EP. 61: Diagnostic Testing For ADHD With Laurie Harwood Peterson

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join Tracy as she welcomes her guest Laurie Harwood Peterson to Episode #61 of her podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Laurie is the owner and director of Diagnostic Learning Services. She and her husband have five offices across the state of Texas and test for ADHD and learning challenges in children. She spends every day helping kids get identified and teaching parents how to help them. Laurie has a bachelor’s degree in Special Education. She spent 8 years teaching students with learning disabilities in grades K-12. She has a Master’s Degree in Special Education with an emphasis on assessment and a second Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling. Laurie is also the mother to two boys.</span></p> <p><strong>Learn about:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the circumstances around Laurie Peterson’s ADHD diagnosis. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Laurie’s symptoms in childhood</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">how she got into diagnostic testing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the difference between neuropsychological testing and diagnostic testing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">where diagnostic testing falls in the ADHD picture</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">what signs parents should look for in their kids when considering diagnostic testing?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the cost of diagnostic testing?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">how testing for giftedness and ADHD differs from standard ADHD testing?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">how Laurie’s ADHD makes her better at what she does?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">what Laurie feels the key to living succ