Evaluate now or am I jumping the gun? Help me assess.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on your description, I'd just take him to a child psychologist for a look-see and for you to get some parenting strategies around behavior at home. He's doing fine in school and socially, despite the issues noted by the teacher. I think the priority is to address it right away (in part to just be able to placate the teacher) -- nothing here screams out to me that you have to pull out the big guns.

... in other words, I would jump straight into treating the issues you see as opposed to spending a lot of time/$$ on intensive evaluations.

Getting started doing something with professional guidance is better than waiting until you have a definitive, comprehensive evaluation. You can adjust once you have the more detailed neuropsych results.

Who should we see then? This is all very new to us.

Where are you located?

In Tysons Corner.

Mindwell

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Anonymous wrote:Based on your description, I'd just take him to a child psychologist for a look-see and for you to get some parenting strategies around behavior at home. He's doing fine in school and socially, despite the issues noted by the teacher. I think the priority is to address it right away (in part to just be able to placate the teacher) -- nothing here screams out to me that you have to pull out the big guns.

This. I do not think you should do formal assessment yet. Go to a child psychologist for at least a few sessions and work on both child and parent strategies, and ask what they think. They should be able to help guide you on next steps and tell you whether they think a more complete assessment (which is a lot of time and money) is in order.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on your description, I'd just take him to a child psychologist for a look-see and for you to get some parenting strategies around behavior at home. He's doing fine in school and socially, despite the issues noted by the teacher. I think the priority is to address it right away (in part to just be able to placate the teacher) -- nothing here screams out to me that you have to pull out the big guns.

... in other words, I would jump straight into treating the issues you see as opposed to spending a lot of time/$$ on intensive evaluations.

Getting started doing something with professional guidance is better than waiting until you have a definitive, comprehensive evaluation. You can adjust once you have the more detailed neuropsych results.

Who should we see then? This is all very new to us.

Kingsbury Center in DC.

[Anonymous]

Get on the list for both KKI and Childrens, you can cancel later. Also going in the near-term to a physiologist/therapist is a great idea.