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[quote=Anonymous]Our developmental pediatrician was the one who gave us an ADHD diagnosis. Our pediatrician wasn’t sure (i now realize how much difficulty there is in diagnosing ADHD if girls AND gifted children and feel grateful that my child who is both those things was still diagnosed very very early) and we didn’t need a full neuropsych especially because of how young my child was. There was good guidance on what kind of support to pursue for that and for another much less common disorder. So for us yes it was very helpful in terms of making a plan but then you implement the plan with other people (therapists etc). He also was willing to provide back up with the school and gave us letters with his recommendations for support. We also have records of the evaluation for ADHD that we have passed on to other providers.

So, your experience doesn’t sound great. I do ask a lot of questions and probably come across as very pushy. I do think you have to be very clear about your concerns and specific observations to help them help you. I’d make sure you know exactly why you are being told to go to dev Ped (typically not just for speech delay, right?) and then be very clear on wanting to hear their thoughts about how to approach each concern and and what if anything else you should be looking for.

And there should be notes for each visit/ I review them each time and once asked for written clarification through the patient portal. I keep all of that together and it’s been helpful in the IEP process and when talking to other providers [/quote]

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