Are they doing standardized testing, or just observing your DD for 17-20 hours?
Since you suspect possible spectrum issues: is this person an expert in that area, or a general psych? I don't think a general psych has the expertise or experience to do an eval of this kind, especially on a girl.
Our evaluation for autism spectrum disorders was about a day and a half worth of testing (spread over three visits, with breaks), and consisted of a battery of standardized assessments. Key tests to assess spectrum-related issues are the ADOS, Vineland, and PDDBI.
Edited to add: here's the list of tests:
Stanford Binet 5 (cognitive)
Woodcock Johnson III (academic achievement)
WIAT-II Word Fluency (academic achievement supplement)
Children's Memory Scale (memory)
VMI-V (visual-motor integration)
NEPSY Social Perception (social awareness/understanding)
ADOS (autism diagnostic observation schedule)
Vineland (adaptive behavior - parent report)
PDDBI (ASD characteristics - parent report)
CBCL/TRF (general behavior - parent/teacher report)
PLSI (pragmatic language - teacher report)
HTH,
DeeDee
Last edited by DeeDee; 01/13/11 06:42 AM. Reason: added list of tests
