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I FINALLY got the psychiatrist's report!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 113336" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>It was a multi-discipline evaluation. There's a post on the faq forum that describes how this works. We didn't have all disciplines listed on that post- just a psychiatrist, Ed Spec and psychologist. It takes mos. to get them because most info and all release forms for every place the difficult child has ever been are sent in before you get there. It's not like a regular psychiatrist visit- or like the "initial" psychiatrist visit. The application is 1/2 inch thick and includes all history and why you're requesting the evaluation. In this case, I specifically asked for a review of diagnosis (this place is supposed to specialize in taking all the "little pieces of info pertaining to difficult child" and help distinguish between which, if any, mood disorder they have) and I asked specifically for treatment and IEP recommendations. This is why the report focuses on that- except I don't have the IEP portion yet. They spent a few hours with us- about 1/2 hour -45 mins of that was the test they gave difficult child and Ed Spec talked with him just a little. We only had to spend a few mins. in the waiting room- the rest of the time was with the team. A few days later the psychiatrist spoke in person with regular psychiatrist about it all. (With my permission)</p><p></p><p>It was Plan B since I couldn't get difficult child in for the 2-4 week inpatient evaluation (which was not the same as a few day stay at an acute facility where they give you a recommendation). I understand what you guys are saying, but since I specificly asked for this kind of assessment, I would have been TICKED if I'd gone in and heard she needs a year to form an opinion! I've been trying to get this since spring when difficult child went on his 2 hour crime spree and got put in juvy. I desparately needed something more than a 2 year old neuropsychologist report (still valid for school but doesn't impress judges or GAL's too much!) and something more than a letter from psychiatrist who gives 15 min appts, although he did do a medication wash and we watched all behavior this summer so he could do his own evaluation- it's still not the same level of evaluation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 113336, member: 3699"] It was a multi-discipline evaluation. There's a post on the faq forum that describes how this works. We didn't have all disciplines listed on that post- just a psychiatrist, Ed Spec and psychologist. It takes mos. to get them because most info and all release forms for every place the difficult child has ever been are sent in before you get there. It's not like a regular psychiatrist visit- or like the "initial" psychiatrist visit. The application is 1/2 inch thick and includes all history and why you're requesting the evaluation. In this case, I specifically asked for a review of diagnosis (this place is supposed to specialize in taking all the "little pieces of info pertaining to difficult child" and help distinguish between which, if any, mood disorder they have) and I asked specifically for treatment and IEP recommendations. This is why the report focuses on that- except I don't have the IEP portion yet. They spent a few hours with us- about 1/2 hour -45 mins of that was the test they gave difficult child and Ed Spec talked with him just a little. We only had to spend a few mins. in the waiting room- the rest of the time was with the team. A few days later the psychiatrist spoke in person with regular psychiatrist about it all. (With my permission) It was Plan B since I couldn't get difficult child in for the 2-4 week inpatient evaluation (which was not the same as a few day stay at an acute facility where they give you a recommendation). I understand what you guys are saying, but since I specificly asked for this kind of assessment, I would have been TICKED if I'd gone in and heard she needs a year to form an opinion! I've been trying to get this since spring when difficult child went on his 2 hour crime spree and got put in juvy. I desparately needed something more than a 2 year old neuropsychologist report (still valid for school but doesn't impress judges or GAL's too much!) and something more than a letter from psychiatrist who gives 15 min appts, although he did do a medication wash and we watched all behavior this summer so he could do his own evaluation- it's still not the same level of evaluation. [/QUOTE]
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