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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with PP that the checklist is an inadequate tool and that further testing should be done. A lot of different things can cause adhd-like behaviors (anxiety, learning differences, and so on.) I really think it is extremely irresponsible for a pediatrician to look at a checklist and prescribe meds.

As to which kind of testing, well my impression is that you get what you pay for. A neuropsych, at least the one we got, is more thorough and covers more areas than what the school would have done. We had several different kinds of tests administered over a few days. In our case, we suspected that our son was a complicated case--for one thing, anxiety was already a major factor--and I was willing to pay money to do more and explore/rule out a variety of diagnoses. I am glad that we did because the results were not really what we expected but they have proven over the years to be entirely accurate. On the other hand, I am sure that in a great many cases, what the school system will cover is entirely accurate.

As to whether the school system will require further testing anyway, our FCPS completely accepted our private testing and only added a very small amount of its own testing on something that was age appropriate at the time I was seeking the IEP but not when I did the neuropsych testing. In other words, they did not retest anything.[/quote]

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