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Neuropsychologist
Dr. Sippio completed a two-year postdoctoral residency in neuropsychology and has built her career around one thing: figuring out how a child’s brain actually works, then translating that into recommendations a family, a prescriber, and a school can each use. Her recent caseload has centered on autism spectrum, ADHD, and dyslexia and reading disorder evaluations.
Specialized training:
A comprehensive evaluation is built to sort out what is actually driving a child’s difficulties, especially when the picture is mixed or earlier answers have not added up. It brings attention, learning, language, emotional functioning, and autism-spectrum differences into one picture, so the answers rest on data rather than guesswork. New to this? Our guide, What Is a Neuropsychologist?, is a good place to start.
Because testing is fully virtual, we are clear from the start about exactly what that model can assess and where an in-person component would be needed. We will always tell you what your child’s evaluation can and cannot include before you begin.
If in-person testing or a facilitator becomes available, the battery and the areas we can assess will expand.
This kind of evaluation tends to be the right call when:
A report written for the people who have to use it. Prescribers get diagnostic reasoning, symptom documentation, and what to monitor if a medication trial begins. Schools get findings framed in educational terms, with specific, defensible accommodation recommendations. Reports are delivered within several weeks of the final testing session, and Dr. Sippio is available by phone to talk through any case she has evaluated.
Little Dove is private pay at this time. We provide a superbill you can submit for possible out-of-network reimbursement, and evaluations are HSA and FSA eligible. We are in network with Aetna, UnitedHealthcare (UHC), and Optum, and we are projected to be in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas by late September or early October.
A note on academic testing: Academic achievement testing conducted specifically to evaluate a learning disorder is generally not covered by medical insurance and is offered separately as a private-pay service. For Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, and Optum members, the clinical portion of an evaluation may now be billed to insurance, and the same will apply to other plans as they go live. We will always be clear about what is included based on how you are paying.
We evaluate children age 6 and older, through teens, college students, and adults. For children under 6, virtual testing tools are not validated, so we will point you toward an appropriate developmental evaluation instead.
Yes, within a clearly defined scope. ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and dyslexia and reading disorders can all be assessed remotely using measures with strong support for virtual administration. A complete cognitive battery with a Full Scale IQ, and broader learning disorder assessment in written expression and mathematics, require an in-person component. We tell you exactly what your child's evaluation can and cannot include before you begin.
Dr. Kiersten Sippio, PsyD, a neuropsychologist who completed a two-year postdoctoral residency in neuropsychology. Her recent caseload has centered on autism spectrum, ADHD, and dyslexia and reading disorder evaluations, and she writes reports that hold up to school eligibility review and prescriber scrutiny.
Yes. Schools get findings framed in educational terms with specific, defensible accommodation recommendations, and the same documentation supports extended-time requests for the SAT and ACT and college disability services.
Little Dove is private pay at this time. We provide a superbill you can submit for possible out-of-network reimbursement, and evaluations are HSA and FSA eligible. We are in network with Aetna, UnitedHealthcare (UHC), and Optum, and we are projected to be in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas by late September or early October. Academic achievement testing conducted specifically to evaluate a learning disorder is generally not covered by medical insurance and is offered separately as a private-pay service.
Your written report is delivered within several weeks of the final testing session, followed by a live feedback session with your family. Dr. Sippio is also available by phone to talk through any case she has evaluated.
Start with a free 15-minute consultation. Call (512) 240-2633 or reach out online.
