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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't need to do a $3500 neuropsych to get an ADHD diagnosis.  Go to your pediatrician.  The doctor will do a screening, probably much like was already done.  If it comes up positive, the doctor will give you the diagnosis.  If you have good insurance, all you pay is the co-pay.

Yes, before anyone jumps on me, a neuropsych is the gold standard, but not all of us have the money for the gold standard and we have to settle for doing the best we can.  [/quote]

PP this is horrible advice.  Even with your caveat, this is horrible advice.

Most of us do not have $4K lying around to get the full battery neuro/psycho educational testing, that said I am here to tell you that at 3rd grade is when a lot of these issues are caught...because up to THAT point school's been pretty much a breeze with very little being asked of the children academically speaking.  So just because OP's child is working "at grade level" which means nothing and is worth only the paper is written on, OP needs to make sure that there are no other issues going on.  A pediatrician cannot do this for you.

If you don't or can't see a psychologist OP, at a minimum let the school test your child. I am not a proponent of letting the county test my kid, but its better than letting the pediatrician "diagnose" your child.  For christ's sake! At least with the school, they are the ones that see your child in an academic setting where the problems are occurring.

Okay, off my soap box. [/quote]

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