A second opinion — when the first answer still does not sit right
You are allowed to ask again. Bring the reports, tell us what does not match the child you live with, and we will be straight about what we see.
Written by the Inclusive Developmental and Therapy Center therapy team — our Speech & Language Therapist, psychology and ABA staff. This page is awaiting its clinical review.
What to bring
School notes, hearing or vision results, any diagnosis letter, and three sentences in your own words: what a typical morning looks like, what the teacher actually said, and what you hoped the first appointment would settle. Photographs of worksheets or a short video of play are often more useful than a label.
We look at the whole child — talking, understanding, attention, sensory load, learning — because one word on a page rarely explains a week. If a doctor’s opinion is what is missing, we say so. We do not diagnose ADHD or autism as a medical service, and we do not prescribe. Developmental assessment is the longer look if the first one was thin.
Related: questions to ask, which therapy, when family says nothing is wrong.
Second opinions — questions parents ask
Will you tell me the first clinician was wrong?
Only if the picture in the report and the child we meet genuinely disagree. Often the diagnosis is fair and the plan was never translated into a Tuesday morning. That is still worth an hour. Just diagnosed is the first-week guide if the news is still new.
Do I tell the first therapist we are coming to you?
You can. You do not have to. Bring whatever they wrote. If you want questions to take back to them, use questions to ask a child therapist.
We have a long psychological report full of scores. Can you explain it?
We can translate the bits that change what you do this week. We cannot re-score a test we did not give, and we do not pretend a therapy session is a medico-legal assessment. Ask the author of the report to walk you through any number you still do not understand — that is part of their job. A longer translation guide: how to read an assessment report.
What if you agree with the first plan?
Then we will say so, and you will have wasted one paid hour rather than a year on the wrong thing. That is a good use of money. Ongoing therapy is a separate decision, explained before you commit. See how fees work.
Want another pair of eyes on the report?
A short, friendly conversation is the best first step. Call, text or WhatsApp us — we’ll listen and guide you, with no pressure.
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