tests and diagnostic methods to capture each individual’s profile of strengths and weaknesses. I asses the person’s level of functioning, including attention, memory, learning skills, language skills, nonverbal reasoning, organizational skills and problem solving. I investigate whether the person is experiencing any emotional distress that is severe enough to meet criteria for a formal psychological diagnosis, such as a depressive or an anxiety disorder, and to get a sense of his or her coping skills. The outcome of the assessment is to guide treatment or other supports needed to maximize a person’s ability to function at their best in their environment.  A comprehensive psychological assessment can serve many functions that can be critical in treatment planning. For example, when a child is struggling with behavioral problems and academic difficulties, this could be a result of several factors (e.g., mental health problems, social skills deficits, an undiagnosed learning disability, neuropsychological deficits, ADHD, etc.). The findings of an assessment could help providers and educators better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the individual child and clarify the supports that child needs. My goal is to is to evaluate the presenting problems from the ground up, in context, to determine the origin of the problem and then to make recommendations that will be useful in managing or solving the problem.

Other areas of assessment include:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  • Learning Disabilities   (e.g., non verbal learning disability, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, reading disabilities, math learning disability, disorder of written expression, intellectual disability, etc.)

  • Intellectual Giftedness

  • Diagnostic clarification for psychological disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety, behavioral disorders, bipolar disorder)

Dr. Shannon Martinez, PhD, BCBA-D

Hello, my name is Dr. Shannon Martinez and I am a doctorate-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst with over 14 years of experience providing applied behavior analysis interventions to people with autism and other disabilities. I am the proud mother of three beautiful children, two of which are autistic, who always keep me on my toes.  I am currently offering comprehensive autism and behavioral assessments to the Greenville, SC community. 

I use a variety of assessments and diagnostic tools to understand each child’s skills, deficits, strengths and weaknesses. In behavioral assessments, I assess the child’s level of self-advocacy, communication, social interaction, behavioral excess, coping skills, adaptive skills, conversation skills, and home and community skills. In autism assessments I assess the child’s verbal and non-verbal social communication, social-emotional reciprocity, ability to maintain relationships, and stereotyped, repetitive and ritualistic behaviors. 

I determine whether the child is exhibiting symptoms severe enough to meet DSM-V criteria for autism including administration of the ADOS-2 assessment, in order to support medical diagnoses by diagnostic practitioners.  In behavioral assessments, I determine whether skills, deficits, and challenging behaviors associated with autism warrant behavioral intervention, as well as the prescriptive duration and frequency of treatment, goals, and types of interventions that are indicated by the current symptom expression.

The outcomes of these autism and behavioral assessments are to guide treatment and support needed to improve child and family quality of life and access to community and meaningful relationships. The findings of an assessment can help families, educators, and other practitioners understand the needs and tendencies of the child to better support and teach important skills. My goal is to investigate the breadth of presenting problems, determine the root causes, and suggest next steps for reducing challenging behaviors and increasing skills.