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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Typically, a neuro-psych evaluation isn't the starting point for someone seeking an evaluation. It's the most thorough, comprehensive, peering in the crevices type of evaluation. By the time you reach the point of needing one, a child has typically already been diagnosed with ADHD. It would be overkill to start with a neuro-psych.

Evaluators want the child to be on her ADHD medication when being evaluated because they want the child at her best so they can get a better picture of how her mind works (or doesn't). Medication doesn't always eliminate the symptoms/challenges of ADHD but it mitigates them and allows a better idea of the child's functioning/capability/strengths/challenges. It helps the evaluator tease out impairments due to ADHD and impairments caused by other disorders.

A neuropsych evaluation is a logical place to start for many people. If a child has been previously been diagnosed as having ADHD by a developmental pediatrician for example, then they might already be on medication that would allow them to focus better if doing a neuropsych evaluation or repeating testing usually every three years.
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That's just what the PP said.  If a child has already seen a developmental pediatrician, then the neuro-psych isn't the starting point, it's following the dev ped evaluation.
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