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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 597889" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>MWM: Neuropsychs are not miracle makers and with kids with more subtle problems are often not that helpful especially when younger. With four, five or six year old the line between normal range and neurological disorder can be extremely thin. Often the things like Occupational Therapist (OT) and speech can be more helpful at early age, because they deal with that situation there and don't have to decide if kid will have a lifetime disorder that is still there 30 years in future.</p><p></p><p>Of course, like I said, neuropsychs are not allowed to diagnose around here, but when I remember my son's evaluations (which were rather extensive, first, if I remember correctly was 8 full work days hospital stay for testing plus one overnight for some more testing for sleep etc. Of course he did have time for free play there also, but that too was observed and evaluated. During the second one he was turning a teen and they could do all the testing in shorter time, maybe four work days and one night. Not sure any more though, it was years ago.) the actual neuropsychs' reports were not that helpful. Of course he wasn't diagnosable so it was just traits of this and that in also neuropsychologist's testing like also with other pros who tested him during that evaluation. In many ways Occupational Therapist (OT), speech and FT evaluations were more helpful for us. So was psychiatric's testing, not that it revealed any clear diagnose either, it was very helpful in understanding what made kid to tick and how to try to handle him.</p><p></p><p>But of course every family will have slightly different experiences with these depending both in what the kid actually does have and how good pros doing the evaluations happen to be.</p><p></p><p>I understand well not wanting to use more money to one more evaluation so quickly. Especially when you seem to have some most important interventions already going. If you have to choose between continuing Occupational Therapist (OT) or doing another evaluation, you definitely should continue therapy. One evaluation doesn't help or teach any skills to your kid. And with kid so young and rather subtle symptoms the evaluation could easily end up rather inconclusive and not helping at all in getting services. These evaluations tend to become more reliable when kids grow older and difference between 'normal' and 'disordered' gets wider.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 597889, member: 14557"] MWM: Neuropsychs are not miracle makers and with kids with more subtle problems are often not that helpful especially when younger. With four, five or six year old the line between normal range and neurological disorder can be extremely thin. Often the things like Occupational Therapist (OT) and speech can be more helpful at early age, because they deal with that situation there and don't have to decide if kid will have a lifetime disorder that is still there 30 years in future. Of course, like I said, neuropsychs are not allowed to diagnose around here, but when I remember my son's evaluations (which were rather extensive, first, if I remember correctly was 8 full work days hospital stay for testing plus one overnight for some more testing for sleep etc. Of course he did have time for free play there also, but that too was observed and evaluated. During the second one he was turning a teen and they could do all the testing in shorter time, maybe four work days and one night. Not sure any more though, it was years ago.) the actual neuropsychs' reports were not that helpful. Of course he wasn't diagnosable so it was just traits of this and that in also neuropsychologist's testing like also with other pros who tested him during that evaluation. In many ways Occupational Therapist (OT), speech and FT evaluations were more helpful for us. So was psychiatric's testing, not that it revealed any clear diagnose either, it was very helpful in understanding what made kid to tick and how to try to handle him. But of course every family will have slightly different experiences with these depending both in what the kid actually does have and how good pros doing the evaluations happen to be. I understand well not wanting to use more money to one more evaluation so quickly. Especially when you seem to have some most important interventions already going. If you have to choose between continuing Occupational Therapist (OT) or doing another evaluation, you definitely should continue therapy. One evaluation doesn't help or teach any skills to your kid. And with kid so young and rather subtle symptoms the evaluation could easily end up rather inconclusive and not helping at all in getting services. These evaluations tend to become more reliable when kids grow older and difference between 'normal' and 'disordered' gets wider. [/QUOTE]
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