Do I Need to Refer My Child to a Psychiatrist?

Schools vary in terms of their ability to identify these issues and refer the parents. The schools that do this best are the ones that have a school psychologist on staff whose job it is to meet with the teachers talk about whichever kids the teachers are concerned about. Sometimes tediatricians are the keepers, because they ask questions at those yearly check ups about how the child is doing develop mentally and academically and emotionally. Nine times out of ten, it comes from the school or the treating psychiatrist.