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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 222309" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there. I have a few questions that will help us help you. Since he is still young, I would definitely want this kid evaluated by a neuropsychologist. This testing is different and more intensive that even in a psychiatric hospital (I've been in hospitals and their testing is sort of incomplete). Ok, here come the questions...lol.</p><p></p><p>1/Are there any psychiatric problems on either side of the family tree? Any mood disorders? Substance abuse?</p><p></p><p>2/Do you know about his early development? Ask husband is he cuddled or made eye contact or interacted appropriately with his same-age peers. Can he do all that now? Does he have a good imagination and play with toys? Did he ever?</p><p></p><p>He sounds complicated, and I would want him totally evaluated. The best way to help him is to nail down what is really causing his strange behavior. Sometimes bipolar mania causes grandiose thinking, like the child believing he has the powers of God. But with Asperger's Syndrome, a different disorder, the children do not relate to other people; they can't understand them and they need textbook teaching of social skills and for some even empathy. This child could be a combination of a few disorders. None of us know what is wrong, which is why I suggested the neuropsychologist testing.</p><p></p><p>Is husband willing to evaluate him further? I think he should be evaluated to the maximum. His behavior is frightening and puzzling and he AND all of you need help. I would pick up "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene while you wait for an evaluation. I am going to post a few links about a few disordesrs and, if you like, you can check them both out and see if you see this child in either of them. But don't try to diagnose him yourself. Please take him for more help after he is released. And hopefully everyone will work together to help all of you. I wouldn't leave him alone with any of the other kids.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/" target="_blank">http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/</a></p><p>I would use this online test too to see if he seems like he may have a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD):</p><p><a href="http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html" target="_blank">http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 222309, member: 1550"] Hi there. I have a few questions that will help us help you. Since he is still young, I would definitely want this kid evaluated by a neuropsychologist. This testing is different and more intensive that even in a psychiatric hospital (I've been in hospitals and their testing is sort of incomplete). Ok, here come the questions...lol. 1/Are there any psychiatric problems on either side of the family tree? Any mood disorders? Substance abuse? 2/Do you know about his early development? Ask husband is he cuddled or made eye contact or interacted appropriately with his same-age peers. Can he do all that now? Does he have a good imagination and play with toys? Did he ever? He sounds complicated, and I would want him totally evaluated. The best way to help him is to nail down what is really causing his strange behavior. Sometimes bipolar mania causes grandiose thinking, like the child believing he has the powers of God. But with Asperger's Syndrome, a different disorder, the children do not relate to other people; they can't understand them and they need textbook teaching of social skills and for some even empathy. This child could be a combination of a few disorders. None of us know what is wrong, which is why I suggested the neuropsychologist testing. Is husband willing to evaluate him further? I think he should be evaluated to the maximum. His behavior is frightening and puzzling and he AND all of you need help. I would pick up "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene while you wait for an evaluation. I am going to post a few links about a few disordesrs and, if you like, you can check them both out and see if you see this child in either of them. But don't try to diagnose him yourself. Please take him for more help after he is released. And hopefully everyone will work together to help all of you. I wouldn't leave him alone with any of the other kids. [url]http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/[/url] I would use this online test too to see if he seems like he may have a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD): [url]http://www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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