Neuropsychological Consultation as Part of Pediatric Diabetes Care: Does it Improve Glycemic Control and Family Functioning?

Participants will receive treatment and diabetes management as usual standard of care from their diabetes care team. They will also complete as part of the study visit: a pediatric quality of life scale(PedsQL,GenericScale and Diabetes Module) and diabetes related family conflict scale (DFCS-R) to assess quality of life and family stress at the start of the study.

Children and parents in Group 2 will also complete a pediatric quality of life scale (PedsQL,Generic Scale and Diabetes Module),diabetes related family conflict scale (DFCS-R) to assess quality of life and family stress at the start of the study, as well as the self-report form of the BRIEF-2 if they are over age 11. Parents will also undergo a brief literacy and numeracy screening using the Wide Range Achievement Test, complete a parent report assessing their children's executive functioning skills at the start of the study (BRIEF-2) and they will fill out the Family Impact Module.