Pediatric Professionals

Various pediatric professionals are available to provide assistance, and a brief description is provided below. Pediatricians and school counselors often have a list of such professionals in your area, but websites are also provided below to assist.

Learning / Educational Specialists (aetonline.org or altaread.org)
Usually teachers with advanced degrees; training is often in a variety of academic intervention programs and techniques specifically for teaching children with learning differences

Speech / Language Pathologists (ASHA.org)
Provide intervention in a variety of areas related to language, including articulation of sounds, listening, understanding directions, verbal communication of ideas, and social interaction

Audiologists (audiology.org)
Assist with processing sounds, as well as address hearing issues

Occupational Therapists (AOTA.org)
Provide intervention in areas related to motor, sensory, visual-spatial, self-regulation, and social development

Developmental Optometrists (covd.org)
Evaluate eye functions beyond visual acuity (sight), such as how the eyes move and focus (e.g. visual tracking, eye convergence, steadiness of eye gaze)

Psychiatrists (abpn.com or check your state board of psychiatrists)
Most commonly prescribe medication for attention, anxiety, depression, or other emotional needs

Psychologists / Counselors (check your state for Board of Counselors or Psychologists)
Assist with techniques to manage daily stressors, relations with others, emotional regulation, goal-setting, and coping with impactful experiences

School Psychologists (nasponline.org or check with your local school district)
Most commonly provide services within the public school setting, including assessment, counseling, consultation with teachers and families, classroom management, in-service training

Evaluators
Depending on training, evaluators may assess for a variety of disorders, including learning differences (e.g. dyslexia), ADHD, autism spectrum, NVLD, dysgraphia, language processing, personality, emotional, and brain injury

School Neuropsychologists (absnp.com for a roster of professionals in your area)
Trained to assess the 10 areas of development, including neurocognitive reasoning and processing, memory, attention, executive functioning, social, emotional, and achievement School focus (e.g. how to assist the child with functioning in school)

Clinical Neuropsychologists (theaacn.org or theabcn.org)
Trained to assess the 10 areas of development Clinical focus (e.g. how to assist the child with a medical diagnosis, such as brain cancer, epilepsy, stroke)

Educational Diagnosticians (check with your state or local school district to see if applicable)
Trained to assess cognitive and achievement skills, with a primary focus on learning differences

Organizations for various Disabilities

Learning Disabilities Association of America

Attention Deficit Disorders Association Southern Region (ADDA-SR)

National Autism Association

Anxiety and Depression Association of America

School Neuropsychology Institute for CEUs, Annual Conference, and Training Program
schoolneuropsych.com

NASP Workshops
nasp.inreachce.com