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How Do You Know When You're Ready For Residential Treatment Center (RTC)?
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<blockquote data-quote="soapbox" data-source="post: 474987" data-attributes="member: 13003"><p>You are sounding like a milder version of what we dealt with... </p><p></p><p>Might want to consider Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) and auditory evaluations...</p><p>1) Occupational Therapist (OT) for motor skills and sensory issues - these may not be debilitating, because he is "coping", but if its taking everything he has to hold it together for school, then interventions and accommodations can really cut the edge.</p><p></p><p>2) Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) is going to sound strange, but it may be your gateway... there are APDs that are NOT about "language", but about making sense of what we hear <strong><em>in the presence of background noise</em></strong>. ("auditory figure ground" is one of the terms for this...) If he is putting huge efforts into "catching" what the teacher is saying, and his problem isn't at the most severe end of things, he may well be "coping" at school, but coming home super brain-tired and not in a frame of mind to "listen". Usually, these evaluations start with Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), who can then recommend advanced auditory testing...</p><p></p><p>3) if its never been done, should have hearing checked - even minor hearing loss can cause the same problems as Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)</p><p></p><p>Any of these would account for the variability of his mindset when he gets home.</p><p>They would also account for the attitude... If he is dealing with these sorts of issues, HE doesn't know what is going on, because "he's always been this way"... what he does know is that he is facing unreasonable requests at home. Kids expect us to know what they are going through... in this case, perhaps NOBODY knows (yet). Getting interventions and accommodations can make a huge difference in how much is "left over" at the end of the school day.</p><p></p><p>But... you probably won't get any of this through the school system, as he is doing well there...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soapbox, post: 474987, member: 13003"] You are sounding like a milder version of what we dealt with... Might want to consider Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) and auditory evaluations... 1) Occupational Therapist (OT) for motor skills and sensory issues - these may not be debilitating, because he is "coping", but if its taking everything he has to hold it together for school, then interventions and accommodations can really cut the edge. 2) Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) is going to sound strange, but it may be your gateway... there are APDs that are NOT about "language", but about making sense of what we hear [B][I]in the presence of background noise[/I][/B]. ("auditory figure ground" is one of the terms for this...) If he is putting huge efforts into "catching" what the teacher is saying, and his problem isn't at the most severe end of things, he may well be "coping" at school, but coming home super brain-tired and not in a frame of mind to "listen". Usually, these evaluations start with Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), who can then recommend advanced auditory testing... 3) if its never been done, should have hearing checked - even minor hearing loss can cause the same problems as Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) Any of these would account for the variability of his mindset when he gets home. They would also account for the attitude... If he is dealing with these sorts of issues, HE doesn't know what is going on, because "he's always been this way"... what he does know is that he is facing unreasonable requests at home. Kids expect us to know what they are going through... in this case, perhaps NOBODY knows (yet). Getting interventions and accommodations can make a huge difference in how much is "left over" at the end of the school day. But... you probably won't get any of this through the school system, as he is doing well there... [/QUOTE]
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