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So the neuropsychologist report said...NORMAL????
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<blockquote data-quote="seriously" data-source="post: 440469" data-attributes="member: 11920"><p>Didn't read all the many responses you've gotten so forgive me if I'm saying it again.</p><p></p><p>neuropsychologist's are great - in general. Specific ones can be not so great of course. Telling them apart can be a problem since the decisions they make about what assessments they do lead to the results they get and the interpretation of those results. The decisions about assessments should be individualized based on the child's responses to the first assessment or two plus the history or presenting problem. These choices are done as the child progresses through the assessment process. So it is very complicated and it will be very helpful for you to get the actual written report and see what was done or not done.</p><p></p><p>neuropsychologist's are not speech pathologists. Language processing is a very complicated thing and sometimes it's best to get those assessments (or supplemental assessments) done by a speech pathologist, with the exception of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) testing. Maybe you should ask the neuropsychologist about this. If she has had speech assessments done by the SD in the past to rule out language processing problems that may have been sufficient. But our local SD does very poor language processing assessments and their results/conclusions were VERY different from those obtained through a different SD in our area.</p><p> </p><p>Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) testing can be done by neuropsychs but is probably better done by a specially trained audiologist using specialized equipment. The results of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) testing can be interpreted in a variety of ways by the audiologist and/or neuropsychologist. Accurate Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) testing relies on normal hearing in both ears and indirectly measures differences in perception and speed of processing of information between various parts of the brain in fractions of a second. This kind of testing is what I would recommend you get to rule out Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). Perhaps you should ask the neuropsychologist about this.</p><p></p><p>Reading specialists do a lot of assessments that NO ONE else does (in my experience). My son didn't read until he was 10 and the SD and school psychiatric insisted there was no reason for the delay. The reading specialist who finally tested him that year found many huge discrepancies in his phonemic awareness and major problems with his ability to decode words that were masked due to his ability to do well on some parts of the testing and his very advanced oral skills and ability to draw meaning from context. He was spending a lot of time guessing at the meaning of words he couldn't read based on the context for those words.</p><p></p><p>Hope this is helpful info. Test anxiety can seriously interfere with test performance and she should definitely qualify for 504 and testing accommodations if this diagnosis is included in the neuropsychologist report. If she has a 504 for anxiety then she should be able to get accommodations that include extra time, small group or individual setting, and any other accommodations the neuropsychologist will recommend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seriously, post: 440469, member: 11920"] Didn't read all the many responses you've gotten so forgive me if I'm saying it again. neuropsychologist's are great - in general. Specific ones can be not so great of course. Telling them apart can be a problem since the decisions they make about what assessments they do lead to the results they get and the interpretation of those results. The decisions about assessments should be individualized based on the child's responses to the first assessment or two plus the history or presenting problem. These choices are done as the child progresses through the assessment process. So it is very complicated and it will be very helpful for you to get the actual written report and see what was done or not done. neuropsychologist's are not speech pathologists. Language processing is a very complicated thing and sometimes it's best to get those assessments (or supplemental assessments) done by a speech pathologist, with the exception of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) testing. Maybe you should ask the neuropsychologist about this. If she has had speech assessments done by the SD in the past to rule out language processing problems that may have been sufficient. But our local SD does very poor language processing assessments and their results/conclusions were VERY different from those obtained through a different SD in our area. Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) testing can be done by neuropsychs but is probably better done by a specially trained audiologist using specialized equipment. The results of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) testing can be interpreted in a variety of ways by the audiologist and/or neuropsychologist. Accurate Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) testing relies on normal hearing in both ears and indirectly measures differences in perception and speed of processing of information between various parts of the brain in fractions of a second. This kind of testing is what I would recommend you get to rule out Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). Perhaps you should ask the neuropsychologist about this. Reading specialists do a lot of assessments that NO ONE else does (in my experience). My son didn't read until he was 10 and the SD and school psychiatric insisted there was no reason for the delay. The reading specialist who finally tested him that year found many huge discrepancies in his phonemic awareness and major problems with his ability to decode words that were masked due to his ability to do well on some parts of the testing and his very advanced oral skills and ability to draw meaning from context. He was spending a lot of time guessing at the meaning of words he couldn't read based on the context for those words. Hope this is helpful info. Test anxiety can seriously interfere with test performance and she should definitely qualify for 504 and testing accommodations if this diagnosis is included in the neuropsychologist report. If she has a 504 for anxiety then she should be able to get accommodations that include extra time, small group or individual setting, and any other accommodations the neuropsychologist will recommend. [/QUOTE]
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