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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 569396" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>people here have had to fight that. Find a neuropsychologist and they can help you argue for payment. I think that is how some people here have done it. My son's insurance paid for all of it. Others here have finally just done it privately because it is so critical. They are Ph.D. level psychologists with neurology training.</p><p></p><p>edit: by the way.... there are other evaluations that can help. You can have a speech and language/communication evaluation done for language processing and social communication as well as the typical receptive/expressive language evaluations and an occupational therapy evaluation to evaluate for sensory integration and motor development. With the history you specified there could be issues with either of these and the results can greatly help the neuropsychologist and they can begin therapy even before that if needed. This is typically covered by health insurance. In addition, if it is available anywhere around you, the insurance could cover a developmental pediatrician team approach which can be as good as a neuropsychologist but typically they use a team to look at cognitive, behavioral, language, motor, etc...... These folks tend to all fall under medical because you are looking at a developmental issue. </p><p></p><p>Emphasize that you are concerned about his neurological development because when they focus on behavior only then the kids tend to only get a diagnosis that describes their behavior and does not look at the underlying cause as much. Your child may well have a mental health issue underlying, but the neuropsychologist can look at both neurological and psychological issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 569396, member: 12886"] people here have had to fight that. Find a neuropsychologist and they can help you argue for payment. I think that is how some people here have done it. My son's insurance paid for all of it. Others here have finally just done it privately because it is so critical. They are Ph.D. level psychologists with neurology training. edit: by the way.... there are other evaluations that can help. You can have a speech and language/communication evaluation done for language processing and social communication as well as the typical receptive/expressive language evaluations and an occupational therapy evaluation to evaluate for sensory integration and motor development. With the history you specified there could be issues with either of these and the results can greatly help the neuropsychologist and they can begin therapy even before that if needed. This is typically covered by health insurance. In addition, if it is available anywhere around you, the insurance could cover a developmental pediatrician team approach which can be as good as a neuropsychologist but typically they use a team to look at cognitive, behavioral, language, motor, etc...... These folks tend to all fall under medical because you are looking at a developmental issue. Emphasize that you are concerned about his neurological development because when they focus on behavior only then the kids tend to only get a diagnosis that describes their behavior and does not look at the underlying cause as much. Your child may well have a mental health issue underlying, but the neuropsychologist can look at both neurological and psychological issues. [/QUOTE]
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