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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 191648" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Others here have more knowledge and experience with these than I do, but I'll share my minimal experience- based on my difficult child having one neuropsychologist testing. The psychiatric should cover most of what you have asked about during the meeting. Specific questions are dependent upon the child, any concerns you have, etc, and you can jot those down and take a list of questions in with you to ask. </p><p></p><p>The biggest thing that I wish I had known then- my difficult child had been exhibiting a lot of bad behavior and odd behavior before the testing and the neuropsychologist was aware of this. She "touched" on it in her written report and I never thought anything about her very brief written references to certain incidences at the time. However, these test results and written report will probably end up being seen by sd and a lot of others over the next few years. When others read the report, they only see the brief references, with no clarification or explanation of context. People tend to assume the worst, so it has caused a problem because it ends up making difficult child look a lot worse. (Example- my son had almost set himself on fire- no one else was around and I happened to catch him in time because I saw him from the window of our house. The neuropsychologist only put in her report that difficult child had set his tire swing on fire. There was no mention that he set leaves in the swing on fire and the continuously pushed the burning portion into his chest. So anyone reading this report sees a bad kid- not one who potentially could have killed himself. What's worse- a year later he set a brush fire by dropping matches around his feet. No one sees a self-destructive child- they convicted him of felony arson.) So, make sure anything that might be clear to you is somehow clear enough in the report that anyone without other knowledge can understand the real picture based only on what is written in there. (sorry- that was a bit wordy!) And, if ANYTHING is not correct, address it with the psychiatric ASAP.</p><p></p><p>The report was long so I didn't have time to read it word for word until after bringing it home. Something was misunderstood about the history that I had provided. It made it in the report- although it wasn't true. I later found out that a psychiatric can change the wording in a report if they choose to and are notified by parent within a certain period of time after the report is written. If the psychiatric chooses not to change anything in the report, the parent can submit something in writing that is supposed to become a permanent attachment to the report. If there is anything at all that you know is not correct in the report, I would strongly advise addressing it ASAP in writing.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! The testing is very useful and beneficial so I hope I haven't scared you-</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 191648, member: 3699"] Others here have more knowledge and experience with these than I do, but I'll share my minimal experience- based on my difficult child having one neuropsychologist testing. The psychiatric should cover most of what you have asked about during the meeting. Specific questions are dependent upon the child, any concerns you have, etc, and you can jot those down and take a list of questions in with you to ask. The biggest thing that I wish I had known then- my difficult child had been exhibiting a lot of bad behavior and odd behavior before the testing and the neuropsychologist was aware of this. She "touched" on it in her written report and I never thought anything about her very brief written references to certain incidences at the time. However, these test results and written report will probably end up being seen by sd and a lot of others over the next few years. When others read the report, they only see the brief references, with no clarification or explanation of context. People tend to assume the worst, so it has caused a problem because it ends up making difficult child look a lot worse. (Example- my son had almost set himself on fire- no one else was around and I happened to catch him in time because I saw him from the window of our house. The neuropsychologist only put in her report that difficult child had set his tire swing on fire. There was no mention that he set leaves in the swing on fire and the continuously pushed the burning portion into his chest. So anyone reading this report sees a bad kid- not one who potentially could have killed himself. What's worse- a year later he set a brush fire by dropping matches around his feet. No one sees a self-destructive child- they convicted him of felony arson.) So, make sure anything that might be clear to you is somehow clear enough in the report that anyone without other knowledge can understand the real picture based only on what is written in there. (sorry- that was a bit wordy!) And, if ANYTHING is not correct, address it with the psychiatric ASAP. The report was long so I didn't have time to read it word for word until after bringing it home. Something was misunderstood about the history that I had provided. It made it in the report- although it wasn't true. I later found out that a psychiatric can change the wording in a report if they choose to and are notified by parent within a certain period of time after the report is written. If the psychiatric chooses not to change anything in the report, the parent can submit something in writing that is supposed to become a permanent attachment to the report. If there is anything at all that you know is not correct in the report, I would strongly advise addressing it ASAP in writing. Good luck! The testing is very useful and beneficial so I hope I haven't scared you- [/QUOTE]
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