Our pediatrician didn't make the 2e diagnoses; those came from professionals (neuropsych, speech pathologist). We did consult with our ped prior to seeing a neuorpsych however - in our area you can't get in to see a neuropsych (or neurologist or any type of medical specialist) without a referral from your primary care physician. We also can't get into see OTs/SLPs/etc without a referral from someone - it can be a ped or neuropsych or psych, but we still have to have a referral.

When we consulted with our ped, we simply told her what was going on with our kids that we were concerned about and then she made the recommendation re who to see for an eval, and I found their advice helpful in that they had knowledge from previous patients of which professionals would be more helpful than others and which professionals focused on different types of problems, things like that. I'm not sure that you need any info like that because you have a good idea of what you are seeing in your child, and the Eides don't require a referral - but otoh, you could always put a call in to your ped to ask for their input. Another difference here is our ped does remember our kids and asks about how the follow-up went for neuropsych etc evals.

polarbear

Last edited by polarbear; 12/02/12 11:02 AM.