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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 412662" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Yes, neuropsychs do diagnose adults, but in my experience some of them, a lot of them, tend to focus mostly on kids and as a result they don't have the experience or test material for adults and merely try to extend the childhood test material to cover it. It should be easy to check ahead, to make sure any neuropsychologist Hitchhiker tries to get in to see, is equipped and experienced in accurately assessing young adults.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 was assessed when he was 15, at a specialist multidisciplinary clinic. The testing took all day, but they told us afterwards that they usually only tested people up to age 17 and even then, only if they had obvious mental deficits. difficult child 1 was right at one end of their spectrum and as a result, I think they missed a lot. The test they applied, technically was valid to be given to a 5 year old, but it lost accuracy badly. He should have been tested as an adult.</p><p></p><p>It's like trying to accurately record and measure certain sound volumes - if the speakers are set to record fairly standard music, or speech, and you then try to use the same system to record te cannon from the 1812 Overture, you will get distortion because it is too far off the scale. In the same ay, being a little older tan the usual testing range for a practice CAN mean that their results are inaccurate and distorted.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 412662, member: 1991"] Yes, neuropsychs do diagnose adults, but in my experience some of them, a lot of them, tend to focus mostly on kids and as a result they don't have the experience or test material for adults and merely try to extend the childhood test material to cover it. It should be easy to check ahead, to make sure any neuropsychologist Hitchhiker tries to get in to see, is equipped and experienced in accurately assessing young adults. difficult child 1 was assessed when he was 15, at a specialist multidisciplinary clinic. The testing took all day, but they told us afterwards that they usually only tested people up to age 17 and even then, only if they had obvious mental deficits. difficult child 1 was right at one end of their spectrum and as a result, I think they missed a lot. The test they applied, technically was valid to be given to a 5 year old, but it lost accuracy badly. He should have been tested as an adult. It's like trying to accurately record and measure certain sound volumes - if the speakers are set to record fairly standard music, or speech, and you then try to use the same system to record te cannon from the 1812 Overture, you will get distortion because it is too far off the scale. In the same ay, being a little older tan the usual testing range for a practice CAN mean that their results are inaccurate and distorted. Marg [/QUOTE]
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