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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 509518" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Yes, that is a good point. It is important to know that each person does a diagnosis in their field of expertise. As therapists we are trained to administer and interpret tests and to pull together assessments and give a clinical diagnosis in our field. PT, Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) use the same dsm codes for insurance as any other medical profession. Within your profession you are trained and certified to administer standardized tests... neuropsychologist is not qualified to fully interpret tests in every field just because they are a neuropsychologist. They dont have the education to fully understand all of the motor or communication disorder possibilities that the results from testing in those areas can suggest. Their testing can suggest that there should be more investigation into the areas but if they miss it, that does not mean there is NOT a problem. As much as I love neuropsychologist for the general picture I actually have experienced people who suggest that a child does not have a language problem from the more brief parts of testing and subtests that they use which provide a small focus on those areas when as we go down the table I have to share that the more in depth testing has shown differently. it is important to have all of it done if you are at a loss in any way as to what can be affecting your child... things may be subtle and the beauty of using such an in depth team approach is that people can share from each of their perspectives and it can then be all pulled together. You are the boss of the team, the one who is hiring all of them to share their pieces of the puzzle so you can pull it all together. Neuropsychs are good at that so that is why many will say to have Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) do their testing first so they can see those results and help you see how it fits with the other parts of the assessment being done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 509518, member: 12886"] Yes, that is a good point. It is important to know that each person does a diagnosis in their field of expertise. As therapists we are trained to administer and interpret tests and to pull together assessments and give a clinical diagnosis in our field. PT, Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) use the same dsm codes for insurance as any other medical profession. Within your profession you are trained and certified to administer standardized tests... neuropsychologist is not qualified to fully interpret tests in every field just because they are a neuropsychologist. They dont have the education to fully understand all of the motor or communication disorder possibilities that the results from testing in those areas can suggest. Their testing can suggest that there should be more investigation into the areas but if they miss it, that does not mean there is NOT a problem. As much as I love neuropsychologist for the general picture I actually have experienced people who suggest that a child does not have a language problem from the more brief parts of testing and subtests that they use which provide a small focus on those areas when as we go down the table I have to share that the more in depth testing has shown differently. it is important to have all of it done if you are at a loss in any way as to what can be affecting your child... things may be subtle and the beauty of using such an in depth team approach is that people can share from each of their perspectives and it can then be all pulled together. You are the boss of the team, the one who is hiring all of them to share their pieces of the puzzle so you can pull it all together. Neuropsychs are good at that so that is why many will say to have Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) do their testing first so they can see those results and help you see how it fits with the other parts of the assessment being done. [/QUOTE]
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