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With insurance, most Beaming families pay $25 per session, and many pay nothing at all. Your cost depends on your plan, so we check your benefits for free before your first session. Get free cost estimate here.

When you visit a neurologist, they’ll assess your child’s needs, run some tests (think imaging or EEG), and diagnose. From there, they’ll create a customized treatment plan. Medication, lifestyle tweaks, or maybe even a referral to another specialist could be on the table.

There unfortunately isn’t one test for all neurodevelopmental conditions. Most likely you will go into a visit to test one or two medical conditions. If you are looking for a comprehensive autism evaluation, developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists are the preferred specialists who can diagnose autism.

No, neurologists focus mainly on non-surgical interventions. If your child needs surgery, neurologists might point you in the direction of a pediatric neurosurgeon.

Music therapy can take place in a variety of settings including schools, hospitals, the child’s own home, rehabilitation centers, and clinics.

A therapy session will vary from child to child, depending on the child’s specific needs. Before your child starts music therapy, their music therapist will develop a personalized treatment plan for your child. Depending on your child’s goals their treatment may involve singing, dancing, listening to music, playing an instrument, or even composing music.

Once you find a music therapist, the therapist will perform an evaluation to determine if music therapy is a good fit for your child as well as determine possible goals. The evaluation will be comprehensive and look at your child’s response to a variety of musical stimuli, including giving your child an opportunity to play with instruments or listen to a variety of music types.

Evaluations will vary based on setting. For example, private practice has a number of evaluation tools while schools typically use an evaluation tool called the SEMTAP (special education music therapy assessment protocol) that focuses on looking at a student’s IEP goals and how or if the addition of music aligns with their IEP goals.

With insurance, most Beaming families pay $25 per session, and many pay nothing at all. Your cost depends on your plan, so we check your benefits for free before your first session. Get free cost estimate here.

Here are a few things you will want to discuss with a potential respite worker: (Keep in mind that the most important step is to observe how the respite worker interacts with your child and your family.)

• Do they have work experience with children with autism?
• How will the respite worker support your child in a group setting?
• Do they have concerns about taking this job?

Buzzing clippers, chatty customers, having to sit still for a long time — haircuts are hard for a lot of neurodivergent kiddos.

Most salons or barber shops can be adjusted to make them more sensory friendly, but it’s important to find a hair stylist who is open to these accommodations. It’s a good idea to call the salon or barber shop before you arrive and see what they can do to make the experience more sensory friendly. For example, are they able to dim the lights? Have they worked with neurodivergent children in the past? Can they do a haircut without clippers? Etc.