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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For people who are astounded by 3 ADOS rounds by age 10[b] are missing the point that the OP on top of his/her kid's delays.[/b]  When they're administered to a very young kid, it's pretty basic and involve things like blowing up a balloon.  It's not a big deal at all.

The point of doing a neuropsych evaluation is ultimately to determine what educational supports and/or related therapies would help.  As a parent, I two would err on the side of doing a full evaluation and not just the ADOS.

A neuropsych can evaluate for autism, but it can also screen for possible additional diagnoses such as...
-- anxiety and/or ADHD which can't be diagnosed by the ADOS alone.  If this is the case, you may want to consider medications.
--dyslexia or dysgraphia (which would impact his executive functioning)
Or your kid could end up with a diagnosis of Social Communication Pragmatics Disorder--and while not autism would probably require the same in terms of educational supports.

OP, when you went to KKI did you meet with a developmental pediatrician?  Did they flag any motor coordination issues?[/quote]

And what is she getting out of all of it?

She needs a expert in language disorders. [/quote]

I don't understand your childish response, PP.  Many parents seek out help when our kids have delays and regularly assess our children's needs every few years.  We need to be able to inform the IEP team as to what our kids need.  The OP diligently sought out help.  And the alternative would be?  Do nothing?

The OP doesn't need to go to Vanderbilt for an "expert" in language disorders.  If it's not a language disorder or autism, it could be quite a few other things.  That's why she needs a neuropsychological evaluation.[/quote]

Who mentioned Vanderbilt?  And it's not "childish" -- it's practical. [b]She's been to evaluators, and they are sending her in circles.  Instead of just signing up for another evaluation, she needs to find an expert that can target her child's issues.[/b] It means doing a lot of homework before you walk through the doctor's door.

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I'm a PP but not the PP. Those issues would be? Multiple ADOSes does not = multiple neuropsychs. Often on this board I think people jump too quickly to recommend a neuropsych evaluation. It is not always necessary. In this case, it is. Maybe after that a language expert would be important, but I think a neuropsych is a better place to start because it sounds like there are other things in addition to language.

And Vanderbilt came up, I assume, because PP assumed that "Camarata" would be the next recommendation.[/quote]

I am the PP, and I did take all the ADOS testing to mean she had also already had at least one neuropsych done. [/quote]

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