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Been saying "He'll grow out of it" for way too long. What is wrong with my son???
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 565925" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Very often in my experience the mental health profession especially will only focus on their small world and models for intervention that fall under mental health. Thats great fo people who truly have those challenges, (and some neurologists I've been to will only look at the seizure issue). </p><p>When you call for appointments questions to ask are whether the doctor works with kids who have developmental disorders of any kind. </p><p></p><p>A neuropsychologist is (usually, again make sure....I met a woman recently with twins who got the whole it's your parenting blame ....wonder why the other child who is only slightly younger is doing great?...since then they have diagnosis.) Anyway, neuropsychs are psychologists who do extensive testing focused on how behavior is connected to how our brains work. They diagnose disorders across specialties including mental health and neurology. Well worth looking into. Other options include looking at specialty children's hospitals for kids with chronic challenges especially or university based clinics with neuropsychologist departments or with developmental pediatricians who often have a team of specialists who also do in-depth testing....(again ask ahead of time, the longer the sessions--usually need a day or two depending on the clinic, the more likely it will look at everything. They usually send out several parent forms, sometimes teacher forms ahead of time. Fifteen minites would make me very uncomfortable. But you were there and know whether you feel comfortable. Risperdal works great for some, it made my son very aggressive. So just be cautious as usual.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 565925, member: 12886"] Very often in my experience the mental health profession especially will only focus on their small world and models for intervention that fall under mental health. Thats great fo people who truly have those challenges, (and some neurologists I've been to will only look at the seizure issue). When you call for appointments questions to ask are whether the doctor works with kids who have developmental disorders of any kind. A neuropsychologist is (usually, again make sure....I met a woman recently with twins who got the whole it's your parenting blame ....wonder why the other child who is only slightly younger is doing great?...since then they have diagnosis.) Anyway, neuropsychs are psychologists who do extensive testing focused on how behavior is connected to how our brains work. They diagnose disorders across specialties including mental health and neurology. Well worth looking into. Other options include looking at specialty children's hospitals for kids with chronic challenges especially or university based clinics with neuropsychologist departments or with developmental pediatricians who often have a team of specialists who also do in-depth testing....(again ask ahead of time, the longer the sessions--usually need a day or two depending on the clinic, the more likely it will look at everything. They usually send out several parent forms, sometimes teacher forms ahead of time. Fifteen minites would make me very uncomfortable. But you were there and know whether you feel comfortable. Risperdal works great for some, it made my son very aggressive. So just be cautious as usual. [/QUOTE]
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