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<blockquote data-quote="JulienSam" data-source="post: 128883" data-attributes="member: 4575"><p>They were serious about it taking an hour to do all the paperwork. Glad husband came along to watch Sam so I could complete the paperwork -- he had to leave though to take daughter home since she was sick.</p><p></p><p>The evaluation was done at one of our local children's hospitals.</p><p></p><p>The evaluation was done by a psychiatric. resident -- basically going over most of the same information I had already typed into the input document from here. She asked a lot of good questions -- many of the same things I had discussed with the social worker we'd seen previously at another practice.</p><p></p><p>However, she told me about 1/2 hour into the evaluation that she was pretty sure we're not dealing with a mood disorder (as determined previously by the social worker) since he doesn't go through any kind of cycling.</p><p></p><p>After an hour or so with us, she told me she thought Sam probably has ODD -- not a huge surprise to me. After consulting with her supervisor, the supervisor joined us for about 20 minutes to review information.</p><p></p><p>So far I'm board with what they had to say... start working on behavior therapy, and save medication for a very last resort. They are reluctant to put preschoolers on medication unless it's absolutely necessary.</p><p></p><p>They have a therapist on staff who has done a great of work with kids with ODD, and we have an appointment with her next Tuesday. In the meantime, they suggested I get "Your Defiant Child" to read.</p><p></p><p>So I think we're on the right path -- it will be interesting to see how the school district's evaluation differs. I have my initial appointment this Thursday, and hopefully can schedule the observation in Sam's class soon.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for asking... I'm so READY to tackle this, but nothing seems to move at the speed I'd like. So I'll take it one step at a time, which probably best with- DS anyway. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JulienSam, post: 128883, member: 4575"] They were serious about it taking an hour to do all the paperwork. Glad husband came along to watch Sam so I could complete the paperwork -- he had to leave though to take daughter home since she was sick. The evaluation was done at one of our local children's hospitals. The evaluation was done by a psychiatric. resident -- basically going over most of the same information I had already typed into the input document from here. She asked a lot of good questions -- many of the same things I had discussed with the social worker we'd seen previously at another practice. However, she told me about 1/2 hour into the evaluation that she was pretty sure we're not dealing with a mood disorder (as determined previously by the social worker) since he doesn't go through any kind of cycling. After an hour or so with us, she told me she thought Sam probably has ODD -- not a huge surprise to me. After consulting with her supervisor, the supervisor joined us for about 20 minutes to review information. So far I'm board with what they had to say... start working on behavior therapy, and save medication for a very last resort. They are reluctant to put preschoolers on medication unless it's absolutely necessary. They have a therapist on staff who has done a great of work with kids with ODD, and we have an appointment with her next Tuesday. In the meantime, they suggested I get "Your Defiant Child" to read. So I think we're on the right path -- it will be interesting to see how the school district's evaluation differs. I have my initial appointment this Thursday, and hopefully can schedule the observation in Sam's class soon. Thanks again for asking... I'm so READY to tackle this, but nothing seems to move at the speed I'd like. So I'll take it one step at a time, which probably best with- DS anyway. :happy2: [/QUOTE]
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