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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 9 year old is getting a neuropsych evaluation soon at Kennedy Krieger.  I'm curious what kind of tests/exercises they will do?  If you talk to DC, he will tell you his schoolwork is fine and his homework is fine though that is not at all the reality.  He also hyperfocuses when he's interested in something but when he's not he daydreams until the clock runs out.  I'm worried that based on less than a day of observation they're not going to get a good picture of what the issues might be.  DC is pretty good at telling doctors what they want to hear.  How (if at all) do these evaluations control for this kind of thing? [/quote]

OP - you may find this helpful

https://www.kennedykrieger.org/research/centers-labs-cores/center-for-neurodevelopmental-and-imaging-research/information-for-parents-what-to-expect

I think the KKI evaluation may be less comprehensive (I'm sure I'll be corrected if wrong).  DS had an assessment at KKI 10 years ago, this was on the heels of a 3 day long neuropsych eval with a private psychologist.  The reason we went to KKI was to get a second opinion on the first evaluation.

We had a great experience at KKI, but it was totally different from what DS experienced with the private psychologist.[/quote]

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