Reply to PSA on neuropsychs

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "PSA on neuropsychs"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster and I say this every time, our neuropsychs have been massive massive wastes of money and time. The $15 k we spent on them should indeed be in a trust for our kid who was helped not a bit by them. It is a child and need specific issue no doubt. Like they all are.[/quote]

Why?

We did two for my oldest, who desperately needed multiple accommodations, and to understand his own complex psych profile. They were immensely helpful. Then we did one for my second, who functions well, but who had concerns and wanted to be evaluated. It did turn out there was a diagnosis, but the condition is so mild it does not require accommodations in school. However, we learned a great deal about how mild cases can present, and we do not regret paying that much.

I am not one to throw money out of the window. I carefully researched our provider and was quite sure I wanted to spend that much to further our understanding of our kids and get them the help they needed.

I do agree with the poster who said that a full neuro is sometimes not the appropriate first step, especially when the kid is very young. It's two days of testing! My oldest had many shorter evals done, starting practically from birth, since he was born with medical issues, and had a global development delay. First we saw his pediatrician, who referred us to a developmental pediatrician, who diagnosed him with multiple delays. Then as a preschooler, he had a battery of tests done by his preschool which flagged certain things. And then he had an evaluation for ADHD at 6 years old. All these were helpful in their own way, since there was no way he could have sat for hours of testing at that age. His first neuro was right before middle school, when he could understand that it was a serious endeavor. The second was in high school.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics