Psychological testing is not part of Dr. Weathers three-day ADHD treatment program in Spokane Washington. treats ADHD children and their family with computer aided emotional restructuring CAER. parent training, behavior modification, desensitization, computer aided emotional restructuring CAER is an effective, drug-free, treatment for

ADHD

children. This treatment helps

ADHD

Testing a waste of time and money
help treat the cause of ADHD
ADHD children
with inattention,
and math struggles, improves
reading comprehension, and
homework
self-fulfilling prophacy

behavior problems

are eliminated with

CAER Therapy

and treatment . CAER does not use medications for

ADHD

problems, disorders and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD,

school problems

and learning disabilities signs and symptom are eliminated with CAER treatment, therapy and help treatment for

ADHD

ADHD children have behavior problems

ADHD Testing is a waste of money and a self fulfilling prophecy

The ADHD label created by testing can become a self-fulfilling prophecy

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Choice of treatment for ADHD is on the basis of cost, availability, effectiveness and risk, not on subtle variations in the ADHD diagnosis itself. So, before you spend your money, ask those offering testing how different testing outcomes will predict which of the real, available treatments you are considering will be most successful for your child. If they don't give you a persuasive answer, you may be wasting your money. Since many families continue to want ADHD testing, to keep you from wasting your money, I offer a professional quality FREE Online ADHD-ODD test.

Many parents waste a great deal of money for psychological testing of their ADHD child. There is a myth that ADHD testing will reveal some underlying, and previously unknown, truth about what is really wrong with their child. Then, in some undefined way, there is the expectation that this new information be of help in assisting your child to "get better." But, testing and diagnosis are only useful if they help you decide which of real, available treatments would be most useful for your ADHD child.

The reality is, there is not much information in psychological evaluations that will provide any help in deciding which treatment is likely to be most successful for your child. Most ADHD "testing" consists of checklists of behavior observed at home and in the classroom and filled out by parents and teachers, respectively. While such results can be interesting, they generally only summarizes what you already know. The information provided by testing does not help your child improve, and that is all that counts. I do understand, however, that many people will want testing anyway to "understand what is wrong." A verbal description somehow helps in feeling like you "have a handle on the problem." In that vein, I will offer that to you for free (link) I would rather you save your money to spend on treatment.

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