LSU Health Shreveport — Children's Center
LSU Health Shreveport's Children's Center provides interdisciplinary autism evaluations using the gold-standard ADOS-2 and ADI-R instruments, with multidisciplinary assessments in psychology, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, and education.
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What this is, in plain language
Comprehensive interdisciplinary autism evaluations using gold-standard diagnostic instruments (ADOS-2 and ADI-R), with assessment from multiple disciplines and specialist interpretation of results.
Getting started
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What they say about themselves
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- Children's Center faculty are extensively trained in the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), both considered gold-standard instruments for diagnosing autism.
- The first session is an interview with parents or caregivers covering medical, developmental, behavioural, social, emotional, academic, family and psychological history.
- If a full evaluation is needed, a further session includes formal test administration with the child while the family completes additional forms, along with detailed behavioural observations.
- Interdisciplinary evaluations are conducted by professionals from psychology, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, and education.
- LSU Health Shreveport provides free qualified sign language interpreters for disabled people and free interpreters for families whose primary language is not English.
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- No:Says on its website that it accepts Medicaid
- Yes:Explains what the evaluation includes
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