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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 340479" data-attributes="member: 701"><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">If you've already tried two preschools then I would move forward with an assessment. It can take months to get an appointment with some specialists so it's best to get the ball rolling now. Often a pediatrician will refer to some kind of behavioral therapist or child psychiatrists but around here we prefer specialists who dig deeper into what might be underlying the behaviors. The two we usually suggest for the little ones are developmental pediatricians or pediatric neuropsychologists. In addition to that we usually suggest audiology to check hearing, plus speech and/or occupational therapy if there's <strong>any</strong> indication of differences at all. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sometimes kids just aren't ready for the school environment or some part of the school environment (structure, noise level, anxiety, whatever...) when the calendar rolls around and says they should be. If it's just a component of that and you can identify it, then adaptations might be able to be put into place to help. For example, a child who doesn't handle transitions well might benefit from a checklist of what is happening that day. Or a child who has unidentified speech or language processing issue could benefit from information presented visually (ie a visual schedule). </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">One other thought I have for you and you can do some thinking and/or observing on this. Sometimes when our kids have some potential problems issues we parents naturally adjust our language or actions to them. For instance, if one has a child that has some language processing problems those might not show up at home because the parents is giving very clear single step instructions instead or multi-step instructions. In such cases the child does much better with the parent because communication, expectations, etc is so much clearer.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Here's a couple of things for you to check out:</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sensory</span></span></p><p><a href="http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm</a></p><p></p><p>A book recommendation for you:</p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>What Your Explosive Child Is Trying to Tell You: Discovering the Pathway from Symptoms to Solutions by Dr. Douglas Riley</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 340479, member: 701"] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]If you've already tried two preschools then I would move forward with an assessment. It can take months to get an appointment with some specialists so it's best to get the ball rolling now. Often a pediatrician will refer to some kind of behavioral therapist or child psychiatrists but around here we prefer specialists who dig deeper into what might be underlying the behaviors. The two we usually suggest for the little ones are developmental pediatricians or pediatric neuropsychologists. In addition to that we usually suggest audiology to check hearing, plus speech and/or occupational therapy if there's [B]any[/B] indication of differences at all. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]Sometimes kids just aren't ready for the school environment or some part of the school environment (structure, noise level, anxiety, whatever...) when the calendar rolls around and says they should be. If it's just a component of that and you can identify it, then adaptations might be able to be put into place to help. For example, a child who doesn't handle transitions well might benefit from a checklist of what is happening that day. Or a child who has unidentified speech or language processing issue could benefit from information presented visually (ie a visual schedule). [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]One other thought I have for you and you can do some thinking and/or observing on this. Sometimes when our kids have some potential problems issues we parents naturally adjust our language or actions to them. For instance, if one has a child that has some language processing problems those might not show up at home because the parents is giving very clear single step instructions instead or multi-step instructions. In such cases the child does much better with the parent because communication, expectations, etc is so much clearer.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]Here's a couple of things for you to check out:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]Sensory[/FONT][/COLOR] [url]http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm[/url] A book recommendation for you: [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][B]What Your Explosive Child Is Trying to Tell You: Discovering the Pathway from Symptoms to Solutions by Dr. Douglas Riley[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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