After our first visit to our new Autism Center (see What to Expect from an Autism Center Evaluation Part I), we returned a month later to regroup with the psychologist and a developmental pediatrician (OD). The OD gave our son a neurological evaluation and observed his language, social skills and behaviors.
After the neurological evaluation, a office nurse played with our son in another room while the psychologist and the OD reviewed all of the test results to date and collaborated with us on recommended next steps. As it turned out, my son’s original PDD-NOS diagnosis was updated to high functioning autism with an attention deficit disorder. The topics we covered in the post-evaluation results conference were comprehensive and included: (more…)
