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<blockquote data-quote="seriously" data-source="post: 463470" data-attributes="member: 11920"><p>I asked my sister who is a recent graduate of a pediatric neuropsychologist program here in California.</p><p></p><p>She said she is not super familiar with either program. She said the closest pediatric neuropsychologist program she's familiar with is Chicago which is fantastic and is the oldest in the nation.</p><p></p><p>However, she said if it were her she would go to Children's for the following reasons:</p><p></p><p>1. whenever possible she recommends children be seen at facilities that specialize in working with kids. her experience is that they are just much better with kids and families than even pediatric programs that are housed in regular medical centers like U of M because that is all they deal with and their entire facility is geared to families/kids.</p><p></p><p>2. the reason for the long wait at U of M is pretty much what I had already posted. Because the work is done by students it takes a lot longer because the faculty has to review everything they do and approve it. She said you are likely to get better or equal results much, much faster from Children's.</p><p></p><p>3. the reason for all the extra forms at U of M is because they want the students to get practice with all of them. Not because they apply to your child or your situation and not because they think the forms will help them in their diagnostic process. They might - but probably not because, if they are mostly forced choice or multiple choice forms, they are intended to be general screening questionnaires that only identify children with obvious issues from the herd of generally normal kids. You already know you have a kid who isn't "normal" so it's not too likely those general forms are going to be helpful.</p><p></p><p>So I would go for the Children's appointment and make the most of it. </p><p></p><p>It's helpful if you have written down what questions you hope will be answered by the neuropsychologist evaluation to give to the psychologist. Generally they will find that very helpful in deciding where to start.</p><p></p><p>Let us know how it goes. And I wouldn't cancel the U of M appointment until you have had a chance to check the Children's team out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seriously, post: 463470, member: 11920"] I asked my sister who is a recent graduate of a pediatric neuropsychologist program here in California. She said she is not super familiar with either program. She said the closest pediatric neuropsychologist program she's familiar with is Chicago which is fantastic and is the oldest in the nation. However, she said if it were her she would go to Children's for the following reasons: 1. whenever possible she recommends children be seen at facilities that specialize in working with kids. her experience is that they are just much better with kids and families than even pediatric programs that are housed in regular medical centers like U of M because that is all they deal with and their entire facility is geared to families/kids. 2. the reason for the long wait at U of M is pretty much what I had already posted. Because the work is done by students it takes a lot longer because the faculty has to review everything they do and approve it. She said you are likely to get better or equal results much, much faster from Children's. 3. the reason for all the extra forms at U of M is because they want the students to get practice with all of them. Not because they apply to your child or your situation and not because they think the forms will help them in their diagnostic process. They might - but probably not because, if they are mostly forced choice or multiple choice forms, they are intended to be general screening questionnaires that only identify children with obvious issues from the herd of generally normal kids. You already know you have a kid who isn't "normal" so it's not too likely those general forms are going to be helpful. So I would go for the Children's appointment and make the most of it. It's helpful if you have written down what questions you hope will be answered by the neuropsychologist evaluation to give to the psychologist. Generally they will find that very helpful in deciding where to start. Let us know how it goes. And I wouldn't cancel the U of M appointment until you have had a chance to check the Children's team out. [/QUOTE]
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