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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 451168" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Get an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation as a priority item. Specifically ask about... </p><p>1) fine motor skills - he has trouble with (doesn't like often = difficulty with) tieing shoes, and with writing.</p><p>2) sensory issues</p><p></p><p>The list of symptoms you give would not be <u>solved </u>by a parenting plan. Adjustments to approach have their place in the whole picture - but not as "the whole answer".</p><p>Depending on a raft of other things that don't show up for a couple more years... might take time to nail the diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>If its not Asperger's, then ADHD would stick, and be logical.</p><p>Some of the medications that work for Asperger's, help ADHD - but not all of them, and none of the medications for either diagnosis always work, anyway.</p><p>I'd also be looking at whether there are auditory issues - either problems with hearing, OR with processing verbal information (there's a range of auditory processing disorders). Try looking up Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) (central auditory processing disorder), and/or auditory filtering and/or auditory focus.</p><p></p><p>Take one sweet kid with fine motor problems and verbal processing problems and send them off to real school (sorry, pre-school stuff doesn't have nearly the learning load)... and they turn into monsters because they can't handle it. But "everyone" blames:</p><p>a) the kid - its a behavior problem</p><p>b) the parents - its a behavior problem because of how you have raised him.</p><p></p><p>If anyone tells you THAT - you come tell us. We'll whack that idea out of your head, at least, and try and support you in chasing down the right solutions... </p><p></p><p>Its tough being in a remote area... where the resources are scarce - and sometimes, not the ones you need.</p><p>How far are you from something major? like a medical university or a teaching hospital?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 451168, member: 11791"] Get an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation as a priority item. Specifically ask about... 1) fine motor skills - he has trouble with (doesn't like often = difficulty with) tieing shoes, and with writing. 2) sensory issues The list of symptoms you give would not be [U]solved [/U]by a parenting plan. Adjustments to approach have their place in the whole picture - but not as "the whole answer". Depending on a raft of other things that don't show up for a couple more years... might take time to nail the diagnosis. If its not Asperger's, then ADHD would stick, and be logical. Some of the medications that work for Asperger's, help ADHD - but not all of them, and none of the medications for either diagnosis always work, anyway. I'd also be looking at whether there are auditory issues - either problems with hearing, OR with processing verbal information (there's a range of auditory processing disorders). Try looking up Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) (central auditory processing disorder), and/or auditory filtering and/or auditory focus. Take one sweet kid with fine motor problems and verbal processing problems and send them off to real school (sorry, pre-school stuff doesn't have nearly the learning load)... and they turn into monsters because they can't handle it. But "everyone" blames: a) the kid - its a behavior problem b) the parents - its a behavior problem because of how you have raised him. If anyone tells you THAT - you come tell us. We'll whack that idea out of your head, at least, and try and support you in chasing down the right solutions... Its tough being in a remote area... where the resources are scarce - and sometimes, not the ones you need. How far are you from something major? like a medical university or a teaching hospital? [/QUOTE]
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