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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 508371" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Assuming you're in the US... get a neuropsychologist to do a comprehensive evaluation. Other options include a child developmental/behavioral team out of a children's hospital. We've used PhD-level psychiatrists, too.</p><p></p><p>It might take a while to get in. While you are waiting, get an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation done for sensory and motor skills issues - this report will be of value to the person doing the comprehensive evaluation, as they don't cover these issues in their testing. Testing will be useful even if it finds nothing... because that result would rule out various other possiblities. Then, see if you can also get a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluation - this would be screening, not full-on testing, but most audiology specialists want their referals to be pre-screened. Specifically ask for the lesser-known APDs such as auditory figure ground... some of these APDs don't really impact language development, but DO impact their ability to survive in a classroom. Again, results either way will be useful to the comprehensive evaluator.</p><p></p><p>The reason you want the comprehensive evaluation is that your child has problems, and has been given a diagnosis based on a short hospital stay, but you need to know if that diagnosis is accurate, and especially whether there are other things going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 508371, member: 11791"] Assuming you're in the US... get a neuropsychologist to do a comprehensive evaluation. Other options include a child developmental/behavioral team out of a children's hospital. We've used PhD-level psychiatrists, too. It might take a while to get in. While you are waiting, get an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation done for sensory and motor skills issues - this report will be of value to the person doing the comprehensive evaluation, as they don't cover these issues in their testing. Testing will be useful even if it finds nothing... because that result would rule out various other possiblities. Then, see if you can also get a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluation - this would be screening, not full-on testing, but most audiology specialists want their referals to be pre-screened. Specifically ask for the lesser-known APDs such as auditory figure ground... some of these APDs don't really impact language development, but DO impact their ability to survive in a classroom. Again, results either way will be useful to the comprehensive evaluator. The reason you want the comprehensive evaluation is that your child has problems, and has been given a diagnosis based on a short hospital stay, but you need to know if that diagnosis is accurate, and especially whether there are other things going on. [/QUOTE]
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