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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Some people seek that group to avoid hearing the ASD diagnosis.  Truth is, if it is ASD and not just apraxia or MERLD, it's not going away. I'd rather hear the truth and initiate appropriate interventions.[/quote]

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