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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 443632" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Not to worry--it helps to know where parents are coming from. This is board is meant to be a soft place for you moms of little ones to land.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Honestly I was also fishing around a little for signs of high functioning Autism or Asperger's Syndrome or spectrumy/on the fence. Since there is a family history, do be sure and mention the brother-in-law to the diagnostician. That realm is hard to diagnose in little ones, especially if the kids are on the fence diagnosis-wise. There is no one ace-in-the-hole red flag but with her rigidity to routines, advanced speech, anxiety issues, and over-reactive rages you'll want to educate yourself in this area. I will mention that a child with very high functioning Autism will look very different than one who functions at a lower level, so comparisons there won't be useful.</p><p></p><p>Within her advanced speech, a few past/present signs would be memorizing large chunks of movies or books (more so than a typical child). Another would be repeating memorized lines back to you instead of answering questions or repeating the question back to you. Answering inappropriately might be another (ie Q "How was your day?" A:</p><p>"Yes.")</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Good start. I'd talk to the pediatrician before scheduling with a diagnostician. Also, with the issues you're dealing with we'd usually recommend not going with a regular child psychologist or psychiatrist to start with. Those may be beneficial in the future but you want a more thorough evaluation--not just help with behaviors or a short evaluation leading to medications. That's why we recommend a pediatric neuropsychologist or developmental pediatrician. </p><p></p><p><em>I want to emphasize that we are all just parents here, and even though several of us have mentioned Autistic Spectrum Disorders, there could be any number of things going on here so take what we say with a grain of salt. </em> in my opinion, if there are any signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s it's best to assess for that up front, because many of the other diagnostic pathways often lead fairly quickly to medications. We have had a lot of families arrive here whose diagnosticians missed it early on and medications clouded the diagnostic picture for years. Hence, the stress on educating yourself right up front. </p><p></p><p>Here's a helpful link about talking to your pediatrician about an assessment. While it is specific to Autism, it really covers how to go about getting a thorough evaluation for most of the types of issues parents land here for.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html" target="_blank">http://www.oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hang in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 443632, member: 701"] Not to worry--it helps to know where parents are coming from. This is board is meant to be a soft place for you moms of little ones to land. Honestly I was also fishing around a little for signs of high functioning Autism or Asperger's Syndrome or spectrumy/on the fence. Since there is a family history, do be sure and mention the brother-in-law to the diagnostician. That realm is hard to diagnose in little ones, especially if the kids are on the fence diagnosis-wise. There is no one ace-in-the-hole red flag but with her rigidity to routines, advanced speech, anxiety issues, and over-reactive rages you'll want to educate yourself in this area. I will mention that a child with very high functioning Autism will look very different than one who functions at a lower level, so comparisons there won't be useful. Within her advanced speech, a few past/present signs would be memorizing large chunks of movies or books (more so than a typical child). Another would be repeating memorized lines back to you instead of answering questions or repeating the question back to you. Answering inappropriately might be another (ie Q "How was your day?" A: "Yes.") Good start. I'd talk to the pediatrician before scheduling with a diagnostician. Also, with the issues you're dealing with we'd usually recommend not going with a regular child psychologist or psychiatrist to start with. Those may be beneficial in the future but you want a more thorough evaluation--not just help with behaviors or a short evaluation leading to medications. That's why we recommend a pediatric neuropsychologist or developmental pediatrician. [I]I want to emphasize that we are all just parents here, and even though several of us have mentioned Autistic Spectrum Disorders, there could be any number of things going on here so take what we say with a grain of salt. [/I] in my opinion, if there are any signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s it's best to assess for that up front, because many of the other diagnostic pathways often lead fairly quickly to medications. We have had a lot of families arrive here whose diagnosticians missed it early on and medications clouded the diagnostic picture for years. Hence, the stress on educating yourself right up front. Here's a helpful link about talking to your pediatrician about an assessment. While it is specific to Autism, it really covers how to go about getting a thorough evaluation for most of the types of issues parents land here for. [URL]http://www.oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html[/URL] Hang in there. [/QUOTE]
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