PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT AND HOMOEOPATHY:
Psychometric Assessment plays a major role in 1.Diagnosis 2.Treatment 3.Prognosis
The psychometric Assessment is done by professionally trained CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST.
DIAGNOSIS:
- In terms of diagnosis- psychometric assessment helps to confirm the Provisional diagnosis made by the physician and gives Final diagnosis
- In cases of autism psychometric assessment helps in diagnosing and grading into mild, moderate, severe and also points to the area mostly affected like communication, socialization, etc
- In cases of scholastic backwardness, psychometric assessment plays a major role in assessing the IQ and later learning disability tests for the children who have normal IQ. Thus it helps us to group the children into mentally retarded, slow learners, Learning disorders.
- It helps to confirm the diagnosis of various behavioural disorders like ADHD, ODD-oppositional defiant disorder, Conduct disorder etc.
TREATMENT:
- Psychometric Assessment helps in deciding the management strategy and treatment planning
- For example a child being diagnosed as Learning disorder through psychometric assessment will be advised for Homoeopathy and Remedial Education whereas a Child who is diagnosed as slow learner will be advised for Homoeopathy and Special education.
PROGNOSIS:
- After starting Homoeopathic medications, the progress of the child will be monitored by not only Homoeopathic scientific tool like RREF but also by psychometric tools like ATEC etc.
- Re-evaluation and psychometric reassessment is a vital part of Homoeopathic follow-ups and helps to confirm that the child is travelling towards the path of Cure.
- Many children who took Homoeopathic treatment from us showed a Decrease in autistic scores after treatment.