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Hi. New. Parent of 5-year old who most likely has ODD
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 449260" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Living in an ADD/ADHD household - and being at least 3rd generation myself... I'd be guessing that if he's not something along the Aspie line, then you're likely to end up with ADD/ADHD as <u>one</u> component...</p><p>ADHD (more common than ADD) is not really a deficit of attention... rather, it is difficulty managing attention... which means everything from out in la-la-land to class-clown to so-many-million-miles-deep that they can't shift to the next task. (I can be any or all of those, and more, on a single day.) The tricky part with ADHD is that it is highly mis-diagnosed - the label is given when it doesn't apply, and not given when it should be... But when the diagnosis is accurate, it really helps.</p><p></p><p>If your library has it, you might want to check out the "Driven to Distraction" book by doctors Hallowell and Ratey. Very balanced - pros and cons to ADHD, pros and cons to medications, other things that work, etc. It would give you a better handle on whether the ADHD diagnosis might apply at all, than what you'll get from most symptoms-lists on the net.</p><p></p><p>Didn't notice if someone else mentioned "the book" yet on this thread... but you might want to check out "The Explosive Child". It provides some insight into unmet, hidden needs that can cause all sorts of other issues, and offers a different approach to handling these kids... it doesn't work with all kids (nothing does), but might be worth checking out.</p><p></p><p>What are his motor skills like? sports/bike/etc. = gross skills, writing/art/tieing shoes = fine skills. And then there's the klutz factor. If he's got any of that, or even if he doesn't, you might want to consider an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation... this would capture any sensory issues you may have missed, as well as balance and coordination issues. Occupational Therapist (OT) will not give a diagnosis, but can provide therapies to help manage or remediate some of these.</p><p></p><p>Might also want to consider a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) (speech language pathologist) evaluation, too - he has a speech issue which you know about, but there may be other things going on as well. Again, no diagnosis out of this, but some good rule in/rule out info that other medical professionals can use.</p><p></p><p>We found it really helpful to have Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) already done by the time we got to the psychiatric level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 449260, member: 11791"] Living in an ADD/ADHD household - and being at least 3rd generation myself... I'd be guessing that if he's not something along the Aspie line, then you're likely to end up with ADD/ADHD as [U]one[/U] component... ADHD (more common than ADD) is not really a deficit of attention... rather, it is difficulty managing attention... which means everything from out in la-la-land to class-clown to so-many-million-miles-deep that they can't shift to the next task. (I can be any or all of those, and more, on a single day.) The tricky part with ADHD is that it is highly mis-diagnosed - the label is given when it doesn't apply, and not given when it should be... But when the diagnosis is accurate, it really helps. If your library has it, you might want to check out the "Driven to Distraction" book by doctors Hallowell and Ratey. Very balanced - pros and cons to ADHD, pros and cons to medications, other things that work, etc. It would give you a better handle on whether the ADHD diagnosis might apply at all, than what you'll get from most symptoms-lists on the net. Didn't notice if someone else mentioned "the book" yet on this thread... but you might want to check out "The Explosive Child". It provides some insight into unmet, hidden needs that can cause all sorts of other issues, and offers a different approach to handling these kids... it doesn't work with all kids (nothing does), but might be worth checking out. What are his motor skills like? sports/bike/etc. = gross skills, writing/art/tieing shoes = fine skills. And then there's the klutz factor. If he's got any of that, or even if he doesn't, you might want to consider an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation... this would capture any sensory issues you may have missed, as well as balance and coordination issues. Occupational Therapist (OT) will not give a diagnosis, but can provide therapies to help manage or remediate some of these. Might also want to consider a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) (speech language pathologist) evaluation, too - he has a speech issue which you know about, but there may be other things going on as well. Again, no diagnosis out of this, but some good rule in/rule out info that other medical professionals can use. We found it really helpful to have Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) already done by the time we got to the psychiatric level. [/QUOTE]
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