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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A "neuropsych" is not actually an objective thing. It's a set of exams that your child may or may not need. What IS true is that an 8 year old with continued social and language struggles ought to get a full ASD eval (which includes the ADOS and a team of clinicians) at a place like KKI or Children's.  I'm skeptical about the solo/for-profit practices that would charge you $5000 for a "neuropsych exam" uncovered by insurance.  Go to the ASD clinic at a major children's hospital and take it from there. (Also, the value of seeking out a practitioner several states away because you think they have some sort of magic diagnostic powers is questionable to me. Developmental orders are fairly common; it's not like some kind of rare cancer where it might make sense to travel to see the ONE specialist across the country.)[/quote]

This.

The purpose is to get help for this kid.  At 8 years old not speaking to peers is slightly problematic.    He won't be 8 forever and at 13, 16, 21--what a dismal future.   It could be autism, it could be anxiety, it could be OCD, it could be a language disorder...it just makes sense to get updated diagnoses if there as well as age appropriate strategies through a neuropsych.[/quote]

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