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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 597898" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Suzir, I honestly, truly think all countries do it differently. That's why if somebody from the uk comes here for help I would never say to go to a neuropsychologist...that isn't how it's done there. I can only speak for what I know and my own experiences (of which I've had many...lol...since I have issues too). I do think that is where you get the best results in the US and it doesn't hurt to see an Occupational Therapist (OT) or PT as well. </p><p></p><p>Although the school diagnosing helped us get my son into early education, which helped him a lot, their testing was some of the poorst and least comprehensive of any we've had and it didn't come close to finding his issues. I don't recommend relying on school testing. Never once did the school even "get" that Sonic had social issues nor do I believe they even tested for him, although it was pretty obvious. All they did was rote academic testing and some Learning Disability (LD) testing.</p><p></p><p>Now a neuropsychologist evaluation IS expensive. We were fortunate to have insurance that covered both of them. A neuropsychologist would have caught my son's Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) very young and we would not have had to fight the school for years for his interventions. As it is, we were given a ton of wrong diagnoses...including ADHD/ODD and bipolar and our poor kid was put on bipolar antipsychotics and mood stabilizers that he didn't need. A neuropsychologist is much less apt to try to push medication and, in fact, can't order any, thankfully. If this interests you, find a neuropsychologist who works in a university hospital. If you go for the team approach, there will probably be one as part of the team.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I found psychologists without the neuro, plain therapists, and a psychiatrist to be very unhelpful for us as far as getting on the right track diagnosis-wise. I guess part of it is the luck of who is doing the diagnosing. The main thing is to understand our children and to parent them in a way that is compatible to them and to make sure the school does not pretend there is nothing wrong because they don't want to spend the time and $$$ on a child who needs interventions. </p><p></p><p>JMO, as it always is <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 597898, member: 1550"] Suzir, I honestly, truly think all countries do it differently. That's why if somebody from the uk comes here for help I would never say to go to a neuropsychologist...that isn't how it's done there. I can only speak for what I know and my own experiences (of which I've had many...lol...since I have issues too). I do think that is where you get the best results in the US and it doesn't hurt to see an Occupational Therapist (OT) or PT as well. Although the school diagnosing helped us get my son into early education, which helped him a lot, their testing was some of the poorst and least comprehensive of any we've had and it didn't come close to finding his issues. I don't recommend relying on school testing. Never once did the school even "get" that Sonic had social issues nor do I believe they even tested for him, although it was pretty obvious. All they did was rote academic testing and some Learning Disability (LD) testing. Now a neuropsychologist evaluation IS expensive. We were fortunate to have insurance that covered both of them. A neuropsychologist would have caught my son's Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) very young and we would not have had to fight the school for years for his interventions. As it is, we were given a ton of wrong diagnoses...including ADHD/ODD and bipolar and our poor kid was put on bipolar antipsychotics and mood stabilizers that he didn't need. A neuropsychologist is much less apt to try to push medication and, in fact, can't order any, thankfully. If this interests you, find a neuropsychologist who works in a university hospital. If you go for the team approach, there will probably be one as part of the team. I found psychologists without the neuro, plain therapists, and a psychiatrist to be very unhelpful for us as far as getting on the right track diagnosis-wise. I guess part of it is the luck of who is doing the diagnosing. The main thing is to understand our children and to parent them in a way that is compatible to them and to make sure the school does not pretend there is nothing wrong because they don't want to spend the time and $$$ on a child who needs interventions. JMO, as it always is :) [/QUOTE]
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