Screening for LD's...what is the test called?

[Anonymous]

I am interested in having my daughter privately screened for a learning disability. This might be a stupid question, but what is the name of the actual testing called? I need to know this to find out if it is covered by our insurance.

[Anonymous]

In a neuropsychological evaluation (some places call it psychoeducational testing) a bunch of different tests will be given. One of them will probably be the WISC or the WPSII depending on the age of your kid. These tests alone aren't a good benchmark to measure much, especially if your kid has a delay, e.g., speech or has executive functioning issues, like ADHD.

[Anonymous]

OP,

For insurance coverage, you may also want to talk to a child psychologist in your network that does the testing. Sometimes certain language needs to be used for coverage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am interested in having my daughter privately screened for a learning disability. This might be a stupid question, but what is the name of the actual testing called? I need to know this to find out if it is covered by our insurance.

There isn't one test. It is a series of different tests that give results that need to be analyzed. At DC's last evaluation, she used WISC IV, TAPS, CTOPP, WJII NU, WRAML -2, Bender 2, GORT -5, GSRT, WIAT III, she analyzed the reports from teachers, DC, and parents for the DSM IV Rating Scale and the Achenbach Scales, and TOVA-8 V. I don't know if this is normal as DC has several profound/severe LDs and ADHD.

Only the tests relating to ADHD were covered by insurance. Everything else is deemed "educational".

[Anonymous]

What language needs to be used?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What language needs to be used?

ask the therapist. it may depend on your insurance.