Dr. Jonine Nazar-Biesman

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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children · TPP 299: Dr. Jonine Nazar-Biesman on Navigating the Neuropsych Evaluation Process · 26 Jul 2022 podcast

So I do think those are some portan questions to ask.

You know, I would wanna know, you know, what's their philosophy in in understanding a student's individual profile?

So there are different degrees that people can get to give tests.

You know, one degree might be a school psychologist.

So when your student is getting assessed by a school psychologist, say a triennial review as part of, you know, federal law that requires testing be updated every three years, that school psychologist has a master's degree typically and is going to look at testing in a much more narrow lens.

Somebody who's conducting a psychological assessment is often a licensed clinical psychologist, but they don't have training in neuropsych or brain development or neurochemistry or the structure of the brain or how to translate and interpret those results based on what's going on in the brain.

So may just look at a

Results correlate it with one specific function and say, oh, well, this is a strength or this is a weakness, without looking at a pattern of scores within the brain.

And then psychoeducational testing might be limited just to looking at some IQ testing, looking at some academic achievement, but not uncovering more layers.

In neuropsych, we're looking, for example, at memory.

And learning at attention and executive functioning, at different kinds of motor skills, visual motor integration, different aspects of sensory processing and sensory integration and social emotional variables, really getting a sense of personality traits that may be driving you know behavior.

Or, you know, just again, how all of the emotional information is being organized and interpreted by a student.

So it's a much deeper dive in neuropsych.

It's really making sure that no stones are left unturned, and we're really answering referral questions as thoroughly as possible, understanding what a brain is doing and what a brain is not doing, and maybe what a specific brain needs.

needs to continue to develop and thrive.

Absolutely.

Especially with two E kids.

We want to make sure we are tapping into those competencies.

And I'm a true believer that standardized testing is just not always the way for all students.

So my process is taking some time initially just to make sure students are comfortable in the office, that they feel welcome, warm at home.

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