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<blockquote data-quote="Confused" data-source="post: 638274" data-attributes="member: 18100"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I think I jinxed myself. Please someone tell me what is a neuropsychologist Evaluation ? Whats entailed? What did you or your children go through exactly? I know you all said it can last 8 hours. I cant find my old posts where you all told me the "type of Dr " that can preform this test.. please refresh my memory? Dr referred me to a lady who will diagnose adhd( her specialty) she is a <strong>Pediatrics and Behavioral Pediatrics MD </strong>but when I called them the person who answered said " she diagnoses, doesnt treat and the person who answered himself doesnt have a clue what a neuropsychologist Evaluation is. I told him daughter may have anxiety ( extreme) and or sensory processing and or asbergers...He assumes its talking to her and going over questions. They dont do EEG or Ekg nothing!!!!! The other one was a Occupational Therapist motor skills to help with therapy but I still need a diagnoses!!! Then he says Id need maybe a Psychiatrist for them esp my son since hes already been diagnosed with ADHD and sleep issues but needs further. Duh!!!!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I wish some of you can talk to these doctors here for me!!!!!!!! Below is what I found on the testing... But still confused maybe when my migraine goes away Ill understand it... </p><p></p><p>What is a Neurological Exam?</p><p>neurological examination may include the following:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The history: questions concerning your symptoms and condition</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An evaluation of neurological function</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Diagnostic tests</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Electrodiagnostic tests</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Blood tests</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Other common tests</li> </ul><p>Neuropsychological evaluation is an assessment of how one's brain functions, which indirectly yields information about the structural and functional integrity of your brain. The neuropsychological evaluation involves an interview and the administration of tests. The tests are typically pencil and paper type tests. Some tasks might beself-reportsmeaning that they are completed by the patient with assistance from a technician, but the majority of the tests require administration by a neuropsychologist or trained, skilled psychometrist. Neuropsychological tests (unlike bedside cognitive and behavioral neurologic screens) are standardized, meaning that they are given in the same manner to all patients and scored in a similar manner time after time. An individual's scores on tests are interpreted by comparing their score to that of healthy individuals of a similar demographic background (i.e., of similar age, education, gender, and/or ethnic background) and to expected levels of functioning. In this way, a neuropsychologist can determine whether one's performance on any given task represents a strength or weakness. Although individual scores are important, the neuropsychologist looks at all of the data from the evaluation to determine a pattern of cognitive strengths and weaknesses and, in turn, to understand more about how the brain is functioning.</p><p></p><p>Neuropsychological tests evaluate functioning in a number of areas including: intelligence, executive functions (such as planning, abstraction, conceptualization), attention, memory, language, perception, sensorimotor functions, motivation, mood state and emotion, quality of life, and personality styles. The areas addressed in an individual's evaluation are determined by the referral question (what the referring doctor and patient wants to know), patient's complaints and symptoms, and observations made during interview and test administration.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*****************I overall get the above info from two websistes BUT... these people didnt even know what I meant and Im so just uggh!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Confused, post: 638274, member: 18100"] :( I think I jinxed myself. Please someone tell me what is a neuropsychologist Evaluation ? Whats entailed? What did you or your children go through exactly? I know you all said it can last 8 hours. I cant find my old posts where you all told me the "type of Dr " that can preform this test.. please refresh my memory? Dr referred me to a lady who will diagnose adhd( her specialty) she is a [B]Pediatrics and Behavioral Pediatrics MD [/B]but when I called them the person who answered said " she diagnoses, doesnt treat and the person who answered himself doesnt have a clue what a neuropsychologist Evaluation is. I told him daughter may have anxiety ( extreme) and or sensory processing and or asbergers...He assumes its talking to her and going over questions. They dont do EEG or Ekg nothing!!!!! The other one was a Occupational Therapist motor skills to help with therapy but I still need a diagnoses!!! Then he says Id need maybe a Psychiatrist for them esp my son since hes already been diagnosed with ADHD and sleep issues but needs further. Duh!!!!! I wish some of you can talk to these doctors here for me!!!!!!!! Below is what I found on the testing... But still confused maybe when my migraine goes away Ill understand it... What is a Neurological Exam? neurological examination may include the following: [LIST] [*]The history: questions concerning your symptoms and condition [*]An evaluation of neurological function [*]Diagnostic tests [*]Electrodiagnostic tests [*]Blood tests [*]Other common tests [/LIST] Neuropsychological evaluation is an assessment of how one's brain functions, which indirectly yields information about the structural and functional integrity of your brain. The neuropsychological evaluation involves an interview and the administration of tests. The tests are typically pencil and paper type tests. Some tasks might beself-reportsmeaning that they are completed by the patient with assistance from a technician, but the majority of the tests require administration by a neuropsychologist or trained, skilled psychometrist. Neuropsychological tests (unlike bedside cognitive and behavioral neurologic screens) are standardized, meaning that they are given in the same manner to all patients and scored in a similar manner time after time. An individual's scores on tests are interpreted by comparing their score to that of healthy individuals of a similar demographic background (i.e., of similar age, education, gender, and/or ethnic background) and to expected levels of functioning. In this way, a neuropsychologist can determine whether one's performance on any given task represents a strength or weakness. Although individual scores are important, the neuropsychologist looks at all of the data from the evaluation to determine a pattern of cognitive strengths and weaknesses and, in turn, to understand more about how the brain is functioning. Neuropsychological tests evaluate functioning in a number of areas including: intelligence, executive functions (such as planning, abstraction, conceptualization), attention, memory, language, perception, sensorimotor functions, motivation, mood state and emotion, quality of life, and personality styles. The areas addressed in an individual's evaluation are determined by the referral question (what the referring doctor and patient wants to know), patient's complaints and symptoms, and observations made during interview and test administration. *****************I overall get the above info from two websistes BUT... these people didnt even know what I meant and Im so just uggh!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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