Question about the childbrain test.
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Question about the childbrain test.
| Fri, 03-23-2007 - 1:22am |
How much respect do the professionals give this test? I have taken it a few times answering questions regarding chris and he always lands in the middle of pdd. In fact I like it better then the GARS which I feel restricts things with my answers. I don't feel it asks as many questions that are important.
I'm wondering if it would help if I did it again and printed it out to give to the school and also Stanford. Do you guys think they would poo-poo this because its online, or take it seriously?
Curious here.
Lainie

Lainie, I think it depends on the professional. I've had quite a few drs thank me for bringing in the printed out results of my kids' childbrain scores and then had others look at me like I was nuts just for offering. A neighbor of mine has a 3yo autie and she said that her ped referred him to the dev ped at 2yo on the basis of his childbrain score alone. But then, I have a friend in Montana that said his son's ped wouldn't even look at the score because it "wasn't a true test".
Well, of course it's not a true and accurate test! It's not designed to be. The childbrain test is designed to be a tool to check for red flags, nothing else. It's tool designed to be used by parents, teachers, and gen pracs to see if there is something to worry about going on, and if there is to be physical evidence of need for referral to a specialist. It's not designed to diagnose, it's designed to help get the individual in question in front of someone who is qualified to diagnose.
If you explain that when you present the score I think you might get a warmer reception than you otherwise might. But, it's always worth a try. You never know what could happen.
~Candes
Thank you Candes, that sounds like a perfect idea to do. And hey if they look at me funny anyway, so what right?
I'm going to do the test again and give a copy to both the school psycologist, special ed and also to Stanford.
Lainie
Dear Lainie,
I was worried that there may be some professional jealously, so when I started to think that there was something with my child, I used that tool, but I did not give it to the neurologist. I used it as a way to generate a list of behaviors to mention. For example, I took the line, IN HIS/HER OWN WORLD; ALOOF, and wrote some behavioral examples that would cause me to score him high on that question. Then I took my list of behaviors to the nuerologist. I also tried to use other tools from other possible "things" such as ADD, OCD, and CAPD, and listed any behavior in my child that the tools helped me recall.
I thought that that gave me the best odds of mentioning everything, without being seen as "shopping" for a diagnosis, and without being seen as a flake who ran to the doctor after seeing something on the internet. (Both of those fears may have been completely unfounded.)
Sidney
Hi Sidney, Thats also a great idea. Thanks :). That would make things much more thorough (sp?) and personal with Chris.
Lainie