Continued Guidance as Your Child Grows & Develops

Receive expert support as you implement recommendations, navigate transitions, or face new challenges after your child's evaluation.

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While the initial parent feedback meeting provides comprehensive information and recommendations, many families benefit from additional guidance as they:

  • Implement strategies at home and monitor progress

  • Navigate school transitions (elementary to middle school, middle to high school)

  • Address emerging challenges or changing needs

  • Prepare for significant milestones (e.g., college applications)

  • Refine approaches as your child develops

Our follow-up consultations ensure that your child's evaluation remains a living, evolving resource that continues to inform and guide your parenting approach as circumstances change.

What Are Parent
Follow-Up Consultations?

Parent Follow-Up Consultations are focused sessions designed to provide ongoing support to families who have completed a psychoeducational evaluation or screening with Mind Matters.

These consultations help you navigate new questions, challenges, or transitions that arise as your child develops.

Our Approach to Parent Follow-Up Consultations

We take a personalized, solution-focused approach to helping you navigate next steps:

Step 1

Pre-Consultation Preparation

Before meeting with you, we:

  • Review your child's evaluation results and previous recommendations

  • Consider developmental changes or new circumstances you've shared

  • Examine any new information, reports, or records you've provided

  • Reflect on which strategies have been working and which may need adjustment

Step 2

The Consultation Meeting (50 minutes)

During the consultation, we:

  • Discuss your current concerns, questions, and priorities

  • Explore what strategies have been working and what challenges remain

  • Consider how developmental changes may be affecting your child's needs

  • Refine or adapt previous recommendations for current circumstances

  • Address challenges with implementation

  • Develop strategies for new situations or transitions

  • Answer specific questions about school advocacy, therapeutic supports, or home-based approaches

Step 3

Practical Next Steps

We provide:

  • Updated recommendations based on your child's current stage and needs

  • Specific, actionable strategies you can implement immediately

  • Guidance on when and how to advocate at school

  • Refined language for discussing needs with teachers, specialists, or your child

  • Referrals to additional resources or professionals when appropriate

Step 4

Ongoing Support

After the consultation:

  • We provide a brief written summary of key recommendations

  • We remain available for brief clarification questions via email

  • We can coordinate with other professionals in your child's support team, with your permission

  • We serve as a continued resource for future consultations as new needs arise

When to Consider a Parent Follow-Up Consultation

Educational Transitions

  • Moving from elementary to middle school

  • Transitioning to high school

  • Preparing for college applications and accommodations

  • Changing schools or educational environments

Developmental Milestones

  • Entering adolescence

  • Increasing independence

  • Shifting social dynamics

  • Emerging executive functioning expectations

New Concerns

  • Emerging behavioral issues

  • Changes in academic performance

  • New social or emotional challenges

  • Questions about additional services or therapies

Implementation Challenges

  • Difficulty applying recommended strategies

  • Resistance from your child

  • Questions about adapting approaches

  • Need for refinement of techniques

Decision Points

  • Considering medication evaluation

  • Weighing changes in educational placement

  • Evaluating extracurricular opportunities

  • Selecting among therapeutic options

Benefits of Parent Follow-Up Consultations

Timely Guidance

Receive expert advice specific to your current situation and questions.

Continuity of Care

Work with clinicians who already know your child's profile and history.

Adaptation of Recommendations

Refine strategies as your child develops and environments change.

Preventive Support

Address emerging challenges before they become significant problems.

Targeted Problem-Solving

Focus on specific issues with a clinician who understands your child's unique profile.

Confidence in Parenting Approaches

Gain reassurance that your strategies align with your child's needs.

Who Provides Parent Follow-Up Consultations?

Our parent follow-up consultations are provided by the licensed clinical and educational psychologists who conducted your child's evaluation. This ensures continuity of care and comprehensive understanding of your child's learning profile and history.

When the original evaluator is unavailable, we carefully transfer relevant information to another clinician on our team who will review the full evaluation before meeting with you.

FEES

$300 for a 50-minute consultation, which includes:

  • Pre-meeting preparation and record review

  • The consultation itself

  • Brief written summary of recommendations

  • Brief follow-up email support for clarification questions

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The timing varies based on your needs. Some families schedule a follow-up a few months after the evaluation to check in on implementation of recommendations. Others wait until a transition point or when new challenges arise. There's no "right" timeline—it depends entirely on your family's specific situation.

  • Absolutely. We maintain comprehensive records and can review your child's previous evaluation even years later. For evaluations completed more than three years ago, we may recommend bringing recent school reports or other updated information to help us understand your child's current functioning.

  • The initial feedback meeting presents comprehensive evaluation results and general recommendations. Follow-up consultations are more targeted, addressing specific questions, challenges, or changes that have emerged since the evaluation. They allow for refinement of strategies based on your actual experiences implementing them.

  • For many families, a single focused consultation provides the guidance needed for their current situation. Others benefit from periodic check-ins, especially around key transitions or developmental milestones. We can help you determine whether regular consultations would be beneficial for your family.

  • Yes, with your permission, we welcome collaboration with other professionals in your child's life. Including teachers, therapists, or other service providers can foster a coordinated approach. If you'd like to include others, please let us know in advance so we can plan accordingly.

  • To make the most of our time together, consider:

    • Noting specific questions or concerns you want to address

    • Reflecting on what strategies have worked well and which haven't

    • Gathering recent school reports, progress notes, or other relevant documents

    • Thinking about any significant changes in your child's environment or development

    • Identifying upcoming transitions or decisions you're facing

  • The initial feedback meeting presents comprehensive evaluation results and general recommendations. Follow-up consultations are more targeted, addressing specific questions, challenges, or changes that have emerged since the evaluation. They allow for refinement of strategies based on your actual experiences implementing them.

  • Whenever possible, yes. We prioritize continuity of care and strive to connect you with the clinician who already knows your child. In cases where that's not possible (due to scheduling conflicts or staff changes), another experienced clinician on our team will thoroughly review your child's evaluation before meeting with you.

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Our parent follow-up consultations provide timely, expert guidance as your child grows and develops.