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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 66433" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Welcome Julie.</p><p></p><p>The place to start is with your pediatrician. Prepare well for the appointment with a list of problematic symptoms. A log of behaviors will help as well. Pediatricians often are reluctant to give referals to the specialist you need (pediatric neuropsychologist or developmental peditrician) and often refer to psychiatrists or counselors and that's not what you need right now, in my opinion as the evaluations aren't as thorough. What I can pull out of your post is serious problems with authority, unresponsive to discipline, social problems, aggression, blames others/can't see through their point of view, unusual interests (list them). I know it's hard to read the lists but be specific as that's what your doctor will need to hear to make a decision. If you have any samples of his work like writing or drawing that's way above his peers bring that along too. </p><p></p><p>We didn't get an evaluation until age 5 and that was what put us on the road to making forward progress. (My child started reading at age 2 and had very unusual interests as compared to his peers but behaviors were very difficult.) The mroe data you can accumulate through evaluation, the better prepared you will be to make positive changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 66433, member: 701"] Welcome Julie. The place to start is with your pediatrician. Prepare well for the appointment with a list of problematic symptoms. A log of behaviors will help as well. Pediatricians often are reluctant to give referals to the specialist you need (pediatric neuropsychologist or developmental peditrician) and often refer to psychiatrists or counselors and that's not what you need right now, in my opinion as the evaluations aren't as thorough. What I can pull out of your post is serious problems with authority, unresponsive to discipline, social problems, aggression, blames others/can't see through their point of view, unusual interests (list them). I know it's hard to read the lists but be specific as that's what your doctor will need to hear to make a decision. If you have any samples of his work like writing or drawing that's way above his peers bring that along too. We didn't get an evaluation until age 5 and that was what put us on the road to making forward progress. (My child started reading at age 2 and had very unusual interests as compared to his peers but behaviors were very difficult.) The mroe data you can accumulate through evaluation, the better prepared you will be to make positive changes. [/QUOTE]
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