Developmental Pedia (Thread 2)

[adudu]

hi mga sis,
 
any feedback about  Maria Carolina(maricar) Alejano since she's the only dev ped here in bacolod.


thanks in advance!:)

[Alec_Feline]

info from childfind's fb page
address:   Units 210-212 The Tower at Emerald Square, P.Tuazon and J.P Rizal streets, Project. 4, 1109 Quezon City, Philippines
Assessment Department: (02) 439-2338, (02) 0907-2496917 ; Therapy Center: (02) 911-2015 , (02) 0907-6563890
ang alam ko ang fee nila 8-12k.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ChildFind-Learning-and-Play-Center/120551514673466?sk=info

I have been trying to call ChildFind but no one's picking up. Tried to send them an email just now, hopefully I'll hear from them the soonest.
Just to clarify, Development Pedia ba yung kakausapin ko sa ChildFind?  Iba ba  yung neurodev pedia?

I tried to search for the website of Bewhavioral and Developmental Society of the Phil, wala ako makita.
Hope someone can help. Thank you.

[missoni]

no, Dr. Dizon and his associates are not medical doctors, They do "sped assessment". The reports that I got from them (for my students who need sped placement and mainstreaming), they use IQ tests and then may recommendations sa school placement and parang IEP na for the whole year. may mga age equivalents din. Yung isang report from CF may grade level na equivalent din. More on IEP yung program that they will give you,. For diagnosis, sa Dev Ped talaga, those in Childfind cannot diagnose the medical condition. Try calling them in January, closed kasi most of the therapy centers for christmas vacation.

[rhumbafrapp]

dr dizon is a SPED diagnosticisian

[petunia716]

hi sisses! just finished backreading and i must say very helpful talaga ang mga insights and first hand accounts ng mga gt!  i'm looking for feedbacks kasi on the dev peds.  we have an appointment na with dr. francis dimalanta, at first i read really good feedbacks on him but on the latter part medyo di na ok kaya hesitant tuloy ako ngayon.  the only dev ped who's consistently raved about is dr. tippy tanchanco. i want to try our luck with her sana makasingit ng earlier appointment! do you know her contact number in fun ranch? thank you!!!!

[cherrhys]

For those looking for a Dev.Ped. with no long waiting list, try Dr. Jack Alexander Herrin of Cardinal Santos Medical Center (Greenhills, San Juan).  My youngest twins went to him, so far I'm satisfied naman with his diagnosis and he's very nice and very playful with my boys.  His PF is P2,500 only for about 2 hours of assessment/consultation. He was referred to me by our regular Pedia, Dr. Joseph Regalado.

My older kids went to Dra. Tippy before kaya lang very discouraging lang yung haba ng pila.  Syempre she's one of the best pa rin, although for me comparable naman si Dr. Herrin.   

[chinita_san2007]

galing din kami kay dr. herrin etong 1st wk ng feb. he is not intimidating..ang bait pa noh? refer din sya ng pedia namin. highly recommended.

[kitty07]

Mga sis, medyo OT ata to pero ask ko na rin.  Baka may marefer naman kaso child psychologist.  May son who has ADHD needs to be tested using WPPSI.  Usually ata battery of tests kaso I only need the WPPSI e, kaya I am looking for one who can have this one test done.  Kung di pwede ipost dito pa-PM na lang mga sis.  TIA. 

[lent0t]

Hi,

I would like to know if may naka experience na ng consultation with Dr Pablito Planta? My son has a schedule with him on April 4.

TIA

[dyann***]

Is Dra. Michiko Baloca on leave? I tried calling the cellphone number- naka-off & clinic landline numbers pero walang nasagot and number temporarily not in use daw.

Mag-papaschedule sana ako for Initial Assessment, sya kasi nirecommend ng OT ng son ko, supposedly kasi kay Dr. Lazaro nung December pero nagkasakit ang son ko and hindi kami nakapunta tapos tagal na ng next available slot so I cancelled. My son is having OT & ABA since December, I waited for 3 months before mag-paschedule for Initial Assessment para atleast may improvement. Wala naman sa isip ko na dapat nga pala nag-paschedule na agad ako kasi mahaba nga pala waiting time 

[lent0t]

Hello, mga sis share ko lang yung experience namin with Dr Planta at world citi. He's super nice and playful to my son. Dami activities tulad ng wooden blocks, picture naming, and may mga small toy figurines. He test my son in different fields... sa locomotor, social, speech and reasoning. He even ask my son to jump a lot, tip toe, and jump over a jumping rope. . He's observant, pagpasok pa lang namin nag start na sya mag observe and kahit naguusap kami observing pa rin sya while my son is playing alone.

