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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 56203" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Dawn, welcome! I'm glad you found us.</p><p></p><p>I agree with Lisa that you need to have your daughter evaluated. A neuropsychologist, found at children's or university hospitals, is a good place to start. For what it's worth, ODD is rarely a stand-alone diagnosis, but rather a symptom of an underlying disorder. Once the underlying disorder is identified and treated, the ODD behaviors generally subside.</p><p></p><p>Like Kaitlin, my younger daughter M also did not speak to her preschool teachers. She was diagnosed with selective mutism, which is a form of social anxiety. M has always been an anxious child, and her anxiety has taken a variety of forms over the years -- twirling her hair until she had a bald patch as a toddler, separation anxiety as a toddler and preschooler and difficulty sleeping in her own room until age 5. Last summer she developed a choking phobia that led to food refusal, hospitalization and feeding through an NG tube for a month. Although we can't diagnosis over the internet, I'm guessing anxiety is a part of what's going on with Kaitlin given her history.</p><p></p><p>Please ask your family doctor for a referral to a neuropsychologist. The sooner you identify what's going on with Kaitlin, the sooner you can put into place the appropriate interventions to help her.</p><p></p><p>Again, welcome and good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 56203, member: 2423"] Dawn, welcome! I'm glad you found us. I agree with Lisa that you need to have your daughter evaluated. A neuropsychologist, found at children's or university hospitals, is a good place to start. For what it's worth, ODD is rarely a stand-alone diagnosis, but rather a symptom of an underlying disorder. Once the underlying disorder is identified and treated, the ODD behaviors generally subside. Like Kaitlin, my younger daughter M also did not speak to her preschool teachers. She was diagnosed with selective mutism, which is a form of social anxiety. M has always been an anxious child, and her anxiety has taken a variety of forms over the years -- twirling her hair until she had a bald patch as a toddler, separation anxiety as a toddler and preschooler and difficulty sleeping in her own room until age 5. Last summer she developed a choking phobia that led to food refusal, hospitalization and feeding through an NG tube for a month. Although we can't diagnosis over the internet, I'm guessing anxiety is a part of what's going on with Kaitlin given her history. Please ask your family doctor for a referral to a neuropsychologist. The sooner you identify what's going on with Kaitlin, the sooner you can put into place the appropriate interventions to help her. Again, welcome and good luck. [/QUOTE]
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