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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 36068" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Janet, I would say social workers don't have the training to diagnose. I never saw one that ran any tests. Mostly they were the "let's make a decision on what to do next", pragmatic professionals, but not significant in diagnosing. I don't even think they are supposed to diagnose. At any rate, certainly one can see a social worker first, if she wants to. My own personal opinion is, go for the person with the most experience and education in childhood disorders. To me, it's best to start at the top and to try to find somebody that, in general, parents have had good luck with. It's hard enough to get the right diagnosis--in my opinion it's best to go with the person who will have the most knowledge and experience to try to figure out the right diagnosis, and, in my opinion only, social workers aren't the best bets in that arena. Even the most experienced and educated Psychiatrists and NeuroPsychs are prone to mistake with diagnosis.--in my opinion, it's best to better your odds. My personal preference (just MY personal preference) are NeuroPsychs because of all the hours of testing they do, which is beyond what most other professionals do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 36068, member: 1550"] Janet, I would say social workers don't have the training to diagnose. I never saw one that ran any tests. Mostly they were the "let's make a decision on what to do next", pragmatic professionals, but not significant in diagnosing. I don't even think they are supposed to diagnose. At any rate, certainly one can see a social worker first, if she wants to. My own personal opinion is, go for the person with the most experience and education in childhood disorders. To me, it's best to start at the top and to try to find somebody that, in general, parents have had good luck with. It's hard enough to get the right diagnosis--in my opinion it's best to go with the person who will have the most knowledge and experience to try to figure out the right diagnosis, and, in my opinion only, social workers aren't the best bets in that arena. Even the most experienced and educated Psychiatrists and NeuroPsychs are prone to mistake with diagnosis.--in my opinion, it's best to better your odds. My personal preference (just MY personal preference) are NeuroPsychs because of all the hours of testing they do, which is beyond what most other professionals do. [/QUOTE]
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