Anonymous wrote:I am a clinician in the behavioral psychology department at KKI. In my experience reading patients’ charts, the neuropsych evals are typically more comprehensive. CDL employs a lot of nurse practitioners who will diagnose any kid with attention difficulties as having ADHD without ruling out other conditions that could be contributing to executive dysfunction. I have also seen notes from the CDL that state “no concerns for autism spectrum disorder” while also indicating sensory sensitivities, difficulties making friends, social skills deficits, and repetitive behaviors, which are core symptoms of autism. I would not trust pediatricians or nurses to diagnose your kid with any mental health/psychiatric condition. They are not trained psychologists, who receive years of training dedicated to psychological assessment, psychometrics, and differential diagnosis.

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Anonymous wrote:PP. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I feel the need to reach out to them. My DS was referred to behavioral psychology around a year ago. I ended up cancelling the appointment that was originally made. That combined with the similar phrasing you used has my spidey senses up. You really shouldn't be using snippets of confidential files to anonymously trash your colleagues on the internet.

To be fair, that phrasing describes a huge number of kids on this board including two of mine whose neuropsych reports include language like that. Also neither of them has autism.

Anonymous wrote:PP. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I feel the need to reach out to them. My DS was referred to behavioral psychology around a year ago. I ended up cancelling the appointment that was originally made. That combined with the similar phrasing you used has my spidey senses up. You really shouldn't be using snippets of confidential files to anonymously trash your colleagues on the internet.

Anonymous wrote:PP. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I feel the need to reach out to them. My DS was referred to behavioral psychology around a year ago. I ended up cancelling the appointment that was originally made. That combined with the similar phrasing you used has my spidey senses up. You really shouldn't be using snippets of confidential files to anonymously trash your colleagues on the internet.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I feel the need to reach out to them. My DS was referred to behavioral psychology around a year ago. I ended up cancelling the appointment that was originally made. That combined with the similar phrasing you used has my spidey senses up. You really shouldn't be using snippets of confidential files to anonymously trash your colleagues on the internet.

As a psychologist (and new to this thread), nothing about that phrasing is at all specific or unique. The post just describes how some people claim to rule out autism while noting concerns for the core autism symptoms. It may look familiar to you because it is standard language used to describe common symptoms.

Sometimes I wonder if people misinterpret medical notes that say “r/o.” “R/o autism” would mean that autism still needs to be ruled out, not that it has been ruled out, right? I assume a testing psychologist would understand what this means but many an NP or a parent wouldn’t.

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Anonymous wrote:PP. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I feel the need to reach out to them. My DS was referred to behavioral psychology around a year ago. I ended up cancelling the appointment that was originally made. That combined with the similar phrasing you used has my spidey senses up. You really shouldn't be using snippets of confidential files to anonymously trash your colleagues on the internet.

As a psychologist (and new to this thread), nothing about that phrasing is at all specific or unique. The post just describes how some people claim to rule out autism while noting concerns for the core autism symptoms. It may look familiar to you because it is standard language used to describe common symptoms.

Anonymous wrote:PP. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I feel the need to reach out to them. My DS was referred to behavioral psychology around a year ago. I ended up cancelling the appointment that was originally made. That combined with the similar phrasing you used has my spidey senses up. You really shouldn't be using snippets of confidential files to anonymously trash your colleagues on the internet.

Anonymous wrote:PP. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I feel the need to reach out to them. My DS was referred to behavioral psychology around a year ago. I ended up cancelling the appointment that was originally made. That combined with the similar phrasing you used has my spidey senses up. You really shouldn't be using snippets of confidential files to anonymously trash your colleagues on the internet.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a clinician in the behavioral psychology department at KKI. In my experience reading patients’ charts, the neuropsych evals are typically more comprehensive. CDL employs a lot of nurse practitioners who will diagnose any kid with attention difficulties as having ADHD without ruling out other conditions that could be contributing to executive dysfunction. I have also seen notes from the CDL that state “no concerns for autism spectrum disorder” while also indicating sensory sensitivities, difficulties making friends, social skills deficits, and repetitive behaviors, which are core symptoms of autism. I would not trust pediatricians or nurses to diagnose your kid with any mental health/psychiatric condition. They are not trained psychologists, who receive years of training dedicated to psychological assessment, psychometrics, and differential diagnosis.

Wow. I'm a parent who has been going to the KKI CDL since my DS was 2.5. I also recently had a neuropsych done with them as well. Frankly, it's concerning that you feel the need to trash your colleagues. It makes me wary of YOUR department. Not theirs.

Also, stay in your lane, there are many different reasons that kids can have sensory sensitivities, difficulties making friends, social skills deficits, and repetitive behaviors. No, they aren't trained psychologists, but then again, you aren't a trained neurologist or developmental pediatrician. And you can't diagnose someone off of a chart.

Thirdly, the phrasing you used above sounds very similar to what would be in my own son's chart. So tomorrow, I'm most likely going to draft up an email and send it to KKI and let them know that they have a seriously unprofessional person in their department and I'm concerned about privacy.

So yeah, I sound like a Karen, but I don't care. No doctors are perfect but you are out of line.

As to the original question, the CDL DevPed will conduct an assessment and testing, but it will be different from the neuropsych. They will also do physical testing, not just cognitive. For me, the DevPed is more long-term monitoring and intervention planning whereas the neuropsych is a snapshot not done very often. Some kids will only ever get one.

Not everyone has a great experience there, but I've really enjoyed ours.

Anonymous wrote:I am a clinician in the behavioral psychology department at KKI. In my experience reading patients’ charts, the neuropsych evals are typically more comprehensive. CDL employs a lot of nurse practitioners who will diagnose any kid with attention difficulties as having ADHD without ruling out other conditions that could be contributing to executive dysfunction. I have also seen notes from the CDL that state “no concerns for autism spectrum disorder” while also indicating sensory sensitivities, difficulties making friends, social skills deficits, and repetitive behaviors, which are core symptoms of autism. I would not trust pediatricians or nurses to diagnose your kid with any mental health/psychiatric condition. They are not trained psychologists, who receive years of training dedicated to psychological assessment, psychometrics, and differential diagnosis.