Request test results from psych?
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Anonymous
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DS has a neuropsych evay coming up.
I would like to ask the psychologist for previous tests administered. We no longer see that psych, the psych is in a different group from the dr performing the neuropsych. I had asked the psych for the tests in the past and they sort of blew me off without specifically saying no. The previous tests administered were just surveys completed by teachers, not any independent evaluation by the psych. Arent they mine, as I paid for them or does the psych "own" them? |
Anonymous
| You should be able to get a copy of at least the results. I would not go back. |
Anonymous
| 100% those are yours! Demand the records, in person. that is a red flag to me. |
Anonymous
| They are yours according to HIPAA. Send a written demand for your entire record. Give a deadline. |
Anonymous
| Call/email the practice and ask them to send you the release form you have to complete to get the records. Sometimes the forms are posted online if the practice has a website. There's usually an administrative fee to copying the records. Asking for the records for follow-up is a completely legitimate reason. |
Anonymous
| What exactly do you want, OP? Are you looking for the actual survey with the specific answers the teachers gave? If so, I’m not sure you would get those. Instead you would get a copy of the analysis and results. |
Anonymous
She's entitled to the actual surveys too. The entire file is yours, not just what the doctor "chooses" to show you. There is no choice, it's all yours. |
Anonymous
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Does it matter if the OP originally signed away her rights to see the answers on things like the teacher questionnaire?
I recall we had to indicate on the teacher forms that we were not going to review them -- so the teacher would know that. We could have refused to waive our right to review, but figured that might influence the teacher's answer. In this way, it reminds me of the process of getting recommendation letters for college. You can either agree not to review them, or not. |
Anonymous
I never saw something like that on a teacher form, so I don't know. My guess is that it's not enforceable when it's in a medical file. |
Anonymous
| The pschologists who did my child's tests always gave us copies that included anything the school addes. |
Anonymous
| A lot of psychological measures/tests are copyrighted, so examiners are unable to give copies of the exact responses out. Rather, you get a summary and/or interpretation of the scores, which often you will need to make sense of it anyways. For most, raw scores would mean nothing to you or the neuropsychologist. If you really want neuropsychologist to have them, neuropsychologist can request records and has ability to access all raw material (since he is licensed to interpret them). Neither psych or neuropsychologist will release all tests/measures in their exact form to you. But you definitely have right to understand them more clearly if that is the question and/or for another mental health provider to access them in their entirety. |
Anonymous
| Thank you all for the responses! |
Anonymous
We've had two full psych's. One was private and we got everything, include all the teacher responses. One was through the public school and we got everything, including all the teacher responses. |
Anonymous
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The test publishers assert that questionnaires are copyrighted and contain trade secrets so they are not supposed to be released to parents.
https://www.pearsonclinical.com/legal.html |
Anonymous
| PPs are correct. The actual test protocols cannot be released but, the analysis/interpretation can. You should receive a report based on the data gathered. If you need another copy, this is doable. The state of CA has ruled that families have a right to the protocols despite copyrights, but I believe that is the only state in which that is the case. |