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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not familiar with Camarata but I wouldn't trust an SLP with a diagnosis, even with "specialized training." Its not about knowing how to administer tests (which it doesn't sound was done in OP's DS' case anyway). Its about having expertise in the whole waterfront of developmental issues [/quote]

Which she does. She actually is trained to do a differential diagnosis, in fact.  I know dozens of families who've had their children evaluated either by Mary or her husband, Stephen Camarata of Vanderbilt, or both. Their knowledge and feedback swamps almost any other diagnosing team I've heard of. I had my son evaluated for autism three times, including once with the Camaratas. All the testing results were the same -- but the Camaratas were the only ones to tell me exactly where my son was at, when he was likely to catch up, and the roadmap on how to move forward.  The others had just said, "We don't know what's going on; he just doesn't talk."

Mary was a  clinical researcher into language issues and former assistant professor at the Vanderbilt Medical School and held clinical and research positions at University of California Santa Barbara, worked as a clinical supervisor at Pennsylvania State University, and was employed by The ARC for early home and center-based services. Much of her time has been spent working with autistic children, children with language disorders like MERLD, children with Down's etc.  Remember that often those diagnosing children with autism are not MDs but a psychologists. Or  neurologists or developmental pediatricians who spend 20 minutes to an hour with a child. Even in group settings at children's hospitals, it's typically the SLPs running the ADOS and other autism tests.  [/quote]

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