A parent is needing to get a mental health evaluation done on their child by suggestion of the teacher.
And this parent's asking, what can I expect and how do we even go about that?
So probably you would wanna see a clinical psychologist,
uh, because it's typically they can do an assessment,
but if you have insurance,
you'd probably wanna contact your insurance company and,
and ask them the question
and say, I've, my school counselor has made this request to
what are my best resources?
Or contact the, the school counselor
and ask for resources where that can be done.
So I would get that kind of information,
the school counselor, or I would contact a counseling psych
or clinical psychologist who can do assessment.
And I would, I would start there now in your insurance
company, if you've got insurance,
we can help guide you in that direction.
Generally speaking, uh,
you might wanna get information from the school counselor of
what their concern is so you know specifically what to ask
for in the assessment.
So that would be something
that you would want more clarity on rather than it just
being a broad mental health assessment.
I don't, I don't necessarily know specifically
what they're referring to there.
Are we looking at a DHD? Are we looking at something else?
Uh, anxiety, depression.
I mean, what, what is the mental health concern
that the school administrator has, has found or identified?
So I would probably wanna approach it that way
with getting more information.
They don't have to be intimidated by this.
It's just a, hey, let, let's find out
and, um, get the information.
I often say data is very important
and very helpful for us, so I would go get more information.
