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neuropsychologist evaluation vs. school psychiatric evaluation?
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 403086" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>we did something similar to what gvc is doing....we let the school do the edu tests (wisc, achievement, speech testing) and let the neuropsychologist do other testing (nepsy, conners computerized test, etc) and combined the reports for both sides so both could use the data. we had a very unique situation in which there was already a relationship between the two parties so it was fine. to be honest, i did it that way in the name of money (i wont even sugar coat that, lol). in our case, the np didnt administer tests himself anyway...they had a specific testing administrator, so all he really did was interpret the results and make a few reccomendations. i personally didnt love him and thought his report was pretty weak, but at the time it was really our only option. i'd probably do it differently when we retest in a few years---i'd find someone with much more expertise in kids and education.</p><p> </p><p>its very worth doing, in my opinion....but keep in mind there are no specific profiles for autism or bipolar etc (there sometimes can be patterns that point you in a certain direction, but its still not definitive)....so it can never point to a definitive diagnosis in and of itself....history still plays a very big part in diagnostics. whatever results you get from the testing may point to specific weaknesses but its still a subjective opinion for diagnostic "labels". the results are best used to address each and every specific weakness...as in, treat the symptoms, not the label.</p><p> </p><p>good luck with it...i hope you find some strategies to help her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 403086, member: 8831"] we did something similar to what gvc is doing....we let the school do the edu tests (wisc, achievement, speech testing) and let the neuropsychologist do other testing (nepsy, conners computerized test, etc) and combined the reports for both sides so both could use the data. we had a very unique situation in which there was already a relationship between the two parties so it was fine. to be honest, i did it that way in the name of money (i wont even sugar coat that, lol). in our case, the np didnt administer tests himself anyway...they had a specific testing administrator, so all he really did was interpret the results and make a few reccomendations. i personally didnt love him and thought his report was pretty weak, but at the time it was really our only option. i'd probably do it differently when we retest in a few years---i'd find someone with much more expertise in kids and education. its very worth doing, in my opinion....but keep in mind there are no specific profiles for autism or bipolar etc (there sometimes can be patterns that point you in a certain direction, but its still not definitive)....so it can never point to a definitive diagnosis in and of itself....history still plays a very big part in diagnostics. whatever results you get from the testing may point to specific weaknesses but its still a subjective opinion for diagnostic "labels". the results are best used to address each and every specific weakness...as in, treat the symptoms, not the label. good luck with it...i hope you find some strategies to help her. [/QUOTE]
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