Started the Blog
I've discovered blogging. I just got back from Sacramento, having participated on the State Mental Health Task Force meeting and...along with considering creating a pod cast decided to jump into the fray of blogging. I haven't even read a blog, so I want this first posting to be a baseline of my understanding of a blog from information I've obtained through various media (televion, newspaper, internet etc.) I just understand, up to this point, it is a public on line journal.
I received several calls for learning disability testing assessments today. One caller needed testing to petition to return to Law School. I've done quite a few of those types of assessments. Another caller needed extended time documentation for the SATs. A very bright girl with a 4.35 gpa and extremely low SAT scores...probably cognitive-motor processing delays. I feel that I can speak very generically about callers, without revealing personal information and still have an interesting blog about my assessments of extended time for the LSATs, SATs, GMAT, MCATs, GREs, Law Schools and Bar Exams. I also took in a new patient from Pacificare. I didn't know they had subcontracted their out patient mental health care to MHN. I don't take insurance for testing. Insurance companies never pay enough, they don't cover enough hours to write a report and they don't want to pay for all the tests that are necessary to do a good job. I don't mind accepting insurance for cognitive-behavior therapy. Most patients are successfully meeting their goals within two or three months and than they can go on with their lives independently with new tools while I take on a new set of patients. I don't mind the short-term doctor-patient relationship because I feel really good (and sometimes amazed) at how quickly some people can change and get better. Hypnotherapy is pretty amazing too. I won't do it outside of the course of therapy because it isn't adequately supported and may lead to only short-term results. I spoke with another Law student that I'm testing about coming in to review her report, and getting some more background information. Sometimes patients take a long time to get their documentation together, but it is very important for qualifying the diagnosis under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). When petitions are denied accommodations, it is most often the result of a failure to provide adequate documentation of the impact of the disability across settings in their lives.
I received several calls for learning disability testing assessments today. One caller needed testing to petition to return to Law School. I've done quite a few of those types of assessments. Another caller needed extended time documentation for the SATs. A very bright girl with a 4.35 gpa and extremely low SAT scores...probably cognitive-motor processing delays. I feel that I can speak very generically about callers, without revealing personal information and still have an interesting blog about my assessments of extended time for the LSATs, SATs, GMAT, MCATs, GREs, Law Schools and Bar Exams. I also took in a new patient from Pacificare. I didn't know they had subcontracted their out patient mental health care to MHN. I don't take insurance for testing. Insurance companies never pay enough, they don't cover enough hours to write a report and they don't want to pay for all the tests that are necessary to do a good job. I don't mind accepting insurance for cognitive-behavior therapy. Most patients are successfully meeting their goals within two or three months and than they can go on with their lives independently with new tools while I take on a new set of patients. I don't mind the short-term doctor-patient relationship because I feel really good (and sometimes amazed) at how quickly some people can change and get better. Hypnotherapy is pretty amazing too. I won't do it outside of the course of therapy because it isn't adequately supported and may lead to only short-term results. I spoke with another Law student that I'm testing about coming in to review her report, and getting some more background information. Sometimes patients take a long time to get their documentation together, but it is very important for qualifying the diagnosis under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). When petitions are denied accommodations, it is most often the result of a failure to provide adequate documentation of the impact of the disability across settings in their lives.
posted by Dr. Stephen Mouton at 9:21 PM
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