The assessment took 2hrs. My son was diagnosed with developmental language disorder and as per result for a 4yrs old boy his speech level is 2yrs old. Other fields naman like locomotor, reasoning, and performance at par naman sa age nya. yun performance nga pang 5yrs old ang level. he encourage us sa OT though. kahit once a week lang daw pero our priority daw is speech therapy.

by the way, he has clinic din in medmom sa fun ranch tiendesitas.

[dyann***]

^sis saan pa may clinic si Dr. Planta aside from medmom?

[lent0t]

^sis saan pa may clinic si Dr. Planta aside from medmom?

hello sis, sa World Citi Hosp. Anonas area yun hosp and walking distance lang sya from LRT 2 Anonas station. His PF pala is 2.5k dunno yun follow up nakalimutan ko kasi itanong. ang sched nya is tues and thurs. maluwag sched nya, nung tumawag kami ng tuesday... supposedly tues din yun assessment kaso di ako naka pag return call kagad kaya naging thursday. parang per day 2 clients lang sya since 1.5-2hrs yun assesment. sorry haba ng sagot ko hehe, okay kasi talaga sya.

[cherrhys]

galing din kami kay dr. herrin etong 1st wk ng feb. he is not intimidating..ang bait pa noh? refer din sya ng pedia namin. highly recommended.

Just saw your post.  Yes, he's very nice nga and very playful with my twins. 

kitty07 Maybe you can try Dr. Joseph Regalado of Cardinal Santos Hospital (near Greenhills).  He is pedia but also a child psychologist.

[Project60]

wow, i was just about to recommend Dr. Alexander Herrin pero i read that we have a lot of mommies here who brought their child to him. He was also referred by my son's pedia dr. regalado. I initially wanted to try dr. dimalanta but waiting time was too long, dr. regalado was able to squeeze my son to dr. herrin's schedule in as little as 2 days try nyo sila

[cherrhys]

^Same pedia din pala tayo and Dr. Regalado was also the one who referred me to Dr. Herrin. 

[WandaWits]

Mommies, may I know how much ang fee ni Dr.Regalado, clinic schedule & contact number?
How does he handle or paano ang process kapag nag consult regarding behavior issues sa bata?

[Project60]

sis cherryhs: why did you consult dr herrin? he didn't come up with a diagnosis yet kasi sabi nya it's too early to label a child so he suggested that we do ot first for 6 mos then to go back to him afterwards.. okay naman sya he was very nice and madali kausap not intimidating.

sis wandawits - if it's for vaccine he waives the consultation fee but for consultation fee it's 500 go there on a weekday kasi blockbuster yung line pag saturday... pero if you really want to there on a saturday, i suggest to be there as early as 6:30am para mga number 1-5 ka pa in line.. pag mga 8 ka kasi dumating minsan number 20 up ka na HTH!

[cherrhys]

WandaWits  If it's about behavioural, by appointment siya.  You can ask her secretaries regarding the fee for that because I'm not too familiar.  But if for regular pedia consult it is as Project60 said, P500.  Agree also about the blockbuster line on Saturday, and don't worry about the early time kasi maaga din magclinic si Doc., 7am-12nn MWFSat and 1-6pm naman TTh.  Matagal pila niya kasi kinakausap niya talaga ng matagal per patient, kumbaga di lang sakit or vax pati din behaviour, etc.  You may call Cardinal Santos at 727-0001 then local 2117 for his clinic.  HTH!

Project60  My twins kasi have language delays, but same with you Dr. Herrin also doesn't want to label my boys and advices us to undergo OT first and see if there's any improvements.  The older one talagang lacks eye contact and have other minor signs while the younger one naman more on speech lang talaga.  He kind of have his own language but can respond and express himself.   

[dyann***]

paki pm naman po ng numbers ni Dr. Planta & Dr. Herrin  tia!