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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 289336" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I think you are on the right track. The testing is NOT all standardized. It IS important to know what the scores mean and what the test does and does not test for. </p><p></p><p>There are neuropsychologists who do very short, useless tests and ones who do the very intensive testing MWM is describing. Same difference in developmental peds. We lucked out and our dev pediatrician actually had the policy that EVERY child the PRACTICE sees is given a full battery of tests (tailoring this to whatever tests the child needs, NOT doing every test for every child) and then the staff all sits down and discusses the results. It gives you a bigger knowledge base evaluating the scores and what the scores mean. We found it amazingly helpful, though others here have dev peds that don't do nearly that. If you can find that (it is called a multidisciplinary evaluation) at either the dev pediatrician, psychiatrist, neuropsychologist or even a Children's hospital, it is worth it to invest in the testing. </p><p></p><p>Even with that, make sure your "mommygut" isn't telling you to do something different. Stay informed, ask lots of questions, and trust that "mommygut" and your natural instincts. THe pros are experts in a field of study. Kids are not fields. Nor are they subjects you can learn in a classroom. Moms carry kids in their tummies (or adopt them in which case they are in mom's heart for far more than 40 weeks - they are there for YEARS while the mommy waits to get her baby!) and spend incredible amounts of time with the kids. MOMS are the experts in KIDS. Doctors are the experts in FIELDS. So if Mom's instincts say no, and docs say yes, NO is the best answer in most cases. And yes, I DO believe adopted moms have the same bonds with their children that birthmom's have. Same for step moms. Adopted moms and stepmoms are extra special because they KNEW they were in for some huge potential problems and they took that child into their heart anyway. That is some SERIOUS love, in my humble opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 289336, member: 1233"] I think you are on the right track. The testing is NOT all standardized. It IS important to know what the scores mean and what the test does and does not test for. There are neuropsychologists who do very short, useless tests and ones who do the very intensive testing MWM is describing. Same difference in developmental peds. We lucked out and our dev pediatrician actually had the policy that EVERY child the PRACTICE sees is given a full battery of tests (tailoring this to whatever tests the child needs, NOT doing every test for every child) and then the staff all sits down and discusses the results. It gives you a bigger knowledge base evaluating the scores and what the scores mean. We found it amazingly helpful, though others here have dev peds that don't do nearly that. If you can find that (it is called a multidisciplinary evaluation) at either the dev pediatrician, psychiatrist, neuropsychologist or even a Children's hospital, it is worth it to invest in the testing. Even with that, make sure your "mommygut" isn't telling you to do something different. Stay informed, ask lots of questions, and trust that "mommygut" and your natural instincts. THe pros are experts in a field of study. Kids are not fields. Nor are they subjects you can learn in a classroom. Moms carry kids in their tummies (or adopt them in which case they are in mom's heart for far more than 40 weeks - they are there for YEARS while the mommy waits to get her baby!) and spend incredible amounts of time with the kids. MOMS are the experts in KIDS. Doctors are the experts in FIELDS. So if Mom's instincts say no, and docs say yes, NO is the best answer in most cases. And yes, I DO believe adopted moms have the same bonds with their children that birthmom's have. Same for step moms. Adopted moms and stepmoms are extra special because they KNEW they were in for some huge potential problems and they took that child into their heart anyway. That is some SERIOUS love, in my humble opinion. [/QUOTE]
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